Publication date: September 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 175 Author(s): Heinz Welsch
Publication date: September 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 175 Author(s): Heinz Welsch
Britain is a latecomer to decarbonising transport but changes under lockdown and initiatives abroad could spark a revolution Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage It was a grim irony that the best transport news in ages was buried in the first few days of the coronavirus lockdown. On 26 March, the government
Rani Tanveer, who was wrongly accused of killing her husband and spent 19 years in prison, is taking the Pakistan to court seeking compensation. Courtesy: BBC By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Pakistan, May 8 2020 (IPS) A former Pakistani child bride, who was wrongly accused of killing her husband at 13 and subsequently spent almost two decades
Predictive models are sorely needed to guide the management of harvested natural resources worldwide, yet existing frameworks fail to integrate the dynamic and interacting governance processes driving unsustainable use. We developed a new framework in which the conflicting interests of three key stakeholders are modeled: managers seeking sustainability, users seeking increases in harvest quota, and
Quechua indigenous farmers from the town of Huasao, in the Andes highlands of Peru, cut insect repellent plants in front of Juana Gallegos’ house, while others prepare the biol mixture, a liquid organic fertiliser that they use on their vegetable crops. CREDIT: Mariela Jara/IPS By Mariela JaraHUASAO, Peru, May 6 2020 (IPS) It’s eight o’clock
An analysis of community resilience in South Sudan, based on household survey data, is presented in this paper. The data were collected as part of the Fortifying Equality and Economic Diversification (FEED) Project (a consortium project of World Vision, Oxfam, and CARE). The goal of the project was to meet basic food security needs and
Climate advisers call for work and training in low-carbon heating, water efficiency and flood-protection Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Restarting the economy and getting people back to work after the coronavirus lockdown should focus on low-carbon work programmes, the UK government’s climate advisers have urged. They said this would generate new
Brazil, France and Germany say UN can’t hear complaint against five countries of flouting child rights to clean air Greta Thunberg and a group of other children have pushed forward their legal complaint at the UN against countries they accuse of endangering children’s wellbeing through the climate crisis, despite attempts to have it thrown out.
Data is important in ensuring gender equality, and experts say as traditional means of data collection may no longer be possible under the current COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, this provides an opportunity to collect data in more innovative ways. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Samira SadequeUNITED NATIONS, May 5 2020 (IPS) The current coronavirus pandemic can
Innes Willox, chief executive of the Australia Industry Group, says Covid-19 and climate are ‘urgent’ challenges that overlap A leading Australian business group is calling for the two biggest economic challenges in memory – recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and cutting greenhouse gas emissions – to be addressed together, saying it would boost growth and