Dear friends,
2021 must be the year to reconcile humanity with nature.
Until now, we have been destroying our planet.
We have been abusing it as if we had a spare one.
Our current resource use…
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Abstract
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Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to speak today.
I will focus my remarks on the climate crisis and the need for heightened climate action.
Recently, we have seen…
On the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals – in the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our economies and…
Multi-agency report highlights the current and future state of the climate in Africa
Geneva/Addis Ababa, 26 October 2020 – Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and…
The European Court of Justice on Oct. 8 found that France did not violate EU rules when it banned certain chemicals considered harmful to bees.
The legal row between the French Crop Protection…
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