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As the Planet Wants to Go Green, France Has a Nuclear Habit It Just Cannot Kick

On July 28, French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Tahiti and said that France owed a “debt” to French Polynesia. The debt was related to approximately 200 nuclear tests France conducted in the 118 islands and atolls that comprise this…

No empty slogans needed in addressing climate change: China’s UN envoy

Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), said on Tuesday that tackling climate change needs firm commitment and continued actions, not empty slogans. Zhang wrote on Twitter that in addressing climate change, what the world doesn’t need…

“Time to say enough is enough”: Guterres at the opening of COP26

“Enough of mistreating biodiversity. No more treating nature like a toilet. Stop burning, drilling and mining deeper. We are digging our own grave,” warned the UN Secretary General as he opened COP26 to leaders of more than 120 nations gathered…

Face 2 Face with Professor Karl Grossman

LIVE SHOW on Friday, November 19th at 1 PM EST On this show, we speak Professor Karl Grossman, author, TV program host and full professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. For 30 years, he has…

COP26 exposes failure of neoliberalism

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow October 31st thru November 12th may be the most significant climate conference of all time. The fate of the planet is on the line. Prior to that august event, hundreds of peer-reviewed…

Indigenous People are heading to COP26: “There is no solution to the climate crisis, without us”

Indigenous movement mobilized the largest delegation of Brazilian leaders in the history of the climate conference to put forward the demarcation of indigenous lands as a solution The Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Apib), together with all its…

An Open Letter to the Global Media by Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate

Dear media editors around the world, Melting glaciers, wildfires, droughts, deadly heatwaves, floods, hurricanes, loss of biodiversity. These are all symptoms of a destabilizing planet, which are happening around us all the time. Those are the kind of things you…

Open World Meeting New Humanism: “The human being as a central value”.

On the 5th, 6th and 7th of November, the Open World Meeting of New Humanism will be held virtually, with the slogan “The Human Being as a Central Value”. Its objective is to be an intermediate milestone for a larger…

Press conference: global wave of actions to end to fossil fuel finance

Global — On October 29th, just two days before the start of the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, groups in every region of the globe will start a wave of mobilizations that will last until November 6th. Over 50 coordinated…

Webinar: Regeneration for Climate Resilience. Will the COP26 Still Rely on False Solutions?

Friday 29 October – 9am EDT, 3pm CEST, 6.30pm IST, 11pm AEST Register on Zoom Hosted by Navdanya International, “Regeneration for Climate Resilience”, brings together Dr Vandana Shiva – Founder of Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (India)…

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