The campaign to introduce a new international crime of “ecocide” at the International Criminal Court is long-standing but has received increased support over the last couple of years.
Tag: environment
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Cultural resilience of small island nation is impacted in at least four ways. These often have strong interactions with the more commonly noted vulnerabilities facing SIDS.
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The availability of potable water supply in rural and urban areas of Cameroon has significantly lagged for the past two decades, while demand has increased tremendously.
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United Nations Environment Executive Director Erik Solheim discusses connections between environmental management and peace and security.
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IPI Senior Adviser Francesco Mancini offers four broad lessons from 2015 than can guide the conduct of global diplomacy in years to come.
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Inspired by an idea to educate children, Fabrice Monteiro teamed up with fashion designer Doulsy to create “The Prophecy,” a tale of nine spirits that warn of the perils of neglecting the environment.
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The SDGs have already been criticized for being too expansive and ambitious. But that is precisely their objective—to set aspirations and challenge the world to accomplish what many think cannot be done.
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Since the 1999 establishment of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, farmer-herder violence has reached alarming levels, reportedly killing thousands and displacing tens of thousands more.
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There will still be a large gap between the aggregate emissions reductions to 2030 implied in countries’ Paris pledges, and a reasonable benchmark of where they ought to be to stay on track to restrain the global average temperature rise to within 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
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According to former Canadian diplomat Daryl Copeland, science- and technology-related issues are greater threats to the global system than religious extremism and political violence.
