BERLIN | NEW DELHI (IDN-INPS | WION) – Major Siddharth Chatterjee (Retd), the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator and the UNDP Resident Representative in Kenya, a humanitarian and development professional, a feminist and a passionate advocate for youth empowerment who has served in many war-ravaged and fragile parts of the world spoke exclusively to WION about his passion […]
Rich Countries Criticised For Lack of Serious Action on Climate Change
By Jaya Ramachandran BONN (IDN) – As the UN climate talks in Bonn (COP23) drew to a close, Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) bashed the rich countries for once again showing poor leadership by not taking serious action on climate change – despite new evidence showing emissions are on the rise. FoEI’s Dipti Bhatnagar […]
Fijian Presidency Lends New Dimension to Climate Negotiations
By Ramesh Jaura BONN (IDN) – Twenty-five years ago, governments came together at the Earth Summit in Rio driven by the idea that the world needed to change the way it was treating its environment. From that idea, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted – “and a movement began. A […]
Interview with Rick Wayman in Vatican City
Interview with Alyn Ware in Vatican City
Testimony as a Hibakusha by Ms Masako Wada at the Vatican Conference
Interview with Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi
Interview with Cardinal Peter K A Turkson
Vatican Conference on “Prospects for a World free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament”
Building a Secure World and a Healthy Planet for All
By António Guterres, UN Secretary-General Following are extensive excerpts from UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on November 15, 2017 at the Opening of the High-level Segment of COP23, the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). – The Editor BONN (IDN-INPS) – It […]