Burrowes* While it is now very late in the life cycle of homo sapiens, with extinction now due to consign us to Earth’s fossil record – see ‘Will humans be extinct by 2026?’ – I would like to make a belated pitch for the importance of the human individual and why nurturing each…
By Mikhail Gorbachev To the organizers of the Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth Dear friends, I was pleased and encouraged to learn about your initiative of convening the unprecedented Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth. In the present troubled times when many hardly…
BY HAZEL HENDERSON* – Ethical Markets Media In 1986 Scientific American drew attention to this visual of space junk tracked by NORAD, 7,000 spent rocket debris and the 40,000 objects with a diameter of 10 centimeters or more. I used this visual in many of my presentations in…
By Ban Ki-moon* NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 12 2018 (IPS) – One of my proudest accomplishments as the former UN secretary-general was playing a part in the ambitious global agenda for sustainable development (SDGs), including the goal of universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. Kenya’s…
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?
Federica Marsi – The National The first UN global agreement setting up a common framework on the management of international migration flows was formally adopted on Monday as a two-day intergovernmental conference began in Marrakech. Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser…
William Mebane* The first generic goods were those based on a single model for everyone. The black model T Ford is the classic example.
Q&A, Anna Triandafyllidou* Sputnik European Union member states should pay into the EU budget or toward development projects in Africa if they refuse to take in refugees. This is according to a document submitted by France and Germany to EU interior ministers in Brussels…
BY FERNANDO AYALA* – Wall Street International Magazine The call of Madrid: Zero Hunger by 2030 and the Alarm against the Epidemic of Obesity On October 29 and 30, 2018, the first World Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition was held in Madrid, organized by FAO and…
By Laura Gil – Africa Renewal (through IPS) VIENNA, Dec 7 2018 (IPS) – Years back, nuclear energy was a fancy option limited to the industrialized world. In due course, nuclear could be an energy source for much of Africa, where only South Africa currently has a nuclear power…
