Publication date: January 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 203 Author(s): Tiejun Dai, Zhongchun Yue
Publication date: January 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 203 Author(s): Tiejun Dai, Zhongchun Yue
President of Pacific island nation urges countries to join bid for nonproliferation treaty at UN general assembly Vanuatu becomes first country to call for global treaty to phase out fossil fuels – video The Pacific island of Vanuatu has called for a first-of-its-kind global treaty to phase out the use of fossil fuels in a
Félix Morffi, an 84-year-old retiree, shows a self-made solar heater and solar panels installed on the roof of his house in the municipality of Regla in Havana. His hope is that his house will soon become an experimental site for the use of renewable energies and that students will learn about the subject in situ.
Denmark ‘gets ball rolling’ at UN ahead of protests as poor nations call for greater collective commitment Youth groups in Africa are preparing to embark on a series of climate demonstrations on Friday to highlight the problem of “loss and damage” to poor countries blighted by climate breakdown, as only one rich country has so
Research ABSTRACT Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) seeks to align the interests of local communities and conservation institutions. A significant challenge to this realignment is that CBNRM is often implemented in locations with colonial histories of oppression, persecution, and dispossession that have left legacies of inequity and marginalization. Social networks are one method for discerning
We are failing to take antimicrobial resistance seriously, perhaps because it is not glamorous and relatable. Credit: Bigstock. By External SourceSep 21 2022 (IPS) Staphylococcus aureus is the source of a skin infection that can turn deadly if drug resistant. Estimates regarding the most common resistant variation, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), exceed 100,000 deaths globally
António Guterres said money raised should be diverted to vulnerable nations suffering losses caused by climate crisis Countries should impose windfall taxes on fossil fuel companies and divert the money to vulnerable nations suffering worsening losses from the climate crisis, the United Nations secretary general has urged. António Guterres said that “polluters must pay” for
Mary Maker chairing a session on “Education in Crisis Situations – A Partnership for Transformative Actions for Learners” on the final day of the Transforming Education Summit. Credit: UN By Naureen HossainUnited Nations, Sep 20 2022 (IPS) Refugee youth advocate, Mary Maker, called on UN member states to honor their commitments to transform education from
The Mexico City government is increasing the number of electric buses in its fleet, such as the trolleybuses pictured here on a street in the south of the capital. But their energy source is still fossil fuels and the deployment of electric cars remains slow in the country. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy/IPS By Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY,
Poor nations exhort UN to consider ‘climate-related and justice-based’ tax on big fossil fuel users and air travel The world’s most vulnerable countries are preparing to take on the richest economies with a demand for urgent finance – potentially including new taxes on fossil fuels or flying – for the irrecoverable losses they are suffering