Topic: Environment
Climate crisis needs cooperation between all nations – time is running out to save Earth
News / 15th November 2022Media organisations worldwide have published a common view about the need for nations to cooperate, accept their moral responsibilities and fairly share the burden of tackling climate change.
Climate Clock erected at COP27 says richest nations owe $31.8 trillion… and counting
News / 14th November 2022As world leaders gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Climate Clock team is displaying reminders of a looming deadline and just how much high-polluting nations owe the Global South.
Rich countries falling billions short on ‘fair share’ of climate-finance goal
Report / 8th November 2022The US should be paying nearly $40bn towards the $100bn climate-finance target, new Carbon Brief analysis shows. This is $32bn more than the estimated $8bn it actually gave in 2020.
Extreme hunger has more than doubled in the world’s worst climate hotspots, says Oxfam
Report / 22nd September 2022In a new report on the impact of climate on food supply, Oxfam found a 123 per cent rise in acute hunger in the 10 countries with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events.
Annual Report for 2022: Share the World’s Resources
Report / 15th September 2022As the year 2021 began, the need for sharing global resources was unprecedented. Read more about STWR's activities in 2021 and our future plans.
Climate collapse is not inevitable but ‘great leap’ needed
Blog / 14th September 2022To bring about a 'Great Leap' scenario, it is necessary to address the fundamental inequalities that are the root cause of the ecological crisis, writes Paul Virgo.
Achieving earth for all
Blog / 2nd September 202250 years ago, the report ‘The Limits of Growth’ was published — and its scenarios turned out surprisingly accurate. But we can still change course, writes Jayati Ghosh
Coming together to save earth could be the best project ever undertaken by the human species
Blog / 25th August 2022Change will come, and can only come from committed people mobilizing in common cause as a powerful social movement, writes David Korten.
‘Earth Overshoot Day’ comes earlier every year
News / 3rd August 2022From today onwards, humanity is living on credit. Every year, Overshoot Day – the date by which humanity has consumed all the resources that Earth can sustainably produce in one year – arrives earlier.
Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief
News / 19th July 2022Wildfires and heatwaves wreaking havoc across swathes of the globe show humanity facing “collective suicide”, the UN secretary general has warned, as governments around the world scramble to protect people from the impacts of extreme heat.