Topic: Environment

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G7 climate commitments judged too weak to bag COP26 success

News / 14th June 2021

Green groups say a lack of fresh finance to help developing countries adopt renewable energy and adapt to a warmer planet threatens key climate talks in November.

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Curb food waste and save the planet

Blog / 8th March 2021

Nearly a billion tonnes of food - a fifth of worldwide production - is binned each year, according to new UN research in support of global efforts to halve food waste by 2030.

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What Covid-19 can teach us about a sustainable future

Blog / 19th February 2021

The climate crisis is set to bear the same hallmarks of inequality, whereby the world’s poorest are expected to suffer most. This is why just transitions are such an integral part of climate action, writes Elaine Burke.

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Over 50,000 people and 195 global groups demand Biden commit the U.S. to do its "fair share" on climate

News / 19th February 2021

Civil society groups are ramping up their demand that the new Biden Administration commits to doing its fair share of emissions cuts and honours owed support for Global South countries.

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Climate change seen as global emergency by 64 per cent of people

News / 6th February 2021

The biggest ever poll of climate change views has found that 64 per cent of people think the issue is a “global emergency”.

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‘Footprint Justice’ and ‘Fair Earth Shares’ is getting more attention

Article / 26th January 2021

The campaign for 'Footprint Justice' is gathering momentum with a call for UN member states to investigate the legal implications of enshrining a 'Fair Earth Share' as a human right. 

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‘Ecological Ponzi scheme’ threatens to bring down humanity, scientists warn

Report / 18th January 2021

Accelerating biodiversity loss, climate change and over-consumption are swiftly pushing human societies toward a “ghastly future” of growing hunger, political division and societal breakdown, say leading scientists.

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New initiative launched to ‘Transform Defence for Sustainable Human Safety’

Report / 22nd December 2020

A project by Tipping Point North South works to put sustainable human safety at the heart of 21st century foreign, defence, security and international development policy-making.

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A pandemic pivot

Report / 26th October 2020

A new book lays out a progressive agenda for the post-COVID era, which relies on a global Green New Deal, a serious shift of resources from the military to human needs, a major upgrade in international cooperation, and a significant commitment to economic equity. 

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Carbon emissions of richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity

Report / 21st September 2020

The richest one percent of the world’s population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the 3.1 billion people who made up the poorest half of humanity during a critical 25-year period of unprecedented emissions growth.

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