Burrowes* In many ways it is painful to reflect on the year 2018; a year of vital opportunities lost when so much is at stake. Whether politically, militarily, socially, economically, financially or ecologically, humanity took some giant strides backwards while passing up…
Of Cockroaches and Humans By Roberto Savio* Rita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian Nobel laureate honoured for her work in neurobiology, once gave a splendid conference with the title “The imperfect brain”. There she explained that man has a brain that is not used completely, while…
By Daniel Hentz* – Columbia Journalism Review** “The best minds in media should be giving sustained attention to how to tell [the climate crisis story] in a way that creates change,” wrote Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan in October. The question is, after two…
By Aline Robert – EURACTIV.fr / Distributed by Human Wrongs Watch Poland is hosting lobbying for coal and fossil fuels of a scale that has rarely been seen during an annual UN conference on climate (COP). The EU is turning a blind eye to this new facet of its It takes just one…
Human Wrongs Watch* From Tuesday [11 December 2018] on, close to 100 Government ministers are due be involved in negotiating a final deal on moving forward with climate action here at the United Nations COP24 conference in Poland. So, what is the goal?
James Pennington and Ariel Kastner – World Economic Forum (WEF) As world leaders gather in Katowice, Poland for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), signs are evident that several long-time influential players…
By Rachel Kyte* UNITED NATIONS, Dec 6 2018 (IPS) – The cost of renewable energy is low, and at times, less than fossil fuels. What are the barriers to switching to renewables?
By Hans Nicholas Jong – Mongabay* Activists have questioned the integrity and effectiveness of the U.n. climate talks in Poland, in light of its close associations with the coal industry. Among the events sponsors are three Polish coal companies, and in his opening speech, the…
By Roy Morrison* – EcoCivilization Ecological economic growth is something new under the sun. It’s key to stopping and reversing climate change and building an ecological civilization based on the pursuit of social and ecological justice. We have the tools to respond effectively…
Human Wrongs Watch – UN Environment It is still possible to keep global warming below 2°C, but the technical feasibility of bridging the 1.5°C gap is dwindling. Global CO2 emissions increased in 2017, after a three-year period of stabilization. If the emissions gap is not closed…
