G20 must fund ‘massive global health plan’ to tackle coronavirus crisis.
… G20 must fund ‘massive global health plan’ to tackle coronavirus crisis. Anti-poverty campaigners Global Justice Now have called for … reforms have created a deeply unequal global economy which needs to be ‘reset’ in …
Major high street banks among investors driving billions of dollars into companies involved in deforestation.
… out by environmental and anti-corruption NGO Global Witness has revealed. Among those … identified are some of the largest names in global finance—Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, … Stanley are also implicated. Money to Burn Global Witness wrote to each bank and received …
Global upswell of civil society organisations, communities and academics tells EC to align raw materials sourcing plans with the interests of people and planet.
… site, taken in the 1990s. Photo: Vida e Ría Global upswell of civil society organisations, … sowing social conflict in Europe and in the Global South, authors of a collective letter that has received global support have warned. Read the letter …
Half of world’s people lack access to air quality data, hampering efforts to tackle one of biggest public health threats
… biggest public health threats There is a huge global inequality in access to information … study, entitled ‘Open Air Quality Data: The Global State of Play’ examined 212 countries … wealthier nations and individuals is lacking. Globally, it is estimated that more than $150 …
Campaigners Global Justice Now challenge UK government to release all post-Brexit trade papers.
… | 11th December 2019 News Change Makers Global Justice Now Freedom Of Information … Campaigners Global Justice Now challenge UK government to … Election, were released to campaign group Global Justice Now in heavily redacted form …
Research by the United Nations demonstrates a significant rise in global malnourishment and confirms violence and conflict as a leading cause. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… Persistent rise in global hunger highlights links with conflict … Nations demonstrates a significant rise in global malnourishment and confirms violence … need of urgent humanitarian aid, and confirms global violence and conflict as one of the …
UK government admits that secret trade talks are underway with unnamed countries.
… 2020 News Trade Parliament Johnson UK Global Justice Now Brexit Change Makers … with unnamed countries. Campaign group Global Justice Now has mounted a legal … in London. Secrecy Two years ago campaigners Global Justice Now asked for details including …
‘Governments must consider a heating planet’s imminent threat to Pacific peoples’ lives.’
… Climate refugee ruling sets 'global precedent' Marianne Brooker | 21st … Committee has found. The decision sets a ‘global precedent’, Amnesty International … Researcher, said: “The decision sets a global precedent. "It says a state will be in …
Continued production, trade and use of fracked hydrocarbons ‘torpedoes our global efforts to tackle climate change and violates basic human rights’.
… use of fracked hydrocarbons ‘torpedoes our global efforts to tackle climate change and … we must stop further extraction to combat the global climate crisis. Rights The meeting was … petrochemicals and plastics torpedoes our global efforts to tackle climate change and …
Hydropowered countries suffer higher levels of poverty, corruption and debt than other nations, new study finds.
… producing sufficient energy to meet demand. Global approach The new study by the … study of its kind, researchers took a global approach that compared national … Bank, currently calling for substantial and global investment in hydropower as a means …
First global analysis of world’s most abundant creatures reveals more animals live in the far north than the tropics.
… soybean_cyst_nematode_and_egg_sem.jpg First global analysis of world’s most abundant … Crowther Lab study is the first to map the global distribution of soil nematodes, tiny … climate change requires that we understand global carbon and nutrient cycles. We …
We have to take the growing impact of the digital sector into account if we are serious about the energy transition.
… now accounts for a staggering 60 percent of global data flows. It is the main use of … gas emissions in the digital sector. The global energy consumption of digital media … a French carbon transition think tank. Globally, video streaming emits as much CO2 as …
Protecting and regenerating our planet's forests we can prevent a global temperature rise beyond 1.5°C.
… our planet's forests we can prevent a global temperature rise beyond 1.5°C. Experts … on Climate Change (IPCC) report urging for global warming to be kept within 1.5C. Suzi … the world’s ecosystems and help to keep global temperature rise within 1.5C. "We will …
An international conference in Bristol will explore how we can put wellbeing and sustainability before profit.
… will coincide with the annual summit of the Global Parliament of Mayors , which is also … and explain how we can shift direction from a globalised system of inequality and … talks, panel discussions and workshops on the global-to-local theme. Topics include local …
Friends of the Earth has launched a legal challenge in the High Court arguing that the government's National Policy Statement for Heathrow Airport fails to address climate change. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… in the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming to well below 2°C and to pursue … Gases that will be necessary to prevent global warming from causing catastrophic, … additional costs of carbon-offsetting and the global warming potential of non-CO2 emissions …
Three hundred MPs demand that their pension fund divests from fossil fuels.
… it will be a powerful symbolic boost for the global movement to divest from fossil fuels, … undermine our economy, shared environment and global security. Under the UK’s Climate Change … stranded – with profound implications for the global economy. “We believe Members of …
Bridge International Academies faces a string of allegations over schools in Kenya, Liberia and Uganda. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… sector involvement in UK aid spending. Global Justice Now has written to … education Ed Lewis, aid campaigner at Global Justice Now, said: “The Prime … the Right to Education Initiative, the Global Initiative for Economic, Social & …
Innovation in medicine must be geared towards public health and not private profit, according to a new report.
… report. NHS patients are being let down by a global health innovation system which fails to … (IIPP), in collaboration with STOPAIDS, Global Justice Now and Just Treatment. The … systems Heidi Chow, Senior Campaigns Manager, Global Justice Now, said: “A pharmaceutical …
Trade association writes to MPs with disingenuous claims about the industry’s climate commitments.
… co-founder of 350.org who initiated the global divestment campaign, said: “The fossil … fossil fuels in the ground and bring about a global Green New Deal that invests trillions … radical Green New Deal.” Increasing pressure Globally, oil and gas companies have approved …
The fourth 24-hour climate change hackathon is taking place simultaneously in major cities around the world.
… are already contributing over 70 percent of global carbon emissions and are growing … the world’s biggest lever for slowing down global warming Sustainable design Teams hosted … plastics could contribute 15 per cent of global CO2 emissions by 2050 - overtaking …
Public sector must stop funding climate change say Welsh organisations.
… of thousands of people want Wales to be a globally responsible nation in line with our … is the poorest people, both here in Wales and globally, that are least responsible and yet … they can make to contributing to a globally responsible Wales is by making the …
Campaigning by migrant rights groups has encouraged MPs to sign an MPs Not Border Guards pledge.
… Marianne Brooker | 17th October 2018 News Global Justice Now Immigration MPs Hostile … signatories of the letter, and campaign group Global Justice Now in the summer. It has been … This article is based on a press release from Global Justice Now. Many of our members are …
Thousands of shoppers across the world will take action against single-use plastics in supermarkets this Saturday. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… many copycat protests, and now through a Global Plastic Attack Facebook group, which is … full extent of their plastic footprint.” The Global Plastic Attack Facebook group has 8,000 … Christophe Steyeart who co-hosts the Global Plastic Attack Facebook group, said: …
Europe has the untapped capacity to meet global energy demand through onshore wind farms, new research finds.
… Europe has the untapped capacity to meet global energy demand through onshore wind … onshore wind energy unsuitable to meet the global demand. “But even without accounting … which would adequately meet the expected global energy demand in 2050 of 430 EJ. The …