Viewpoint by Fernando Rosales The author is Coordinator of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Programme (SDCC) of the South Centre. GENEVA (IDN) — The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) adopted in 2015 reflect the multilateral consensus to deal with the most crucial problems humanity is facing nowadays. The 17 goals are multidimensional and are interlinked […]
Ugandan Environmentalists Jailed for Opposing 900 Mile Oil Pipeline
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Mere hours before the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference, a major environmental confab, drawing world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden, Uganda has arrested six activists who are challenging a $3.5 billion oil pipeline project that stretches 900 miles through two East African […]
A Climate Awakening Is Urgently Needed to Save The World’s Most Vulnerable
Viewpoint by Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti The writer is Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). BRUSSELS (IDN) — Time is fast running out for millions of peoples living in situations of high risk where lives, livelihoods and a safe, secure place to live are all at stake. Extreme climate and […]
U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy
Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK (IDN) — U.S. President Biden addressed the UN General Assembly on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. “We will lead […]
Australia and New Zealand React To IPCC Report Warning With Rhetoric Rather Than Action
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — The most comprehensive report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a dire warning to countries in the Pacific region where rising sea levels and increasing temperatures could wipe out island nations and make dry habitats uninhabitable. But the two major powers in the region—Australia […]
The Climate Crisis: Where our Capacity for Cognition, Collaboration, Creativity and Chronology Collide
Viewpoint by Bill Dahl* This is the fourth in a series of four articles. Click here for the third in the series. QUERETARO, Mexico (IDN) — In my last piece, we touched on the third critical challenge regarding the climate crisis; creativity. In the first piece in this series we addressed the first challenge; cognition. […]
‘Green Wall’ in Senegal Aims to Slow Desertification and Feed People
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Edible, circular gardens are part of a bigger project to bring a belt of green across the continent of Africa. “Tolou Keur”—circular gardens resistant to drought—are part of Africa’s Great Green Wall project. The project calls for planting papaya and mango trees and a variety […]
Doubts Whether the World Meteorological Organization Will be Reformed
Viewpoint by Maurizio Guerrero* Passblue NEW YORK (IDN) — Back in June 2019, the World Meteorological Organization embarked on an ambitious effort to streamline its internal operations, cut expenses by two percent and realign the organization with “21st-century realities, priorities and dynamics.”
Guiding Coal Companies to Meet the Dual Challenge of Net Zero and A Just Transition
Viewpoint by Noora Puro* AMSTERDAM (IDN) — As the build-up continues to the pandemic-delayed UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), all eyes—and hopefully all agendas—are on how to reach net-zero carbon emissions. And as the International Energy Agency (IEA) made clear in its recent Net Zero by 2050 report, this aim will fall short without a […]
New Zealand’s Climate Aid in the Pacific Comes With Strings Attached
By Matthew Scott* A special feature moved in association with the Asia Pacific Report. AUCKLAND, New Zealand (IDN) — The beach is vanishing, one day at a time. The sea approaches the coastal village. It will not be negotiated with. With seawater flooding the water table, crops that have fed the islanders for centuries are […]