Civil SocietyClimate ChangeEconomy / FinanceEnvironmentHealthHuman RightsScience and technology 6 min readAgora of the Inhabitants of the Earth – Manifesto 2 0 2 0 1 May 20200FROM PILLAGE TO SECURITY. LIFE FOR ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH Three scourges are devastating the life of the... Read More
Civil SocietyClimate ChangeEnvironmentHealth 3 min readBack to normal? The great fear 6 April 20200Riccardo Petrella* I hope not. Guido Viale has written some wise things about this, explaining why a “return to normal”... Read More
Climate ChangeEnvironmentHealth 5 min readThe epidemic provides a chance to do good by the climate 1 April 20200The Economist The chances are, though, that it will not be taken In Venice, water in the canals is running clear,... Read More
Climate ChangeEnvironmentHealth 11 min readDoes the Pandemic have a Silver Lining? / Covid-19: What comes afterwards? 23 March 20200Arthur Lyon Dahl* – Seán Ó Siochrú* Should we thank God for the Pandemic? It may seem weird to be... Read More
Climate ChangeEnvironmentHuman RightsInformation & CommunicationPopulism 4 min readHuman rights and Greta on Hungarian state media watch list 2 March 20200By Lili Bayer – POLITICO Activists condemn ‘censorship’ revealed in leaked emails. Hungarian journalists working for state media were told... Read More
Civil SocietyClimate ChangeEconomy / FinanceEnvironmentHealthHuman Rights 4 min readBig Oil has a do-or-die decade ahead because of climate change 24 January 20200The Economist The 2020s are poised to be to energy firms what the 2010s were to utilities—disruptive As revolutionary slogans go,... Read More
ChildrenCivil SocietyClimate ChangeEnvironment 4 min readGreta Thunberg’s Remarks at the Davos Economic Forum 22 January 20200By The New York Times, Reporting from the World Economic Forum in Davos DAVOS, Switzerland — Greta Thunberg spoke here... Read More
Civil rightsCivil SocietyClimate ChangeDemocracyEnvironmentHuman RightsInformation & CommunicationNeo-liberalismPopulismRacismReligionViolence 10 min readReflections for a New Year 2 January 20200Roberto Savio* In a world shaken by so many problems, it is difficult to look at 2020 and not make... Read More
Armed conflictsClimate ChangeEnvironmentfoodHuman RightsImmigration and RefugeesInequality and Social JusticePopulationViolence 7 min read2019 – A Devastating Year in Review 19 December 20190By Farhana Haque Rahman* ROME, Dec 2019 (IPS) – By any measure this has been a devastating year: fires across the... Read More
Climate ChangeEnglishEnvironmentPolitics 3 min readTrump Refuses to Lead on Climate Change—But I Refuse to Wait 16 December 20190By Michael Bloomberg* – Newsweek Earlier this week, reporters asked me why I was in Madrid for the U.N. climate... Read More