International

The turn of the year again focuses our thoughts more on the future of families. Hopes turn to health, peace and well-being. The German chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the last general assembly of the UN of a change of…

In February 2022, began the longest military conflict in Europe’s post-World War history. But what were its main causes? Although the war in the Ukraine has inflamed emotions across the Western world like never before, the answer requires a realistic…

On Monday 19 December, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that commits states to protect the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples. The document, presented by Bolivia and prepared by this country in collaboration with Ecuador, is…

Biased and manipulated information is a violation of human rights. When a person chooses not to know about the things that are happening around them, it is as if they do not exist. And societies sometimes act like people, which…

In the Canadian city of Montreal, delegates from nearly 200 countries participating in the UN Conference on Biodiversity, known as COP15, reached an agreement to protect at least 30% of the land and oceans considered important for biodiversity by 2030.…

At the final adoption of an agreement at COP15, Greenpeace welcomes the explicit recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, roles, territories, and knowledge as the most effective biodiversity protection that has come out of the UN biodiversity talks. An Lambrechts, head…

Argentina’s football team defeated France in the final of the 2022 World Cup. In an electrifying match, which was full of talent and emotions, the Albicelestes got a well-deserved victory against a team that, a priori, was one of the…

With wars raging in Ukraine, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere, Roe v. Wade overturned and our resources being wasted on militarism instead of addressing the climate crisis, it can be hard to remember the hard-won progress being made. As we end…

UN Biodiversity Agreement by 2030 Nearing the conclusion of a sometimes fractious two-week meeting, nations of the world today agreed on a historic package of measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems. Convened…

Following two weeks of often tense negotiations of the Kunming-Montreal  Global Biodiversity Framework(GBF), in Montreal, Canada, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) praised the text for its “strong language on respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local…