Air pollution in India, a threat to human lives bigger than terrorism

Air pollution in India, a threat to human lives bigger than terrorism

Terrorism has drawn global attention and most countries have joined the effort to contrast it. But the international community is yet to wage a war against air pollution despite the enormity of the hazard it poses for global health. In India, for example, terrorism has taken 65,900 human lives between 1994 and 2017, which is almost half of deaths caused by air pollution in

Is carbon pricing the silver bullet to solve climate change

Is carbon pricing the silver bullet to solve climate change

“This is the issue of our times. Climate change is the biggest issue”. Filmmaker Kaia Rose stresses the importance of discussing this global matter on a Connect4Climate Facebook live Q&A held on the 11th of May, with Eric Mann. They’re both behind the production of Climate Countdown: Price on Carbon, the Film4Climate Global Video Competition short-film winner of the Put

India, holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna granted same legal rights as a person

India, holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna granted same legal rights as a person

Days after New Zealand granted the Whangui River the status of legal personhood, the culmination of a 140 year legal struggle by the Maori people, a court in India has declared the rivers Ganga and its main tributary Yamuna a legal “person” in a fresh effort to save it from pollution. The river Ganga Originating in

Colombia, landslide in the city of Mocoa causes hundreds of victims

Colombia, landslide in the city of Mocoa causes hundreds of victims

A landslide has hit Mocoa, a Colombian city home to 40,000 people, flooding it with mud and debris. According to local sources, the accumulated rainfall in a few hours was almost one third of the amount normally accumulated over a month. Rescuers, including the Red Cross and more than 1,000 military men, are tirelessly working to

Defund DAPL, why investors are pulling millions out of the Dakota Access Pipeline

Defund DAPL, why investors are pulling millions out of the Dakota Access Pipeline

The Bakken or Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), an underground oil pipeline project in the United States, is owned by a network of oil and pipeline companies, joint ventures and holding companies. After Trump revived it in January without the consent of the Sioux indigenous tribe affected by it and flouting environmental laws, many investors both from the US

Climate change is a fact and women are tackling it

Climate change is a fact and women are tackling it

by Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris and Chair of C40 Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington D.C. Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona Helen Fernández, Mayor of Caracas Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw Zandile Gumede, Mayor of Durban Fumiko Hayashi, Mayor of Yokohama Patricia de Lille, Mayor of Cape Town Clover Moore,