By 2050, with a projected increased global population of 9.6 billion, we would need the equivalent of almost 3 planets worth of resources to sustain our way of living, if our current consumption and production patterns remain the same. [UNEP, 2011, ] … Continue reading →
While politicians either deny that climate change exists or, if they admit that it is happening, do not believe we are in a state that requires emergency action, a professor from the University of Cumbria believes that climate-change scientists themselves … Continue reading →
Mucungura Adeodato writes: I’m a teacher teaching in secondary schools in Lyantonde district in Uganda. It’s one of the dry corridor districts in Uganda. I’m appreciate and commend the work you are doing to save our global environment. Environmental concerns … Continue reading →
Hello! We’re Amy and Ella Meek, aged 15 and 13, and the founders of Kids Against Plastic! Not long ago we came across the UN’s Global Goals and got inspired to do our bit for the planet, and after finding out about the negative effect … Continue reading →
The Blue Belt programme supports delivery of the UK government’s commitment to provide long term protection for the marine environment. It supports delivery of the UK government’s commitment to provide long term protection of over four million square kilometres of marine … Continue reading →
The UK government 25 year Environment Plan was published 11 January 2018. It sets out the government’s goals for improving the environment, within a generation, and leaving it in a better state than we found it. It details how the … Continue reading →
As part of Agenda 2030, the UK is reviewing its progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The Voluntary National Review website invites people and organisations to share information about their projects that contribute to the UK’s delivery of the Sustainable … Continue reading →
On 9 October 2018 she had made the following remarks highlighting the enduring relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in protecting the vulnerable against the effects of climate change as the UN marked the 70th Anniversary of the … Continue reading →
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign is a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General administered by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and mandated to support the UN system-wide and the Member States on advocacy and public engagement in … Continue reading →
The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health has produced a report on how to feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries. It says that a radical transformation of the global food system is … Continue reading →