By Cyrus Rustomjee* WINDSOR, England, Nov 20 2018 (IPS) – The blue economy—a concept and economic model that balances economic development with equity and environmental protection, and one that uses marine resources to meet current needs without compromising the ability… Continue Reading
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz* – BBC Future Images like that of a polar bear on a melting ice field are iconic. But in terms of getting people to act on climate change, they may be ineffective. Here’s why We’ve all… Continue Reading
By Hannah Osborne – Newsweek Three times more water is being sucked into Earth’s interior through its subduction zones than was previously thought, scientists have discovered. These huge fissures that scar the planet’s surface appear at the boundaries of tectonic… Continue Reading
Luciana Porfirio, David Newth, John Finnigan (*) – The Conversation (**) Ending world hunger is a central aspiration of modern society. To address this challenge – along with expanding agricultural land and intensifying crop yields – we rely on global… Continue Reading
by Kul Chandra Gautam (nepa-laya, Kathmandu, 2018) Book review by Valerie Julliand, UN Resident Coordinator in Nepal Kul Chandra Gautam’s extraordinary memoir resonates on so many levels, depending on one’s perspective. I trekked through its more than 500 pages as… Continue Reading
Why are you invited? As human being inhabitant of the Earth you are invited to act against the commodification and privatization of any life form. All human beings do not have to beg for the recognition of their rights and… Continue Reading
Ecojesuit* Divestment and re-investment is one of the key strategies in approaching the sustained use of fossil fuels. Meanwhile, significant green energy sources are emerging and decisions being made at the domestic level. The law too is exploring ways to… Continue Reading
By Sir Arthur Richard Jolly BRIGHTON, UK, Aug 28 2018 (IPS) – Kul Gautam’s memoir is everything which one hopes for from a good biography. There are difficulties all along the way, obstacles and challenges overcome and a vision pursued with… Continue Reading
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram* KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 2018 (IPS) – Protracted economic stagnation in rich countries continues to threaten the development prospects of poorer countries. Globalization and economic liberalization over the last few decades have integrated developing countries into… Continue Reading
By Anders Wijkman* Looking at ecological and economic realities, time has come for demanding a new development model, one that fits our time and circumstances. The current model – the economy in particular – was designed and developed in an… Continue Reading
Robert J. Burrowes* There is almost unanimous agreement among climate scientists and organizations – that is, 97% of over 10,000 climate scientists and the various scientific organizations engaged in climate science research – that human beings have caused a dramatic… Continue Reading
By Phillip Orchard – Geopolitical Futures The Chinese Communist Party may finally be getting out of the family planning business. Three years ago, the party scrapped its infamous one-child policy. Last week, Bloomberg reported that China’s State Council is mulling… Continue Reading
Robert J. Burrowes* In a recent article titled ‘Challenges for Resolving Complex Conflicts’, I pointed out that existing conflict theory pays little attention to the extinction-causing conflict being ongoingly generated by human over-consumption in the finite planetary biosphere (and, among… Continue Reading
By Steven Donziger* – The Huffington Post The Real Irrefutable Truths About the Company’s Toxic Dumping and Fraud More than 20 years ago, indigenous and farmer communities in Ecuador’s Amazon went to court in the United States to seek compensation… Continue Reading
By Nicole Goodkind * – Newsweek t’s been a good year for financial companies. U.S. Banks profited by a record breaking $56 billion during the first quarter of 2018, up 27.5 percent from the year prior, because of tax cuts and… Continue Reading
