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Fossil fuels under fire heading into UN summit and week of climate talks, protests
The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden. As a record-smashing and deadly hot summer draws to a close, the United Nations and the city that hosts it are focusing on climate change and the burning of coal, oil and natural gas that causes it. It…#unitednations #climateweek #ungeneralassembly #fossilfuels #manhattan #jeansu #antonioguterres #unitedkingdom #guterres #dubai
Source: Reuters: Health - September 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

News at a glance: Sustainable Development Goals, CO2 removal, and hominin fossils in space
POLICY Scientists call for revamped Sustainable Development Goals New analyses confirm the world is failing to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of ambitious objectives agreed to in 2015 by the United Nations, and scientists are among those calling for a reboot. The 17 goals include ending poverty and hunger and ensuring sustainable consumption by 2030. To meet them, the agreement includes 169 specific targets, but skeptics have long contended that many are not well defined, measurable, and scientifically rigorous. In an independent analysis the U.N. will publish next week ahead of a meeting it i...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

The Northern Hemisphere Just Lived Through Its Hottest Summer Ever Recorded
(GENEVA) — Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Last month was not only the hottest August scientists ever recorded by far with modern equipment, it was also the second hottest month measured, behind only July 2023, WMO and the European climate service Copernicus announced Wednesday. August was about 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-industrial averages. That is the t...
Source: TIME: Science - September 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: JAMEY KEATEN and SETH BORENSTEIN / AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

Exploring the potential of the belt and road initiative as a gateway for renewable energy in diverse economies
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Sep 1. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-29464-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), spearheaded by China, is anticipated to bolster trade, investment, and economic growth among participating countries to advance the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 7 through international trade. Within this context, renewable energy has emerged as a promising avenue to address environmental degradation and foster sustainable development. However, the impact of BRI's trade volume on renewable energy development and adoption in these nations remains unresolved. To address thi...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - September 1, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Gulbahar Ucler Roula Inglesi-Lotz Nurgun Topalli Source Type: research

Digging Africa Deeper into HungerAnnual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture
Women share nutritious diverse local crop varieties at 2022 Djimini seed fair in Senegal. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is helping rewrite African laws and policies to favor conversion to hybrid and GMO maize seeds. Credit: AFSA or Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)By Timothy A. WiseCAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 29 2023 (IPS) As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green Revolution Forum, convening September 5-8 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, they are instead handing out new s...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Timothy A. Wise Tags: Africa Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Development & Aid Food and Agriculture Food Sustainability Green Economy Headlines TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Debt & Crisis of Survival in Sri Lanka & the World
This article is derived from the author’s new book: Asoka Bandarage, CRISIS IN SRI LANKA AND THE WORLD: COLONIAL AND NEOLIBERAL ORIGINS: ECOLOGICAL AND COLLECTIVE ALTERNATIVES (Berlin: De Gruyter,2023) https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783111203454/html?lang=en] IPS UN Bureau   Follow @IPSNewsUNBureau !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');  
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Asoka Bandarage Tags: Armed Conflicts Asia-Pacific Civil Society COVID-19 Economy & Trade Featured Headlines IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

International Systems Are Key for Ethiopia ’ s Security and Development Amidst Renewed War
There are still tens of thousands of people in need of health services including surgical interventions from the previous war that left almost 600,000 people dead. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPSBy Abdo HusenADDIS ABABA, Aug 23 2023 (IPS) Less than a year since warring parties in Ethiopia signed a peace agreement, the country is on the brink of renewed bloodshed following escalating hostilities between government forces and the Fano militia in the Amhara region. Government forces accuse the militant group of plotting a coup; while the militia maintain their marginalization in the post-war reconstruction arrangements including th...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Abdo Husen Tags: Africa Armed Conflicts Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

Amendments to Indian biodiversity laws could open doors to exploitation
Legal experts and environmental campaigners say a bill passed last week by India’s Parliament could magnify commercial exploitation of the country’s ecosystems and harm the communities that depend on them. The amendments to the landmark 2002 Biological Diversity Act streamline the approval processes for commercial use of India’s trees, plants, and other biological resources—as well as traditional knowledge based on those resources—making it easier for companies to patent and sell them as products. The legislation also decriminalizes violations of the act. “They have spoiled it,” says Giridhar Kinhal...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 11, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

U.N.-Led Team Completes Risky Operation to Transfer Oil From Decaying Yemen Tanker
A team of international experts led by the United Nations finished a risky operation to siphon more than a million barrels of oil from a rusting tanker moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, where for years it threatened to explode or spill and cause an ecological and humanitarian disaster.#unitednations #yemen #redsea
Source: Reuters: Health - August 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Health, Nutrition & Heroes in Rural Afghanistan
Credit: UNICEF/UNI403619/KarimiBy James ElderKABUL, Afghanistan, Jul 26 2023 (IPS) The needs of Afghanistan’s children and families are immense. So are the efforts of those supporting them: teams of community workers made up of family members, teachers in community-based schools, vaccinators, and health workers working around the clock to bring life-saving services in the face of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe. I recently traveled to eastern Afghanistan to meet some of the inspiring heroes who, this year already, helped UNICEF reach around 19 million children and their families with health and nutrition services....
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: James Elder Tags: Asia-Pacific Featured Food and Agriculture Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Effect of green fuel and green lubricant with metallic nanoparticles on emissions of HC, CO, NO < sub > x < /sub > , and smoke for a compression ignition engine
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jul 21. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-28645-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are imperative from the point of view of protecting the environment by employing sustainable options. Considerable research has been carried out in the transportation sector to meet this objective. Here, the influence is assessed of epoxidised gingelly oil methyl ester biolubricant with alumina (Al2O3) nanoparticles on the performance and emissions of a single cylinder 0.66-L capacity direct injection compression ignition engine driven by gingelly B20 biodiesel. Eng...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - July 21, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Augustine B V Barboza Pijakala Dinesha Marc A Rosen Source Type: research

UAE oil exec says we ' we need to attack all emissions, everywhere ' and must be ' brutally honest ' about climate change crisis
The head of this year’s United Nations climate talks called Thursday for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in all regions and sectors if they want to stop the planet from passing a key temperature limit agreed on more than seven years ago.…#unitednations #sultanaljaber #unitedarabemirates #dubai #aljaber #fahrenheit #illarinoriega #christianaid #eastafrica #aljabers
Source: Reuters: Health - July 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news