Big brands sit back and wait for consumers to think they are making a smart decision just because the price is low, forgetting that the lower the discount, the lower price put on the planet.
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01/12/2021
The True Cost of Black Friday
01/12/2021
Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 13.8 Million People in Just One Year
Human Wrongs Watch
A joint publication of FAO, IFAD, PAHO/WHO, WFP and UNICEF
The Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2021 ©FAO
Santiago/Chile, 1 December 2021 (FAO)* – Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is at its highest point since 2000, after a 30 percent increase in the number of people suffering hunger from 2019 to 2020, says a new UN report.
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01/12/2021
Let’s Get Money Out of Politics
Human Wrongs Watch
By John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Why COP26 Failed Future Generations
John Scales Avery
In discussing the threat of catastrophic climate change, we need to be aware of the contrast between the short-term future and the long-term future.
Unless we take immediate and drastic action, we risk passing environmental tipping points, beyond which uncontrollable feedback loops will take over, making human efforts useless.
However, it is difficult to mobilize the political will needed for immediate and drastic action, because the worst effects of catastrophic climate change lie in the very distant future.
What will happen if we fail to act decisively and immediately on the issue of climate?
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30/11/2021
Destitute and Desperate Asylum Seekers and Migrants
Human Wrongs Watch
*Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service
It was with deep sadness that on Wed 23 Nov 2021 the world watched in horror the news that 27 people had drowned in the English Channel when their flimsy dinghy overturned in the sea in an attempted crossing from Calais to Dover.
At least 27 migrants drowned crossing the English Channel from France. ABC
I am sorry and I ask the forgiveness of migrants and refugees who have been forced to flee their lands and seek a place of refuge in any country who would give them a place to lay their heads. I send my condolences to the families at the loss of their beloved ones in a cold watery tragedy far away from their homes.
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29/11/2021
Growing Amazon Deforestation a Grave Threat to Global Climate
Human Wrongs Watch
– For three weeks, the Brazilian government concealed the fact that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by nearly 22 percent last year, accentuating a trend that threatens to derail efforts to curb global warming.
Brazil has a “green future,” announced Environment Minister Joaquim Leite and Vice-President Hamilton Mourão, in a videoconference presentation from Brasilia at the Glasgow climate summit, in an attempt to shore up Brazil’s credibility, damaged by Amazon deforestation. The two officials concealed the fact that deforestation in the Amazon rose by 21.9 percent last year. CREDIT: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil-Fotos Públicas
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25/11/2021
Moving Animals
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By We Animals Media – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Moving Animals is a powerful short film about Jo-Anne McArthur’s documentation of the long-distance transport of animals, shot and produced by filmmaker Miguel Endara.
“This is my world. Join me as I climb transport trucks, and stay quietly and diligently with animals as they go to slaughter. Join me in the dusty roads and at my little hotel room editing desk, as Miguel and I discuss animals, animal photojournalism and, ultimately, kindness.”
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24/11/2021
Three Billion People Cannot Afford a Healthy Diet
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Approximately three billion people, almost 40 per cent of the world’s population, cannot afford a healthy diet and another one billion people would join their ranks should further unpredictable events reduce incomes by one-third, the UN food agency said, launching a new report on Tuesday [23 November 2021].
22/11/2021
Worsening Drought Affects 2.3 Million People in Somalia
Human Wrongs Watch
19 November 2021 (UN News)* — With about 2.3 million people already suffering with serious water, food and pasture shortages in Somalia, a rapidly worsening drought could lead to an “extreme situation” by April next year.
21/11/2021
Like Locusts, Lobbyists Swarm COP26 in Glasgow
Human Wrongs Watch
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Represent.Us
Global warming causes global swarming. In 2018, Indian Ocean cyclones hit Oman and Yemen, creating conditions for an outbreak of desert locusts.
Swarms grew throughout 2019 and 2020, two of the hottest years on record. Swarms with 80 million insects have swept across Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, and, as of last week, Kenya, consuming enough staple crops that would otherwise feed 35,000 people, every day.
Scientists have linked the growth of locust plagues to climate change.
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