Women do the sustainability heavy lifting worldwide
One of Colombia’s oldest women's collectives and movements has forged a link between peace and environmental sustainability.
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Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They want the UN climate summit to help
A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions of dollars for poorer countries to adapt and cope with global warming.
The decade-old broken climate promise looming over COP28
New data suggest wealthy countries may belatedly be providing a promised $100 billion in climate-related aid. But they’ve eroded trust in the process.
COP28 leaders: Food and gender key ingredients to climate solutions
COP28 delegates must realize gender equity in the food system is a gateway to achieving human rights, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity.
Our food future depends on gender equity
When the food system is disrupted by climate change, women are disproportionately impacted.
Banning plastic waste exports won’t solve the world’s plastic trash woes: Guilbeault
The mountains of trash from foreign countries seen piling up around homes and temples in Myanmar are renewing calls for Canada and other wealthy countries to deal with their own plastic garbage at home, instead of exporting waste — and the problem — to the developing world.
Developed nations promise $9.3 billion for global climate fund
Developed countries pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change at a conference held in the German city of Bonn on Thursday, October 5, 2023, authorities said. However, nongovernmental groups criticized the outcome, saying the funds fall short of what is needed to tackle climate change.
Climate justice is just as local as it is global
Global efforts mean nothing without locally grounded solutions and leadership.
Power to the Global South
Without the majority of the Earth’s population, the transition to a green world will fail. In that scenario, everyone loses.
Being a child in this climate is daunting. Are we doing enough to help?
World leaders and decision-makers must understand the climate crisis is much more than an environmental challenge — it poses a formidable threat to the rights and well-being of children, particularly girls.
The Paris summit on finance and climate ends. Action items to come
After all the talking, time for tangible solutions?
Climate activist Nakate turns up the heat on rich countries
Facing an audience packed with world leaders and finance officials in suits, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate silenced the room, then made everyone listen to some uncomfortable facts.
Let Global South in on green tech growth, UN says
The majority of developing nations are set to miss out on the economic benefits of booming green technologies, slowing progress toward their climate goals and widening the inequality gap between rich and poor countries, a United Nations report warned on Thursday.
Negotiators reach nature deal in Montreal despite last minute wobble from African countries
Canada and nearly 200 other countries around the world now have eight years to set aside almost one-third of their land and marine territories for conservation under a landmark new biodiversity deal reached in Montreal on Monday, December 19, 2022.
‘We need everyone to be part of the solution,’ but corporate lobbyists seen as blight on UN biodiversity talks
As the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal nears its end, Canadian federal politicians are weighing in on the corporate, big-money influence that can shape negotiations.