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EarthBeat Weekly: Catholic presidents of US, Brazil to meet with climate on the agenda

Source: EarthBeat Weekly: Catholic presidents of US, Brazil to meet with climate on the agenda

On Friday, February 10, 2023, two Catholic presidents are set to meet, and climate change is on their discussion agenda.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office on Jan. 1, is scheduled to meet with U.S. […]

Chaos is the only winner in Peru

Source: Chaos is the only winner in Peru

https://www.gzeromedia.com/viewpoint/chaos-is-the-only-winner-in-peru

How renters can make their homes more sustainable – The Washington Post

Source: How renters can make their homes more sustainable – The Washington Post

New Permanent Representative of Colombia Presents Credentials | UN Press

Source: New Permanent Representative of Colombia Presents Credentials | UN Press

The new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, Leonor Zalabata Torres, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on 6 October, 2022.

Ms. Zalabata Torres is the first indigenous woman appointed as her country’s ambassador to the United Nations.  Prior to […]

All That Breathes review – every minute of this Oscar-nominated documentary is gold dust | Television | The Guardian

Source: All That Breathes review – every minute of this Oscar-nominated documentary is gold dust | Television | The Guardian

We need to get fossil gas out of homes, for the… | Canary Media

Source: We need to get fossil gas out of homes, for the… | Canary Media

Study Using AI Warns We Are 10 to 15 Years From Breaching 1.5°C Paris Agreement Goal – EcoWatch

Source: Study Using AI Warns We Are 10 to 15 Years From Breaching 1.5°C Paris Agreement Goal – EcoWatch

Global Population Growth Is Slowing Down. Here’s One Reason Why – Scientific American

Source: Global Population Growth Is Slowing Down. Here’s One Reason Why – Scientific American

Credit: Katie Peek; Source: World Population Prospects 2022, United Nations Population Division

On November 15, 2022—as estimated by demographers—the count of humans on this planet reached eight billion. Population growth has been steady over the past few decades, with billion-person marks […]

No more sideshow | Global Policy Forum

Source: No more sideshow | Global Policy Forum

12/12/2022

Report on the eighth session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (”treaty“)

Since 2014, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Coun­cil in Geneva has been negotiating an internationally […]

BP dials back climate pledge amid soaring oil profits – The Washington Post

Source: BP dials back climate pledge amid soaring oil profits – The Washington Post