Topic: Environment
No money, more problems as U.N. climate talks close in Bonn
Blog / 15th May 2018United Nations climate change talks edged slightly closer to completing the Paris Agreement Work Programme, including guidelines on how to put the Agreement into practice, despite rich countries persistently blocking progress on key issues like finance.
Climate change aid to poor nations lags behind Paris pledges
Report / 3rd May 2018Finance for poor countries to help them reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and deal with climate change is lagging behind the promises of rich countries, an Oxfam report finds.
Interest in Earth Day is falling in the 2010s. Does it matter?
Blog / 23rd April 2018“Even the most generous of predictions suggest we need to reach zero emissions in the next 40 years—that is, if we want to be around to celebrate Earth Day’s 100th anniversary in 2070.”
The souls of poor folk
Report / 18th April 2018A major new study makes a clear case that the richest nation in the world has sufficient resources to protect the environment and ensure dignified lives for all its people. The problem is a matter of priorities, as more and more of America's wealth flows into the pockets of a small but powerful few and into the bloated Pentagon budget. By theInstitute of Policy Studies.
Record-high food insecurity trends set to worsen in 2018
News / 5th April 2018Protracted conflicts and climate shocks have led to a record breaking 124 million people, across 51 countries, now facing food insecurity or worse conditions, according to the Food Security Information Network’s annual report on food crises.
Is it possible for everyone to live a good life within our planet’s limits?
Article / 14th February 2018Although wealthy nations like the US and UK satisfy the basic needs of their citizens, they do so at a level of resource use that is far beyond what is globally sustainable. If all seven billion or more people are to live well within the limits of our planet, radical changes are required based on a fairer sharing of resources, explains Daniel O'Neill.
Humanity uses 70% more of the global commons than the Earth can regenerate
Blog / 5th February 2018Measuring humanity’s ecological footprint is essential for keeping its demands within the planet’s biocapacity, a minimum requirement for sustainability, writes Mathis Wackernagel from the Global Footprint Network.
Farming for a small planet
Article / 2nd February 2018What model of farming can end nutritional deprivation while restoring and conserving food-growing resources for our progeny? The answer lies in the emergent model of agroecology, often called “organic” or ecological agriculture, writes Frances Moore Lappé.
Let’s wrench power back from the billionaires
Article / 15th January 2018We must develop a new and international progressive movement that takes on the greed and ideology of the billionaire class, and commits itself to tackling structural inequality both between and within nations, writes Bernie Sanders.
The UN moves forward with ‘Paris Agreement for our oceans'
News / 2nd January 2018The UN is moving ahead with a treaty that would allow greater regulation and protection for the high seas.