Humans ‘pushing Earth close to tipping point’, says global public
News / 17th August 2021Three-quarters of people in the world’s wealthiest nations believe humanity is pushing the planet towards a dangerous tipping point and support a shift of priorities away from economic profit, according to a global survey.
Earth Overshoot Day 2021: Why the date has been moved back to 29 July as emissions ramp up amid Covid recovery
News / 29th July 2021Humans will have already consumed all the natural resources that Earth can sustainably supply for 2021 by tomorrow — overshooting by five months.
3 million people have died of Covid since rich nations began obstructing vaccine patent waiver
News / 29th July 2021More than three million people across the globe have died of Covid-19 in the roughly nine months since India and South Africa first proposed a temporary patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines, a popular measure that Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other rich countries have blocked.
Hundreds of grassroots organisations oppose the UN Food Systems Summit
News / 26th July 2021Over 300 global civil society organizations of small-scale food producers, researchers and Indigenous Peoples’ are gathering online (25-28 July) to protest against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit.
A unifying framework for food systems transformation
News / 7th July 2021More than 800 international organizations, NGOs, farming groups and experts call for agroecology, organic, and regenerative agriculture to top the agenda at this year’s UN Food Systems Summit.