Andreas Weith / Wikimedia Commons / 28 Sep 2020
Methane is the primary contributor to the formation of ground-level ozone, a hazardous air pollutant and greenhouse gas, exposure to which causes 1 million premature deaths every year.
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20/12/2021
Afghanistan Economy in ‘Freefall’, Threatening to Take Entire Population with It
(UN News)* — Afghanistan’s economy is in “free fall”, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told a special meeting on Sunday [19 December 2021], warning that if decisive and compassionate action is not taken immediately, it may “pull the entire population with it”.
19/12/2021
‘Solidarity with Migrants Has Never Been More Urgent’
Today, more people than ever live in a country other than the one where they were born. While many individuals migrate out of choice, many others leave home out of necessity.
Approximately 281 million people were international migrants in 2020, representing 3.6 per cent of the global population.
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19/12/2021
Latin American and Caribbean Cities Can Halve Resource Consumption While Reducing Poverty
- New UNEP report provides a guide to increase resource efficiency in cities through circularity, better connectivity, ecosystem restoration, among others.
- If no action is taken, by 2050 cities in the LAC region will consume two to four times more resources over the limits of sustainability.
Panama, 13 December 2021 (UNEP)* – If a sustainable transformation is pursued within this decade, Latin American and Caribbean cities can halve their consumption of natural resources such as fossil fuels, minerals and food, while succeeding in the fight against poverty and inequality, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
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17/12/2021
Looking for Due Diligence with Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles require hundreds if not thousands of substances | Image from Wall Street International magazine.
13 December 2021 (Wall Street International)* — Last month, I read a newspaper story that called the future of automobiles electric; and it quoted an electric vehicle (EV) owner who worries “only about replacing his tires, wiper blades and air filter.”
Oh, dear.
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08/12/2021
UNICEF Launches Record Emergency Appeal as Escalating Conflicts Push Millions to the Brink
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday [7 December 2021] launched an appeal for a record $9.4 billion as attacks against children continue to rise. Close to 24,000 grave violations against youngsters were confirmed last year, or 72 violations a day, according to the agency, in its largest ever appeal for funding.
The appeal is 31 per cent larger than last year’s campaign, as humanitarian needs continue to grow globally, exacerbated by conflict, the climate crisis and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Millions of children around the world are suffering from the impacts of conflict, extreme weather events and the climate crisis,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore.
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08/12/2021
‘Disastrous’ Human Rights Situation across Occupied Palestinian Territory – UN Human Rights Chief
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said on Tuesday [7 December 2021] that the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has become “disastrous”, with severe infringements occurring effecting some four million people.
07/12/2021
All Humans Are Born Equal in Rights? That’s Still Far from Being True
Human Wrongs Watch
– ”All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” These words are a sound introduction to the transcendental issue of human rights and equalities, as stated by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
The Declaration proclaims the “inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”
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03/12/2021
A Green Paradox: Deforesting the Amazon for Wind Energy in the Global North
Human Wrongs Watch
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A shift to wind energy is leaving a trail of destruction in Ecuador, with a brutal impact on Indigenous communities and fragile ecosystems | ESPAÑOL
An island on the Pastaza river seen from the community of Sharamentsa in the Ecuadorian Amazon | Francesc Badia i Dalmases
03/12/2021
Indigenous Peoples’ Lands: Stolen Fair and Square
Human Wrongs Watch
By Mark P. Fancher | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday, in which exceptionalism and selective amnesia are celebrated. The sick fairy tale obscures the violent foundations of a settler colonial nation.
United American Indians of New England | Photo: Facebook
Tomorrow, in homes across the country, millions of people will cluster around dinner tables and say an obligatory prayer of thanks that they were born free and white in America. They will then stuff their faces with piles of bland food and wash it all down with too much beer and occasional shots of whiskey.
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