Climate change poses the greatest threat to those least responsible for it, including low-income and disadvantaged populations, women, racial minorities, marginalized ethnic groups and the elderly. To make matters worse, these groups are already vulnerable to other deep-rooted challenges. Conversely, those who have contributed the most to climate change have much better capacity to protect themselves from its impacts.
The past decade has seen a wave of academic and activist writings criticizing the use of militarized conservation to protect nature. In this commentary piece, we argue that the use of armed park guards and soldiers from national armies to secure protected areas leads to violent outcomes for some Indigenous and local communities who venture […]
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News and Press Release in English on World and 1 other country about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Flood and Tropical Cyclone; published on 23 May 2023 by WRI
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt The first big news of the COP27 climate conference was a forest promise: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a 26-nation partnership to conserve woodland ecosystems as “one of the best ways of getting us back on track to 1.5 degrees” of warming. This Forest and Climate Leaders Partnership is […]