Despite all efforts, CO2 emissions continue to rise and the world is heading for global warming of 3°C. The Emissions Gap Report 2023, released this Monday by the United Nations Environment Programme agency (UNEP), leaves no doubt: although the progress has been improving, it is too slow and, as a result, the planet could be […]
Read MoreThe United Nations Water Conference has not been held since the 1970s. It ended this Friday in New York with commitments from the 149 participants to protect “humanity’s most precious common good.” The Conference began with the alarming words of António Guterres who stressed in his opening speech, the centrality of water for human survival […]
Read MoreThe Water Conference at the UN is the most important event on the topic so far. In this article you will learn the most important points of this event that will mark the future of the planet. From March 22 to 24, a Conference exclusively dedicated to Water and its sustainable management is coming to […]
Read MoreThe Oceans Treaty signed on Sunday will allow the conservation of 30 percent of the high seas by 2030. The moment is historic. The United Nations has agreed to create a Treaty for Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). After 36 hours of negotiations and almost twenty years of back and forth – […]
Read MoreThe Secretary-General of the United Nations listed a number of challenges that put the sustainability of various parts of the globe and future generations at risk. António Guterres, addressing the General Assembly in New York in February, called for urgent action to address such scourges as wars, climate emergency, and extreme poverty. Here are expressed […]
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