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Earth's carbon concentrations have soared to levels not seen in 800,000 years
News / 9th August 2018One NOAA oceanographer warns that even if humanity "stopped the greenhouse gases at their current concentrations today, the atmosphere would still continue to warm for next couple decades to maybe a century."
Earth’s resources consumed in ever greater destructive volumes
Blog / 24th July 2018Humanity is devouring our planet’s resources in increasingly destructive volumes, according to a new study that reveals we have consumed a year’s worth of carbon, food, water, fibre, land and timber in a record 212 days.
Buzzwords and tortuous impact studies won’t fix a broken aid system
Article / 20th July 2018Fifteen leading economists, including three Nobel winners, argue that 'aid effectiveness' projects might yield satisfying micro-results, but they generally do little to change the systems that produce the problems in the first place. What we need instead is to tackle the real root causes of poverty, inequality and climate change.
“We have to redefine policies for sustainable development”
Article / 20th July 2018Three years after its adoption, most governments have failed to turn the proclaimed transformational vision of the 2030 Agenda into real policies. But despite the many gloomy trends, there is still room for change, writes Jens Martens for IPS news.
‘New walled order’ for migrants worldwide as governments criminalize compassion and erect barriers to basic services
Blog / 20th July 2018Migrants around the world are facing new barriers to humanitarian aid and public services as some governments have criminalized or sought to limit efforts to help refugees, sometimes in a bid to deter migration—and often in violation of human rights, according to (pdf) a new report by the International Red Cross.
The magnitude of the planetary crisis requires action of a similar size
Blog / 14th July 2018Karin Nansen, chair of Friends of the Earth International, argues that a complete change to the economic system is necessary if we are ever to confront and transcend the environmental, climatic and social crises upon us
Sustainable development off-track without fundamental policy changes
Report / 14th July 2018“The world is off-track in terms of achieving sustainable development and fundamental policy changes are necessary to unleash the transformative potential of the Sustainable Development Goals.”
A UN Parliament gains support in an age of divisive political leaders
Article / 13th July 2018A long standing proposal for the creation of a UN Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) is slowly gathering momentum.
Facing the causes of the problems with immigration
Blog / 5th July 2018The root cause of our immigration problems arise out of gross global inequalities, and will have to be dealth with at the international level, sooner or later. Any quest for a solution should also rest on the foundation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, says Peter Marcuse.
Our NHS at 70 is still amazing. Why isn’t there an NHS for the world?
Blog / 5th July 2018The National Health Service turns 70 today. Despite too many years of austerity cuts, contracting out and PFIs, most of us still feel the NHS is one of the defining achievements of our society, writes Nick Dearden from Global Justice Now.