Saturday, 12 December 2015
By Nathalie Margi
When world leaders attend international conferences like Conference of Parties (COP21) on climate change, they face political pressure and opposition. When women stand up for environmental rights in their communities, they face harassment, violence,
Date: September 7th 2016
Source: Counter View
A new study by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), “World Cities Report 2016: Urbanization and Development – Emerging Futures” has regretted extremely low levels of “aggregate municipal expenditures in India”, which happen to
By: News Ghana
Date: February 9th 2016
Source: News Ghana
The African Union (AU) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed an agreement to further strengthen their partnership in support of the Great Green Wall initiative, Africa's flagship initiative to combat land
Forests and grasslands would store more carbon if communities’ rights were protected, according to research from the leading climate economist
By: World Bank
Date: March 1st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / World Bank
Ethekwini — The natural environment of eThekwini, the city also known as Durban, has been put under severe pressure due to rapid urbanization and climate change. These have contributed to the degradation of the City's
By: hg-CM-egb
Date: November 8th 2016
Source: TeleSUR English
A growing body of research shows that Indigenous people and guaranteed rights to their land are critical factors in keeping carbon out of the atmosphere.
India: How climate-smart agriculture is crucial for India's food security at a time of farm distress
By: G Seetharaman
Date: May 8th 2016
Source: The Economic Times
Date:November 16th 2016
Source: FAO Press Office
FAO unveils new global framework for action on water scarcity at COP22 summit
16 November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco-The world must rapidly move to scale up actions and ambitions on climate change FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told
By: Zoe Tabary
Date: Thursday, 9 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
As Nepali men migrate to find work, women are taking over in the fields - earning them more money and respect
Water shortages caused by Bolivia's worst drought in 25 years have been exacerbated by booming population growth in cities, poor infrastructure and the impact of big agricultural plantations and mining projects, campaigners say.
Bolivia declared a national state of emergency last week as a
By: Manolo Serapio Jr and Enrico Dela Cruz
Date: 1 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Philippines will review all mines operating in the country, the new mining minister said on Friday, as the committed environmentalist vowed to determine whether the industry is hurting the
Press Release FIDH, 30 November 2015
COP21 will take place in Paris from 30 November to 11 December. The 147 heads of state and of government have the future of our planet in their hands. They must come up with a binding agreement that limits global warming and its dramatic impacts on human rights