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I’m a vegan, but I’m also a realist. There’s no chance humanity is going to give up meat, en masse, anytime soon. That said, we can’t just wish...

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UN General Assembly to hold High-level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance - a global health and development threat Call to Action to tackle AMR through the One Health approach and to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development New York, 28 April - Calling for accelerated action to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkır, is convening a High-level Intera...

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 6:17 am New York, 28 April - Calling for accelerated action to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkır, is convening a High-level Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on Antimicrobial Resistance on Thursday 29 April. World leaders, to be joined by UN experts, business and civil society leaders, are expected to discuss practical steps to address...

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 10:32 am New York, 28 April - Calling for accelerated action to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkır, is convening a High-level Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on Antimicrobial Resistance on Thursday 29 April. World leaders, to be joined by UN experts, business and civil society leaders, are expected to discuss practical steps to address...

Date Time Share UN General Assembly to hold High-level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance – a global health and development threat New York, 28 April – Calling for accelerated action to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkır, is convening a High-level Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on Antimicrobial Resistance on Thursday 29 April. World leader...

Date Time Escazú Agreement Enters into Force in Latin America and Caribbean on International Mother Earth Day On the day of celebrations organized by ECLAC, the region’s countries reaffirmed the importance of the first regional environmental treaty and their commitment to protecting the planet and the people who defend it. The States Parties to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – kno...

04/22/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/22/2021 22:04 Escazú Agreement Enters into Force in Latin America and the Caribbean on International Mother Earth Day The States Parties to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean - known as the Escazú Agreement - celebrated the treatys entry into force this Thursday, April 22, on precisely the same date on which International Moth...

Circularity to Restore the Earth Photo by Sushobhan Badhai/ Unsplash / 22 Apr 2021 Inger Andersen, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme In these trying times, when we talk about resilience, most people’s minds turn to how to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It is true that the pandemic brought a lot of suffering. Millions of people have died. The global economy contracted 4 per cent in 2020. Livelihoods have collapsed, with an estimat...

The Careful Balance of Personal and Political Climate Actions April 22, 2021  • Courtney Foster Earth Day annually resurfaces an ongoing conversation—what can I/we do to fight climate change and environmental destruction? Some suggest ditching single-use plastic bags and shampoo bottles in favor of reusable alternatives. Others point fingers at the 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions and see the plastic bag crusade as a fruitless struggle against the powers that be. For ...