Protesters demand the release of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The protestors remain defiant in the face of the security forces tightening the screw. They are facing daily intimidation, threats and harassment at the hands of the police and soldiers strategically station to discourage and disperse the protests. CC BY-SA 4.0 By Larry JaganBANGKOK, Feb
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17 February 2021
Suu Kyi Appears in Closed-Door Court Session Without Lawyer as Protests Continue
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17 February 2021
Improving government and business coordination through the use of consistent SDGs indicators. A comparative analysis of national (Belgian) and business (pharma and retail) sustainability indicators
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Publication date: June 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 184 Author(s): Olivier E. Malay, Stephane Aubinet
17 February 2021
The Guardian view on Germany’s Greens: opportunity knocks | Editorial
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Election year could deliver the best result in the party’s 40-year history, and send a message on climate targets from Europe’s most powerful state Pre-pandemic, Europe’s green parties were on a roll. In France last summer, supporters hailed a “green wave” after regional polls handed the Europe Ecology party control of showcase cities such as
16 February 2021
India Glacier Disaster: In a Warming World is there no Less Lethal Way to Power Development?
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Studies show that glaciers in India are permanently losing ice, not only owing to higher temperatures from global warming but also in response to “deprived precipitation conditions” High siltation as the Teesta, a Himalayan glacier-sourced river which rises from the Eastern Himalayas, is dammed at the Teesta barrage at Siliguri, West Bengal. Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS
15 February 2021
To save the planet, we need a new type of growth | Letter
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Richard Murphy and Colin Hines on creating a programme of economic activity that improves social conditions and addresses the environmental crisis There is no better example of what Larry Elliott perceptively terms “capitalism for dummies”, whereby our political systems self-destructively fail to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis, than the unspent 95% of the green
15 February 2021
Peace in Yemen, But not Without Women’s Role in Peacebuilding
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Kawkab Al-Thaibani By Sania FarooquiNEW DELHI, India, Feb 15 2021 (IPS) The armed conflict in Yemen which has lasted six years, has killed and injured over thousands of civilians, displaced more than one million people and given rise to cholera outbreaks, medicine shortages and threats of famine. By the end of 2019, it is estimated
14 February 2021
Losing our marbles over Stonehenge | Brief letters
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Judiciary | Queen’s leases | Travel plans | Ancient showroom | Stonehenge Donald Trump’s acquittal in the US Senate (Report, 14 February) surely provides the best possible evidence for never allowing politicians to get involved in judicial decision-making. Their priorities lie in other directions. Les Baker Fordingbridge, Hampshire • The Queen gets £220m a year
14 February 2021
Pluralistic discounting recognizing different capital contributions: An example estimating the net present value of global ecosystem services
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Publication date: May 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 183 Author(s): Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, Natalie Stoeckl, Tom Kompas
13 February 2021
Bill Gates on the climate crisis: ‘I can’t deny being a rich guy with an opinion’
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In an exclusive extract from his new book, the Microsoft founder explains why we need to cut carbon emissions to zero – even if he is an ‘imperfect messenger’ There are two numbers you need to know about climate change. The first is 51bn. The other is zero. Fifty-one billion is how many tons of
12 February 2021
Socioeconomic impacts of resource diversification from small-scale fishery development
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The predicted future shortfall in seafood production from tropical small-scale fisheries demands support to help diversify income streams and food production for coastal communities. Livelihood diversification can comprise the enhancement or addition of components to existing fisheries, yet the likely socioeconomic impacts are unclear. With a long history of nondeleterious introductions, the marine snail “trochus”