Topic: Environment
The elephant in the room: What Trump, Clinton, and even Stein are missing
Article / 30th November 2016Though it is a defining issue of our time, politicians who depend on corporate money and media dare not mention the growing power imbalance between corporations and governments and its sweeping implications, writes David Korten in YES! Magazine.
Global climate justice movements refuse to be overshadowed by election of climate change denier to U.S. presidency
Article / 21st November 2016The following collective statement was issued by organisations, networks, and movements gathered in Marrakech at COP22, in response to Donald Trump becoming President-Elect of the United States of America and its potentially devastating implications for the cause of climate justice.
Human rights must be Integrated Into international investment agreements
Article / 21st November 2016In the following statement from human rights and other civil society organisations, governments are urged to place human rights at the core of international investment and trade agreements - and therefore reject any proposed agreements that do not meet this essential requirement.
Cooperation key to solving climate crisis
Report / 15th November 2016A new report from a diverse coalition of civil society organisations reveals what governments must do immediately to achieve goals of Paris Agreement, based on a 'fair-shares' analysis of 2020 pledges and support.
Flawed global rules in agriculture: Need for a new approach
Blog / 8th November 2016Sophia Murphy, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) speaks with The Real News on how for the past 20 years, the World Trade Organisation rules have failed to address basic inequities in world agriculture. What is urgently required is a new framework for global agriculture that embraces principles of agro-ecology, remunerative prices, sustainable livelihoods and ecological sustainability.
Implementing the commons in Europe
Blog / 8th November 2016On November 15, the first meeting of the European Commons Assembly(ECA) will take place in Brussels to discuss, showcase, and bring into practice the commons in and for Europe.
Despite Paris climate pledge, planet on track to surpass 3°C temperature rise
Blog / 5th November 2016After 24 years of negotiations we are hurtling towards a 3.5 degree world, which will be catastrophic for millions. By Nika Knight, Common Dreams.
Wealthy countries doing ‘nowhere near enough’ to help poorest cope with climate change
Article / 31st October 2016Wealthy nations are doing “nowhere near enough” to help the world’s poorest people cope with the effects of climate change, Oxfam has warned after 38 developed countries claimed they were on track to meet their pledges to provide aid.
World’s food and energy systems key to tackling global biodiversity decline
Report / 27th October 2016The Living Planet Report 2016 reaffirms WWF’s ‘One Planet Perspective’ on the need for better choices for governing, using and sharing natural resources within the Earth’s ecological boundaries. Ultimately, addressing social inequality and environmental degradation depends on creating a new economic system that enhances and supports the natural capital upon which it relies.
Der Kreuzpunkt von Politik und Spiritualität in Bezug auf die Klimakrise
Report / 26th October 2016Das folgende Interview mit Mohammed Mesbahi, Gründer von STWR, untersucht sowohl die gegenwärtige politische also auch die tiefere spirituelle Bedeutung der Notwendigkeit, die Ressourcen der Welt in Bezug auf den eskalierenden Klimawandel zu teilen.