Toronto teen philanthropist Kenisha Arora wants a UN summit on education in New York in September to believe in the magic of youth as it sets out to tackle pandemic-related education loss and profound structural flaws in systems worldwide.
An appeals court on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, overturned a groundbreaking ruling that Australia’s environment minister had a duty to protect younger people against climate change.
Australia on Friday, July 23, 2021 garnered enough international support to defer an attempt by the United Nations’ cultural organization to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status because of damage caused by climate change.
The Chinese host of this year's meeting of the U.N. World Heritage Committee has defended the body's proposal to label the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” against Australian government suspicion that China influenced the finding for political reasons.
The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperiled world heritage site, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city.
Canada's largest national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance that it likely meets the criteria to be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger.
Australia said on Tuesday, June 21, 2021, it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal.
David Zandvliet, a professor at Simon Fraser University, focuses on the intersection of culture and environment in his work developing research and teaching programs that equip students with a new way of thinking.