Climate Change
Xi calls for bolstering confidence, jointly addressing global challenges at UNGA
Sep 22, 2021
Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday proposed a Global Development Initiative, calling for bolstering confidence and jointly addressing global threats...
The US Does Not Seek a ‘New Cold War’ With China,...
Nevertheless, when the U.S. acts in the Pacific region, it will do so in cooperation with its allies and partners to amplify the strength and speed of...
Donald Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea in UN speech
By Julian Borger
19 Sep 2017
Donald Trump has threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea, in a bellicose first address to the United Nations general assembly in...
Biden makes the case at the UN for using ‘relentless diplomacy’...
By Kate Sullivan, Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak
September 21, 2021
President Joe Biden on Tuesday detailed his vision for leading the United States into...
Norway’s oil and money up for grabs in the coming election
Norway’s electorate has an existential choice to face about its Oil Fund, associated with domestic prosperity but looming climate catastrophe.
by Carlos Joly
8th September 2021
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Gulf states to suffer from global warming the most: IPCC
IPCC's latest report on climate vulnerability maps out the problems Gulf states will face if proper climate action tasks are not taken. It underlines...
Climate Change Could Force 216 Million People to Migrate Within Their...
September 13, 2021
Decisive collective action could reduce climate migration by as much as 80 percent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2021—The World Bank’s updated Groundswell report released...
Extinction Rebellion Activists Protest in London
Aug 23, 2021
Activists from the international environmental movement Extinction Rebellion plan to begin weeks-long protests in London.
Sputnik is live from London, as Extinction Rebellion...
How Austerity Helped to Ignite Greece’s Historic Wildfires
by Stelios Foteinopoulos *
Aug. 22, 2021
Photo credit: Lotus R
If Ferdinand Lassalle lived today, he would be able to watch his ideas age badly. In...
No end to the enormous Greek ecological (and economic and social)...
New blaze in Vilia, West Attica, burns down houses, forest land
August 23, 2021
Some houses were completely burned down at the settlement of Profitis Ilias...