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The UN just declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment
Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high temperatures from the Arctic to Australia. Air...
UN right to a healthy environment “is ammunition for campaigners”
A new resolution declares that everyone has the right to a healthy environment – a right that was not included...
Indigenous Peoples side lined at UN, opening the door to land grabs under 30×30
Indigenous Peoples are being side lined at High Level UN meetings taking place this month in New York, in an...
Sri Lanka’s organic farming disaster, explained
Vox explains how government-mandated only organic farming has contributed to Sri Lanka’s economic free fall. There’s no singular cause for...
US Supreme Court limits EPA authority
CNBC reports that the US Supreme Court has limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set standards on climate-changing greenhouse...
Ecuador’s Indigenous Peoples: we are protecting our territories
Indigenous protestors in Ecuador remain wary, despite the agreement which has ended 18 days of strikes in which at least...
Scottish food bill: a dram to celebrate the end of the beginning
Last week saw a tale of two food policies, with widespread disappointment at the white paper announced in England, versus...
New EU legal action over post-Brexit deal changes
The BBC says UK ministers outlined a bill on Monday aimed at unilaterally changing trade, tax and governance arrangements in...
US quietly urges Russia fertiliser deals
Bloomberg reports that the US government is quietly encouraging agricultural and shipping companies to buy and carry more Russian fertiliser....
England’s strategy fails to address food poverty
Professor Tim Lang writes in the New Statesman that today’s white paper confirms the UK government’s disinterest in food policies....
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