#PlasticTreaty: Stop Exploiting African and Other Global Majority Countries with ‘Waste Colonialism’
The Gauge for World Food Prices Went Up in January, Largely Catalysed by Supply-Side Constraints for Vegetable Oils
Human Wrongs Watch
Vegetable oils and dairy products push FAO Food Price Index higher
A rice field in Cambodia. ©FAO/Tang Chhin Sothy
Rome, 3 February 2022 (FAO)* – The gauge for world food prices went up in January, largely catalysed by supply-side constraints for vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 3 February 2022 reported.
Drought in Kenya Proves a Setback to Eliminating Female genital Mutilation
Human Wrongs Watch
WEST POKOT COUNTY, SAMBURU COUNTY, Kenya, 3 February 2022 (UNFPA)* – There are two rainy seasons in Kenya: The long rains in March, April and May and the short rains in October, November and December.
Island States Must Bolster Resilience to Existential Climate Threats
Human Wrongs Watch
2 February 2022 (UN News)* — The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga followed by another earthquake and aftershocks just days afterwards, has highlighted once again the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a meeting this week convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has heard.
UN Partnership Aims to Combat Microplastics in Cigarettes
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — A new UN partnership announced on Wednesday [2 February 2022] aims to raise awareness about the environmental and health impacts of microplastics in cigarette butts, the most discarded waste item worldwide.
The “Kidneys of the Earth” Are Disappearing
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Young mangrove plants, Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS
Specifically, peatlands alone store twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests combined. However, when drained and destroyed, wetlands emit vast amounts of carbon, adds the UN on the occasion of the World Wetlands Day, marked 2 February.
Damaged Natural Infrastructure Exacerbates Urban Flooding in Brazil
Human Wrongs Watch
In Raposos, a Brazilian city of 16,500 inhabitants, two-thirds of the homes were flooded by the rising waters of the Das Velhas River. The city grew on both banks of the river, between hills, which led to recurrent flooding. CREDIT: Das Velas River CBH
Warnings from the Poles
Human Wrongs Watch
By John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service*
A New Freely Downloadable Book
John Scales Avery
I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which discusses worrying recent developments in the Antarctic and the Arctic, which warn us of catastrophic consequences if we neglect urgent climate action.
The book may be downloaded free of charge from the following link:
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
Diagonal cracks have been observed in Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, and scientists fear that it might shatter into small pieces like a windscreen.
Myanmar: ‘Meaningful Action’ Needed to Stop the Slaughter
“Now is not the time for more rhetoric, it is time for meaningful action”, said Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
“The international community must take strong, meaningful steps to cut the junta’s access to weapons, funds and legitimacy”.
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