Tag:Humanity

Climate Change

COP29 deal: New finance goal an insurance policy for humanity – Simon Stiell

In his remarks at the Closing Plenary of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, by 03.45am approx local time on Sunday, November 24, 2024, Simon Stiell,...

Michael Simire - November 24, 2024

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UNEP Emissions Gap Report: Humanity teetering on planetary tightrope, warns Guterres

The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2024 has delivered a stark reminder that the world is still far from meeting its...

Michael Simire - October 24, 2024

Sustainable Devpt

Ken Mwathe: UNEA6 must elevate place of nature in resolving problems facing humanity

From February 26 to March 1, 2024, the 6th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA6) holds in Nairobi Kenya. Convened first in...

Michael Simire - February 26, 2024

Climate Change

Humanity facing two existential threats: climate change and pandemics

Climate change is making outbreaks of disease more common and more dangerous, says the Pandemic Action Network, a platform ensuring the world is prepared...

Michael Simire - June 30, 2023

Sustainable Devpt

CBD COP15: Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction – Guterres

In his remarks at the UN Biodiversity Conference – COP15 – in Montreal, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, lamented that, with man’s bottomless appetite for...

Michael Simire - December 7, 2022

Conservation

World Environment Day: Protect wetlands, Lagos TUC urges govt

The Lagos State Council, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has urged the Lagos State Government to protect the state’s wetlands, to save the...

Michael Simire - June 4, 2021

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Humanity at a crossroads, UN warns in state of nature overview

Despite encouraging progress in several areas, the natural world is suffering badly and getting worse. Eight transformative changes are, therefore, urgently needed to ensure human wellbeing and...

Michael Simire - September 15, 2020