Humans only just arrived on this planet, and we wasted no time making a mess of it. Two crucial conferences should stop our destruction of the stable climate and biodiversity essential to life on this planet.
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Utrecht, a city for biking and walkingWednesday picture: I was briefly back in the city where I studied in the 1980s.
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Weapons that keep fighting after a war has endedFrom a perspective of international law, it made a huge difference. A landmine is designed and used to explode when triggered, for instance, by an enem…
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Join on a train ride through EuropeIf you take the train instead of the plane, there is so much more to see and enjoy.
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Try to see something beautiful every dayThere is more beauty around us than many of us realise.
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Children sent a unique message to world leaders asking them to stop climate changeAct as One is an urgent call to action by the generation that will be most impacted by the climate crisis.
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Autumn in my villageIsland Stories #48: Wednesday pictures
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The climate in 2100: The future is nearer than you think, and that is terrible news.We are not good at imagining the future, which makes it harder to promote climate action.
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Fun facts you would like to know about wind turbinesWe have harnessed the wind for 4,000 years, and now we are rapidly scaling up capacity.
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The U.S. sees a vital role for the Security Council to tackle the negative impacts of climate on peace and securityBlinken addressed the U.N. Security Council on the impact of climate change on security.
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UN Secretary-General warns: "We face the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetime."World leaders gathered at the U.N. General Assembly, where the climate crisis and other 'Great Divides' are on the agenda.
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Firefighters in California fight desperate battle to defend giant sequoiasClimate change threatens some of the most beautiful sights on our planet.
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