Archive for September 24th, 2023

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24/09/2023

Beyond Climate Colonialism and Food Imperialism to Earth Democracy and Food Freedom

Human Wrongs Watch

By Prof. Vandana Shiva | Navdanya International – TRANSCEND Media Service*

1. Mother Earth is a sacred, self organized living being. She creates and sustains life.Through her biosphere and her complex ecological processes, she regulates her water systems, her nutrition cycles, and her climate system.Over 4 billion years, using the energy of the sun, the power of photosynthesis by microbes and the green leaf of plants, she brought the temperature of the planet down from 290 C to 13 C, and the concentration of atmospheric CO2 down from 98% to .03%, from around 4,000 to somewhere around 250-270.

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24/09/2023

‘While Water Holds the Key to Life, All Too Often It Kills’

Human Wrongs Watch

Geneva 22nd September 2023 (WMO)* — As proved so tragically in Libya last week, while water holds the key to life, all too often it kills.

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Whether – like in Derna – it’s too much water leading to floods, or too little water causing droughts, or polluted water resulting in health risks, addressing the dangers that water poses can save lives.

As climate change intensifies these threats, there is an urgent need for action.

That is why a new collaboration matters so much.

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24/09/2023

Humanity Facing ‘Unprecedented Global Toxic Emergency’ – Human Rights Experts

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The consequences of poor chemicals and waste management worldwide are fuelling an “unprecedented global toxic emergency”, independent UN human rights experts have warned, ahead of a major summit next week.

Children play in an area outside their home that has been turned into a large dumpsite of waste from leather industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
© UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani | Children play in an area outside their home that has been turned into a large dumpsite of waste from leather industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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24/09/2023

Healthcare: Lack of Universal Coverage, ‘Human Rights Tragedy on a Massive Scale’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — World leaders on Thursday [] agreed to boost efforts to provide universal health coverage for all by 2030.

A young pregnant mother is seen for an antenatal checkup at a health centre in Kassala state, Sudan.
© UNICEF/Mojtba Moawia Moawi | A young pregnant mother is seen for an antenatal checkup at a health centre in Kassala state, Sudan.

By approving a new political declaration at UN Headquarters during the high level meeting, Member States also pledged to take concrete action and provide the necessary funding to reach the ambitious goal.

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