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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a vote Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called “historic.”

The U_N_ General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment which Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called “historic.”

India voted for the resolution and pointed out that the resolutions do not create binding obligations

...there is nothing normal or natural about the blazes we are seeing raging across Europe, North America and other parts of the world.

With 161 votes in favor, and eight abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on Thursday, declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right.

Costa Rica, the Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia and Switzerland presented the draft text to the 193-member Assembly, the UN’s most representative body, last June, following the landmark resolution adoption of a similar text adopted in October 2021 by the UN Human Rights Council.

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A major U.N. report warned this week that a global economy focused on short-term profit is wrecking the planet and called for a drastically different approach as to how we value nature. Without this shift, universally accepted goals of sustainable development and greater equity w...

An assessment report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services argues that the way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is a ‘key driver of the global biodiversity crisis’ and provides a ‘vital opportunity to address it’. An...

PARIS, July 12, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - A major UN report warned Monday that a global economy focused on short-term profit