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Good Health is an Environmental Right
The COVID-19 crisis is a reminder of the intimate relationship between humans, animals and the environment. There are several human rights related to the environment- these are our environmental rights. Without clean, safe, healthy and sustainable ecosystems, numerous human rights…
How a Lagoon Became a Frontline Defence Against Climate Change
When Albert Pati moved closer to the sea to open a beach bar overlooking the Mediterranean in Albania, he never imagined that the sea would also be moving closer to him, now eroding the soil around his restaurant floor. Even…
COVID-19 Intensifies the Urgency to Expand Sustainable Energy Solutions Worldwide
Despite accelerated progress over the past decade, the world will fall short of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 unless efforts are scaled up significantly, reveals the new Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress…
New Dates Agreed for COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), with the UK and its Italian partners, agreed yesterday new dates for the COP26 UN climate conference, which will now take place…
Opatija Will Host the Leading International Gas Conference in Southeast Europe
The jubilee 35th edition of the International Scientific & Expert Meeting of Gas Professionals will open its doors on the 21st of October, 2020 traditionally in Opatija, Croatia. During three days of the event 600 delegates, representing more than 200…
Daily Global CO2 Emissions ‘Cut to 2006 Levels’ During Height of Coronavirus Crisis
Global restrictions put in place COVID-19 pandemic saw carbon dioxide emissions fall to their lowest level since 2006. The drop was highest in early April, when regions responsible for 89% of global emissions were under some form of lockdown. The…
The State of the World’s Forests: Forests, Biodiversity and People
As the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011–2020 comes to a close and countries prepare to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, this edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) examines the contributions of forests, and of the…