By Baher Kamal* – Human Wrongs Watch How governments spend taxpayers money to subsidise fossil fuels that cause deadly air pollution – A reminder to mark 5 June World Environment Day Perhaps the most direct way to introduce this tough issue is what the United Nations secretary…
By Hazel Henderson, LaRae Long, Timothy Jack Nash Reference suggestion: Henderson, H., Long, L. and Nash, T. “Transitioning to Science-Based Investing”, 2019 Green Transition Scoreboard® Report, Ethical Markets Media, May 2019. © 2019 Ethical Markets Media, LLC This report does…
Introduction, by Paul Raskin We launched our current series on key social movements in November 2017 with a rich discussion of a “global citizens movement” as the missing historical agent for a Great Transition (the GTN exchange is archived…
Mann* – Newsweek With a climate denier occupying the White House and a Republican Senate enabling his worst impulses, it makes sense that climate activists have been focused on pushing the (increasingly large) herd of 2020 Democratic candidates toward bold climate policies. But…
By Federico Mayor Zaragoza* “… Everything is still possible… but who if not all of us can make it become true?”.
By William Mebane The writer is former Director of Energy Efficiency Department at ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development In 2007 a MIT survey revealed that nearly 60% of Americans feel that “until we are sure that…
Pressenza London “Now we must act on it” by Andrea Germanos, staff writer for Common Dreams Update: The U.K. Parliament made history on Wednesday by becoming the first to declare an environment and climate emergency.
by Mushahid Hussain* Pakistan, which has been listed as the 7th most vulnerable country affected by climate change, is now seriously tackling the vagaries of weather, both at the official as well as non-official level. Pursuant to an initiative launched by the Pakistan…
By William Mebane* Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis reminds us, “Every so often when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just: you have to say: no, no, no.“ Trump’s repeated attempts to cancel two of the most successful programs for lower and…
By UN News* Fight against Climate Change and Poverty Will Fail Without Overhaul of Global Financial System, Warn over 60 International Organizations in New UN-Led Report A major new UN-led report, involving more than 60 international organizations, warns that a comprehensive…
