Sarah Purnell, University of Brighton and James Edward Ebdon, University of Brighton The UK has around 1,500 individual river systems, totalling over 200,000 km in length. It’s common for sewers here to accept both untreated human waste and rain water in a combined system. Water and sewerage companies are permitted to release this wastewater into… Continue reading Sewage pollution: our research reveals the scale of England’s growing problem
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More than 50 Mayors Call on Governments and Companies to Conserve Forests
Many cities are investing in trees, forests and other nature-based solutions to counteract these effects and help their residents adapt to climate change City leaders representing combined population of nearly 173 million residents have issued the Cities4Forests “Call to Action on Forests & Climate” Fifty-seven cities, including 51 mayors, have issued a declaration calling on governments,… Continue reading More than 50 Mayors Call on Governments and Companies to Conserve Forests
Re-engaging and Motivating Employees under COVID-19
Re-engaging employees under COVID-19 will be key to building a ‘new normal’. If the ripple effects of the global health crisis remain difficult to assess, the immediate impact of the pandemic is felt by all businesses around the world. Managers are faced with multiple challenges that span from reorienting operations, ensuring employee safety and shifting… Continue reading Re-engaging and Motivating Employees under COVID-19
Self-sufficient Cities May Hold the Key to the Future
Juan Vargas The Pukika Experiment consists of building a self-sufficient city for 3 million people By the end of the century, we’ll need to build urban housing for 5 billion people. This is the product of our increasing population and the current urbanisation trend. Today, there are slightly over 4 billion people living in cities,… Continue reading Self-sufficient Cities May Hold the Key to the Future
A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
Nelson Garcia, a member of the same Indigenous rights group as murdered activist Berta Caceres, has been assassinated in Honduras. On Tuesday, Nelson Garcia was killed after being shot four times in the face in the Rio Chiquito community who was a member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous organizations of Honduras (COPINH), of which Berta… Continue reading A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
The Paris climate agreement at a glance
Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; James Whitmore, The Conversation; Michael Hopkin, The Conversation, and Wes Mountain, The Conversation On December 12, 2015 in Paris, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change finally came to a landmark agreement. Signed by 196 nations, the Paris Agreement is the first comprehensive global treaty to combat climate change, and… Continue reading The Paris climate agreement at a glance
Botswana: Diamond mining continues to cause suffering for Bushmen
Despite ever increasing profits from multinational diamond mining operations in the country, Botswana’s Bushman communities continue to suffer. Last week the second-largest diamond in history was discovered close to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the recognized ancestral homeland of the Bushman people. Botswana has been keen to publicize its considerable diamond-derived wealth to the world’s… Continue reading Botswana: Diamond mining continues to cause suffering for Bushmen
Coal industry sponsors climate summit
Anam Zeb A new report by the NGO Corporate Accountability International says four of the leading sponsors of the Paris climate summit are collectively responsible for over 200 megatonnes of annual carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. The report, Fueling the Fire – The corporate sponsors bankrolling COP21, says European energy giants sponsoring the summit include Engie (formerly known… Continue reading Coal industry sponsors climate summit
18 Village Councils in India demand Coca Cola stop using groundwater
Eighteen village councils (panchayats) in the immediate vicinity of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj in Varanasi district in India have come together to demand that the groundwater used by Coca-Cola be stopped immediately due to the growing water crisis in the area. Panchayats, or village councils, are elected bodies at the most local level,… Continue reading 18 Village Councils in India demand Coca Cola stop using groundwater
Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon
Washington Bolivar, an indigenous activist in Peru has been receiving death threats as he challenges the destruction of Amazon rainforest for timber extraction and conversion to oil palm. According to a press release by Forest Peoples Programme, in the course of the last month, human rights defender, Mr Bolivar received the following threat in an handwritten form: Washington…we… Continue reading Indigenous activist’s life in danger after opposing destruction of Peruvian Amazon
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