By Antidia Citores The author is Project Manager of Green Marine Europe and Spokesperson for Surfrider Foundation Europe BRUSSELS | 9 October 2024 (IDN) — The European maritime industry is at a turning point in its environmental transition, as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) comes into force, and the Ocean Pact looms on the […]
The Role of Land & Soil in Achieving UN’s Global Sustainable Development Goals
By Dr Shibu Thomas* SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey, USA | 5 October2024 (IDN) — The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 highlight the interconnectedness of global challenges and provide a framework for promoting peace and prosperity for people and the planet, both now and in the future. Genuine sustainability requires long-term, comprehensive approaches, with […]
Arctic Indigenous People, Traditional Culture: Potentials for Tourism Development
By Professor Maurice Okoli* MOSCOW | 2 October 2024 (IDN — The Arctic region is a geographic region spreading around the North pole. It is the Northernmost region of the earth characterized by distinctively polar conditions of climate, plant, animal life, Physical features and breathtaking landscapes and unique ecosystems which is home to diverse Indigenous […]
Brazil and China Could Lead the Way on South-South Climate Cooperation
By Leo Horn-Phathanothai and Rogerio Studart* BANGKOK | NEW YORK | 30 September 2024 (IDN) — This August marked the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Brazil—two of the most consequential countries for global efforts to avert climate chaos. Their celebrations came against the backdrop of improved relations and strengthening climate cooperation. As […]
Climate Change in The Arctic Is a Wake-Up Call for The Global South
By Felipe Arango García* This article was originally published in Dialogue Earth under Creative Commons license. BOGOTÁ, Colombia | 16 September 2024 (IDN) — In September 1846, the British expeditionary ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror became stranded in the Canadian Arctic while navigating the Northwest Passage, a shipping corridor between Europe and Asia. Eventually […]
Chinese Financing for African Renewables Rebounds After Two-Year Lull
By Anika Patel* BEIJING | 13 September 2024 (IDN) — New data reveals a rebound in Chinese financing of renewable energy projects in Africa in 2023, following a lull over the past few years. Climate cooperation between China and Africa was a key focus of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which concluded on 6 […]
Kazakhstan Proposes a Digital Solutions Centre for Sustainable Development
By Aar Jay BERLIN | ASTANA | 6 September 2024 (IDN) — The Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan has proposed the establishment of a Digital Solutions Centre for Sustainable Development at a high-level conference organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Government of Kazakhstan. The […]
Global Heating Threat Calls for Warlike Measures
By Franz Baumann The writer is President, Academic Council on the United Nations System and Adjunct Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University, Washington DC. The following text is adaptation of an article from Global Governance Journal. WASHINGTON, DC | 3 September 2024 (IDN) — For nearly half a century, negotiations in the context of the […]
Restoration Of the Aral Sea Requires Concerted Efforts
By Marat Bisengaliev* This article was issued by IPS-Journal. ALMATY, Kazakhstan | 1 September 2024 (IDN) — As a violinist, I have witnessed how music can bridge divides and inspire collective action. It is imperative that the global community harnesses this same spirit of unity and creativity to address a dire and unprecedented environmental catastrophe […]
Anxious Polar Bears Watch their Icy Home Slowly Melt Away
By Dr Palitha Kohona* COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 30 August 2024 (IDN) — The expedition ship, (Seabourn Venture) powers its way through icy waves and freezing winds further into the cold north, well past the Arctic Circle. Svalbard, with its stark landscape, discovered by accident by a Dutch expedition commanded by Willem Barentz searching for […]