Women and girls make up over half of the world’s IDPs, 5 million IDPs are living with disabilities, an estimated 2.6 million are elderly, and over 30.5 million are children and youth. As world governments sharpen their negotiation skills to bargain for better deals for their respective countries and regions, I would suggest cities to… Continue reading Cities need net-zero commitments as climate induced internally displaced people keeps increasing
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Climate crisis is fuelling an unprecedented food and hunger crisis
The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns ahead of World Food Day, on 16 October. A WFP analysis shows that a 2°C rise in average global… Continue reading Climate crisis is fuelling an unprecedented food and hunger crisis
Sex for water: Humanity’s new low in Libyan refugee centres
This July, as the world was preparing to celebrate eleven years of ‘Human Right to Water’- recognized by the UN – an investigation into detention camps in Libya made some shocking revelations that would shame the civilized world. Refugees and migrants are being forced to trade sex for water, the Amnesty International report found out!… Continue reading Sex for water: Humanity’s new low in Libyan refugee centres
“Conservation as usual” comes under fire from UN expert ahead of world conservation summit
UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment calls for “a transformative approach,” to conservation that puts human rights and indigenous peoples at the heart of conservation. As conservationists and global leaders prepare to meet in Marseille, France, for the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress from September 3-11, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights… Continue reading “Conservation as usual” comes under fire from UN expert ahead of world conservation summit
Human-wildlife Conflicts, one of the Greatest Threats to Iconic Species
Conflict between people and animals, from China’s famed wandering elephants raiding farms for food and water to wolves preying on cattle in Idaho, is one of the main threats to the long-term survival of some of the world’s most iconic species, warns a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the UN Environment Program (UNEP). Human-wildlife conflict… Continue reading Human-wildlife Conflicts, one of the Greatest Threats to Iconic Species
World’s stateless at risk of not having COVID vaccine
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that many of the world’s stateless people may miss out on vaccinations as a result of their lack of citizenship or proof of identity. “There are millions known to be stateless around the world, without the nationality of any state. This has hugely damaging impacts on their fundamental… Continue reading World’s stateless at risk of not having COVID vaccine
About 155 million people pushed into food insecurity in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of the global food system and the need for more equitable, sustainable and resilient systems to nutritiously and consistently feed 8.5 billion people by 2030. Conflict, economic shocks – including due to COVID-19, extreme weather – pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020 The… Continue reading About 155 million people pushed into food insecurity in 2020
As the Mekong delta washes away, homes and highways are being lost
Michael Tatarski Upstream dams are blocking the sediment that nourishes the Mekong delta, while erosion and sand miners take what remains
Is 30 percent land converted to protected areas the biggest land grab in history?
Three hundred million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples, according to Survival International World leaders and global conservation organizations are expected to discuss a proposal under the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to convert 30% of the planet into a protected zone at President Biden’s Leaders’… Continue reading Is 30 percent land converted to protected areas the biggest land grab in history?
Governments across the world fail to protect human rights amid a pandemic
The global pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination and oppression and paved the way for the devastation wrought by COVID-19, Amnesty International said in its annual report for 2020. The State of the World’s Human Rights covers 149 countries and delivers a comprehensive analysis… Continue reading Governments across the world fail to protect human rights amid a pandemic