Global Issues
News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 38
Greed is driving oceans toward collapse
- UN News
The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the accelerating impacts of climate change.
What Can We See About Climate Change in Macroeconomic Data?
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 10 (IPS) - Year by year researchers improve and deepen our understanding of economic activity. The primary example, and probably the most commonly used, is the detailed data and analysis available on gross domestic product (GDP).
UNOC3: World Leaders Recognize Urgent Need for Ocean Action
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 09 (IPS) - The world has converged along the Mediterranean Sea to affirm their commitments to the sustainable use and protection of the ocean.
No green without blue: Young ocean explorers set sail for a sustainable future
- UN News
With science at the forefront of the opening day of the Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), UN News boarded a 111-year-old Norwegian tall ship on the French Riviera to meet 50 science students, along with a host of lecturers and citizen scientists fresh from a 46-day expedition. Fueled by satellite data from the European Space Agency (ESA), their invaluable observations echo the urgent call to understand and protect the world’s oceans.
Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France
- UN News
With the Mediterranean glittering in the background, UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the Third United Nations Ocean Conference on Monday, delivering a blunt indictment of humanity’s fractured relationship with the sea.
Oceans at Risk: Report Warns Global Fossil Fuel Expansion Threatens Marine Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
SACRAMENTO, US & NEW DELHI, India:, Jun 09 (IPS) - A newly released report by Earth Insight in collaboration with 16 environmental organizations has sounded a global alarm on the unchecked expansion of offshore oil and gas projects into some of the most biologically rich and ecologically sensitive marine environments on the planet.
UN Ocean Decade vs. Coastal Reality: 'They Took Our Sea,' Say Vizhinjam Fishworkers
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Jun 08 (IPS) - As the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) approaches, bringing renewed attention to SDG 14 (Life Below Water) and the rights of ocean-dependent communities, India’s Vizhinjam coast highlights the environmental injustice and human cost of unchecked coastal development.
Drifting architects: Plankton, climate, and the race to understand our changing ocean
- UN News
They drift unseen, but everything depends on them. Plankton – the ocean’s lifeblood – regulate the climate, feed the seas, and shape life on Earth. On the French Riviera, scientists are racing to unlock their secrets before the hush of their decline echoes across the planet.
Girls in Kenya Are Repurposing the Invasive Mathenge Tree Into Furniture
- Inter Press Service
KAKUMA, Kenya, Jun 06 (IPS) - Char Tito is hammering nails into wood at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School in Turkana County, northern Kenya. The 16-year-old is making a traditional chair under the scorching sun outside one of the classroom blocks.
Green gold beneath the waves: How seaweed – and one man’s obsession – could save the world
- UN News
As world leaders gear up for the third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, one policy expert is making waves with an ancient marine organism he believes could help feed the planet, clean the air, and transform coastal economies.
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