UN Unveils Plan to Halt Biodiversity Loss
`Urgent policy action needed`: UN unveils draft Paris-style plan to halt biodiversity loss Eliminating all plastic pollution and ending $500bn of annual government subsidies that harm nature are among the targets in a UN draft plan for averting
Published : 12 July 2021
UN Unveils Plan to Halt Biodiversity Loss
Eliminating all plastic pollution and ending $500bn of annual government subsidies that harm nature are among the targets in a UN draft plan for averting Earth`s sixth mass extinction. The draft plan has been released today (12 July) by
Published : 12 July 2021
Palestine: Urgent Appeal to Release Shatha Odeh
Urgent Appeal for the Release of Ms. Shatha Odeh Abu Fannouneh, Director of the Health Work Committees (HWC) For the attention of: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michele Bachelet Jeria 1. Introduction Ms. Shatha
Published : 11 July 2021
Israeli Army Shuts Palestine Agricultural Union
Greetings from Palestine. This message comes from the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (www.uawc-pal.org), the Palestinian national and civil agricultural institution founded in 1986 to support the steadfastness of small farmers, preserve native seeds, and contribute
Published : 09 July 2021
West Bank Demolitions: 70 Palestinians Homeless
In the peak of summer, West Bank demolitions leave 70 Palestinians homeless After demolishing Khirbet Humsa for the sixth time in months, Israeli forces loaded the residents` personal belongings and dropped them off miles away. On Wednesday
Published : 09 July 2021
Cooling Cairo: One Rooftop Garden at a Time
Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time Growing greens can be a powerful tool for change. The view of Cairo from the air is one of concrete buildings and tangled overpasses stretching as far as the eye
Published : 08 July 2021
Gaza: World Bank Sets War Losses @ $570 mil
US$570 million physical and economical losses in Gaza, says World Bank RAMALLAH—The eleven days of hostilities in May 2021 in Gaza resulted in the loss of over 260 people, including 66 children and 41 women, and
Published : 07 July 2021
Human Rights and Land Event: Friday, 9 June
Draft general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Friday 9 July 2021, 13:30 – 16:30 CEST live on Zoom from Villa Moynier, Geneva The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is now developing a
Published : 05 July 2021
Nordic Fund Bans 16 Firms over Illegal Colonies
Nordic fund KLP excludes 16 companies over links to Israeli settlements in West Bank OSLO—Norway`s largest pension fund KLP said on Monday it would no longer invest in 16 companies including Alstom ALSO.PA and Motorola MSI.N because of their links
Published : 05 July 2021
