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New UN resolution reinforces link between human rights and the environment Yacouba Sawadogo/Reuters / 08 Apr 2021 In late March, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution that calls for a human-rights-based approach to conserving and restoring natural spaces. We speak with the Acting Director of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Law Division, Arnold Kreilhuber, to find out how the resolution will help safeguard the environment and contribute to sustainable development.  United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): The Human Rights Council adopted its ...

Joint statement of United Nations entities on the right to healthy environment Photo by UNEP / 08 Mar 2021 Human Rights Council, 46 Thank you, Madam President. UNEP welcomes the opportunity to deliver this joint statement on behalf of 15 UN entities. See below the list of entities.    The right to a healthy environment is recognized by over 150 UN member states, but it has not been formally recognized at the global level thereby delaying achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, exacerbating inequalities, and creating protection gaps, especially for environmental human rights defen...

With dozens still missing, one question stares at us: what can countries like India do, given that glacier melts and weather variability are here to stay?

December 18,2020 —  Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Global Ecosocialist Network — Contemporary capitalist civilization is in crisis. The unlimited accumulation of capital, commodification of everything, ruthless exploitation of labor and nature, and attendant brutal competition undermine the bases of a sustainable future, thereby putting the very survival of the human species at risk. The deep, systemic threat we face demands a deep, systemic change: a Great Transition. In synthesizing the basic tenets of ecology and the Marxist critique of political e...