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Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit — Global Issues
Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit — Global Issues. Climate change already threatens water supplies for agriculture due to the reduction in the availability of fresh water, which is expected to be aggravated over the next decades. It also causes drought, torrential rainfall, flooding and a rise in the sea […]
47 already dead in Madagascar plague outbreak — RT News
47 already dead in Madagascar plague outbreak — RT News. Over 40 people have already died in a plague outbreak on Madagascar and the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a “rapid” spread of the bacterial disease carried by rats in the capital Antananarivo. The death toll of the bubonic plague outbreak in […]
UN: Deadline to curb Ebola will not be met – Africa – Al Jazeera English
UN: Deadline to curb Ebola will not be met – Africa – Al Jazeera English. A deadline of December 1 to contain the Ebola virus will not be fully met due to escalating numbers of cases in Sierra Leone and elsewhere, the UN Ebola Emergency Response Mission which had set the target, said. The mission set the […]
The problems of environmental activism in Russia | openDemocracy
The problems of environmental activism in Russia | openDemocracy. This autumn, in cities worldwide there were climate-themed marches to tie in with the Ban Ki-Moon UN summit, the most of important of which was a 400-thousand-strong demonstration in New York; and Russia too passed a series of measures. On 23 September, environmental activists from Moscow […]
Climate Spending Falls, Threatening 2-Degree Target – Bloomberg
Climate Spending Falls, Threatening 2-Degree Target – Bloomberg. Spending on carbon-reduction and climate-protection measures by governments and companies fell for a second year, threatening the United Nations’ goal to cap global warming at safe levels, according to a research report. World expenditures on renewables, energy efficiency and measures that protect against the effects of climate change slid $28 billion, or […]
Is Saudi Arabia Waging Economic Warfare?
Is Saudi Arabia Waging Economic Warfare?. The G20 is a conference of the world’s top 20 economies as measured by Gross Domestic Product. Some observers have slammed it as an unelected and arbitrary body that is doing some of the work the United Nations was intended to do– only in a much less egalitarian way. […]
Latin America Moves Towards Decarbonising the Economy — Global Issues
Latin America Moves Towards Decarbonising the Economy — Global Issues. RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 14 (IPS) – When the advances made towards curbing global warming are analysed in the first 12 days of December in Lima, during the 20th climate conference, Latin America will present some achievements, as well as the many challenges it faces […]
Libyan court dissolves UN-backed parliament – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Libyan court dissolves UN-backed parliament – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. Libya’s Supreme Court has announced the dissolution of the UN-backed elected parliament, which has taken refuge in the eastern city of Tobruk, while another parliament vying for legitimacy is stationed in the capital, Tripoli. “The Constitutional Circuit in the Supreme Court has ruled on […]
UN Sees Irreversible Damage to Planet From Fossil Fuels – Bloomberg
UN Sees Irreversible Damage to Planet From Fossil Fuels – BloombergHumans are causing irreversible damage to the planet from burning fossil fuels, the biggest ever study of the available science concluded in a report designed to spur the fight against climate change. There’s a high risk of widespread harm from rising global temperatures, including floods, […]
One-fifth of Global Farm Soil Degraded by Salt – Our World
One-fifth of Global Farm Soil Degraded by Salt – Our World. Salt is degrading one-fifth of the world’s irrigated land and causing around US$27.3 billion per year in economic losses, according to a new assessment from the United Nations University (UNU). That’s because every day for the past 20 years, an average of 2,000 hectares […]
U.S. isolates troops, Australia slaps visa ban on Ebola-hit West Africa states | Reuters
U.S. isolates troops, Australia slaps visa ban on Ebola-hit West Africa states | Reuters. (Reuters) – The U.S. military has started isolating soldiers returning from an Ebola response mission in West Africa and Australia became the first rich nation to impose a visa ban on the affected countries amid global anxiety about the spread of […]
Squabble Over $100 Billion Aid Stalls Global Warming Deal – Bloomberg
Squabble Over $100 Billion Aid Stalls Global Warming Deal – Bloomberg. A dispute about how to link greenhouse-gas emissions cuts to a promise from the wealthiest nations for $100 billion a year in climate aid emerged as a major stumbling block at UN talks on global warming. After a week of discussions that ended today […]
UN officials ‘shocked’ by Detroit’s mass water shutoffs | Al Jazeera America
UN officials ‘shocked’ by Detroit’s mass water shutoffs | Al Jazeera America. Surrounded by a frenzy of cameras, Detroit resident Rochelle McCaskill explained her predicament to a team of United Nations officials on Sunday: The numbers simply didn’t add up. Out of her $672 monthly disability check, McCaskill spends $600 rent, she said, leaving her […]
Wealth Inequality Is Not A Problem, It’s A Symptom – The Automatic Earth
Wealth Inequality Is Not A Problem, It’s A Symptom – The Automatic Earth. NPC Dedication, George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria, VA Nov 1 1923 A comment on an article that comments on a book. I don’t think either provides, for the topic they deal with, the depth it needs and deserves. Not so much a criticism, more […]
Australia’s Energy Policy Is Simple. Listen To The UN And Do The Opposite
Australia’s Energy Policy Is Simple. Listen To The UN And Do The Opposite. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s energy policy seems to stick to one iron-clad mantra: Whatever the United Nations advises, do the exact opposite. While this might seem like a flight of fancy chosen to make this article’s lede a little sexier, evidence […]
