Desperate Need to Halt ‘World’s Largest Killer’ — Pollution

Jay OwenSustainability News

 
Desperate Need to Halt ‘World’s Largest Killer’ — Pollution
Baher Kamal

Now that the lights of the UN climate change summit’s meeting rooms having been turned off in Bonn, after a week of intense negotiations and some partial results, another major environmental event is now schedule in Nairobi, this time to search for ways to halt the world’s major killer – … MORE > >

Lobbying & Sponsorships at COP23 Corrupted Climate Talks
Rabiya Jaffery

The world’s nations got together in Bonn, Germany, for the 23rd annual Conference of the Parties (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), where nearly 200 countries and some 23, 000 delegates met to discuss and influence the negotiations over the rulebook of the Paris … MORE > >

At Climate Summit, Two Global Energy Alliances Emerge
Stella Paul

As the summit of governments known as COP23 reached its conclusion in Bonn, Germany this week, two clear alliances have emerged in the global energy landscape. One of them, the International Solar Alliance, was launched in Paris and is all set to become a legal entity. The other, an alliance to … MORE > >

The World is Losing the Battle Against Child Labour
Daniel Gutman

The IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, which drew nearly 2000 delegates from 190 countries to the Argentine capital, left many declarations of good intentions but nothing to celebrate. Child labour is declining far too slowly, in the midst of unprecedented growth … MORE > >