By External SourceGENEVA / NEW YORK, Oct 5 2021 (IPS-Partners) On this World Teachers’ Day, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, announced it has reached more than 4.6 million children and adolescents (48% of whom are girls) with quality education in more than 30 of
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5 October 2021
NSW government faces crucial court challenge to Murray-Darling water plan
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The Nature Conservation Council will argue decision-makers failed to properly consider climate change Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing A groundbreaking case has been filed against the New South Wales government seeking to invalidate an important water sharing plan in the Murray-Darling basin, on the grounds that decision-makers have failed to
5 October 2021
IUCN World Conservation Congress Warns Humanity at ‘Tipping Point’
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President Macron and Harrison Ford among speakers at the Congress Opening Ceremony. Credit: IUCN Ecodeo By Guy DinmoreSt Davids, Wales, Oct 4 2021 (IPS) The world’s most influential conservation congress, meeting for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has issued its starkest warning to date over the planet’s escalating climate and
4 October 2021
Running homes and cars on electricity alone would save households $5,443 a year, report finds
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A new Australian thinktank says ditching domestic gas and petrol use would slash national greenhouse emissions by a third Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing What would you do with an extra $5,443 a year? Converting all home appliances and cars to run on electricity could eliminate a third of Australia’s
3 October 2021
Making differences legible: Incommensurability as a vehicle for sustainable landscape management
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Publication date: January 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 191 Author(s): Sandrine Allain, Nicolas Salliou
2 October 2021
Queen calls on Scottish parliament to tackle climate change
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Monarch urges MSPs to build ‘fairer and greener future’ as she opens parliament ahead of Cop26 The Queen has urged Scotland’s MSPs to tackle climate change and “help create a better, healthier future” in a speech ahead of the Cop26 climate conference. The Queen also reflected on the “deep and abiding affection” and happy memories
1 October 2021
Digital Equity for All Ages
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By Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaBANGKOK, Oct 1 2021 (IPS) The growing number and share of older persons in Asia and the Pacific represent success stories of declining fertility and increasing longevity; the result of advances in social and economic development. This demographic transition is taking place against the backdrop of the accelerating Fourth Industrial Revolution. But
30 September 2021
Emission pledges by states put extra pressure on Scott Morrison to lift national climate goals
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Experts say state and territory commitments put net zero within reach whereas the federal target is nowhere near it Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Australian states could deliver at least a 34% cut in national greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 based on existing pledges, prompting calls for the Morrison government
30 September 2021
Young People Urge Leaders to Protect the Most Vulnerable Against Climate Change
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By External SourceSep 29 2021 (IPS-Partners) More than 2,000 young leaders and youth-led organisations from across the Commonwealth are urging governments to respect the needs and contributions of the world’s most vulnerable groups, in the lead up to global climate talks in Glasgow in November. The Commonwealth Youth Statement on Climate Change, released today, appeals
29 September 2021
Determinants of fossil fuel divestment in European pension funds
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Publication date: January 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 191 Author(s): Florian Egli, David Schärer, Bjarne Steffen