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Fiona Broom National governments, civil society and private organisations have pledged a record US$8.8 billion to a global collaboration over vaccines for low-income countries, laying the groundwork for the rollout of a future COVID-19 jab and saving up to 8 million lives. The record funding was acc

Business , COVID-19 , Economy , Environment , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development / 06/07/2020

World Localization Day to be launched by an array of global thinkers and leaders

COVID seems to have turned public opinion firmly against going back to “business as usual”. So where do we go instead? World Localization Day to be launched on 21st June will argue that a new socio-economic paradigm is required. COVID-19 has caused a fundamental rethink of the global economy. Fa

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , COVID-19 , Environment , Food , Resources , Sustainable Development / 06/06/2020

‘Quietly Putting Hundreds of Species at Risk,’ Trump Opens 5,000 Square Miles of Atlantic Ocean to Commercial Fishing

Jake Johnson Ancient and slow-growing deep sea corals, endangered large whales and sea turtles, and an incredible array of fish, seabirds, sharks, dolphins and other wildlife—these are the species and habitats that will pay the price. In a move that environmentalists warned could further imperil h

COVID-19 , Environment , Food , Human Rights , Opinions , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/05/2020

OPINION: COVID-19 IS TELLING US THAT IT’S TIME FOR GLOBAL SYSTEMS CHANGE — STARTING WITH WATER

Claudia Sadoff & Mark Smith To survive the coronavirus pandemic and minimize the adverse impacts of future shocks, we must address global water insecurity and inequality now. COVID-19 has, like nothing before, exposed the fragility of the systems that underpin our globalized world, revealing jus

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , COVID-19 , Environment , Forests , Governance , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/01/2020

An open letter for saving the Environment of Maldives

Concerned about the continuation of irreversible, environmentally destructive and debt financed projects in Maldives during the current Covid-19 global public health crisis with consequent economic recession, Save Maldives Campaign wrote an open letter to the Speaker of the Parliament For the attent

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Disasters , Environment , Forests , Health , Sustainable Development / 05/30/2020

Coronavirus, cyclones and locusts: In 2020, it’s getting harder in India than ever to ignore science and our impact on the environment

The intensification of agriculture and the accompanying clearance of forest lands for cropping and grazing had been driving diverse wildlife species together and pushing wildlife and livestock into overlapping environments. It’s hard to deny it any longer: 2020 is getting seriously apocalyptic. La

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Water / 05/26/2020

After Cyclone Amphan, broken houses and rotting fish

Joydeep Gupta Residents of the Sundarbans wonder why they are rebuilding, when their lands have been encroached for years by the seas, and their huts that will fall down in the next cyclone “What is the point in rebuilding our house,” asks Santanu Haldar, “when we know it will be torn down in

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Gender , Human Rights , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 05/24/2020

SDG setback ‘tremendous’ as COVID-19 accelerates slide

Gareth Willmer & Fiona Broom Crucial global goals to reduce hunger and poverty and curb climate change have gone backwards or stalled, the United Nations Secretary-General warns in a new report, as the COVID-19 outbreak moves from being a health crisis to becoming the “worst human and economic

COVID-19 , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 05/23/2020

COVID disrupts routine vaccination for 80 million infants globally

COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children – in rich and poor countries alike – at risk of diseases like diphtheria, measles and polio. This stark warning comes from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

COVID-19 , Governance , Health , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 05/17/2020

Vietnam’s low-cost COVID-19 battle shows the world what can be done

Misha Coleman, Margaret Sheehan Vietnam’s response to COVID-19 is one of Southeast Asia’s most successful interventions so far. The challenge now will be to maintain this level of vigilance even as life heads back towards normal. Daily, a staggering quarter of a million people use the public bu

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