Climate
Covid 19 and The Temptation to Turn Away from Global Engagement
Ron Israel and Hisham Jabi In the era of Covid 19 it is perhaps politically expedient for countries to turn inward and back down […]
Category: COVID-19
Biodiversity
Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
Luigi Guarino and Charlotte Lusty All too often, we place the beginning of the food chain at the farm, when in fact it extends back […]
Sustainable Business
Global energy demand to plunge to a seven decade low, the biggest shock since Second World War
The Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades, with the drop in demand this year […]
Sustainable Business
The surprising link between our consumer habits and deadly diseases ranging from malaria to the novel coronavirus
Anita Makri From age-old malaria to COVID-19, markets influence systems that drive pandemic risk. Here’s what we can do about it. Rebecca Wong knows […]
Aid
Pandemic effect – can we save the SDG on water and sanitation?
Ashok Swain The Covid-19 pandemic could be the spur needed to aggressively pursue the Sustainable Development Goals, especially on water and sanitation, but it […]
Biodiversity
Nature gets a breathing space, but for how long?
Scientists and others concerned about climate change kept on urging human race to shift to greener paths of development; this pandemic sent out a […]
Climate
Germany committed to climate protection despite COVID and tight budgets: Merkel
The 11th Petersberg Climate Dialogue virtually hosted by Germany and COP 26 host UK is focusing on how the international community can emerge from […]
Sustainable Business
Faced with a crisis, airlines seek delay on climate measures
Catherine Early The aviation sector deserves support to recover from Covid-19, but that doesn’t mean a free pass on climate, Aviation is one of […]
COVID-19
Pandemics and prejudice: When there is an epidemic, social prejudices resurface
Diseases don’t care for race or class. But they continue to be pinned to race, gender, sexual preference and geography In the early 1900s […]
Aid
Governments, private sector and health leaders to ensure everyone can access new vaccines, and treatments for COVID-19
Heads of state and global health leaders today made an commitment to work together to accelerate the development and production of new vaccines, tests […]
Aid
Fixing the WHO
Joel Negin Like other United Nations bodies, the WHO has always been a political beast. It is funded by and given its power by […]
Biodiversity
“Earth School” launched to keep students connected to nature in the time of COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, UNEP launched a coalition with TED-Ed and others called “Earth School,” for providing free, educational content for students, […]