Global nature deal edges closer to reality at UN summit
Montreal, Canada Reuters Negotiators at a UN summit to protect nature appeared closer to reaching a new global deal on Sunday that could see 30 per cent of land and sea protected by 2030, with hundreds of billions of dollars directed toward conserving the world’s wild places and species. China, the president of the COP15 […]
Australia proposes to overhaul ‘broken’ environment laws
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia will overhaul its environment laws and set up a new nature protection agency which would have powers to make decisions on the approval of development projects, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said on Thursday. The move by the centre-left Labor government comes more than two years after an independent review found Australia’s environment […]
A Sustainable Life: Eating insects can be good for the planet
In an article first published on The Conversation, PETER ALEXANDER, a senior lectirer in global food security at the University of Edinburgh, looks at the benefits of eating more insects…
Essay: King Charles III should continue speaking about global warming
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that if the royal family is going to be relevant for the 21st century, it needs to help the world face the most important crisis of the century…
US evangelical group releases climate change report, urges a Biblical mandate for action
Washington DC, US RNS The National Association of Evangelicals unveiled a sweeping report on Monday on global climate change, laying out what its authors call the “Biblical basis” for environmental activism to help spur fellow evangelicals to address the planetary environmental crisis. “Creation, although groaning under the fall, is still intended to bless us. However, […]
Extreme weather is Earth’s “chorus of anguish”, Pope says
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Thursday called on world leaders to heed the Earth’s “chorus of cries of anguish” stemming from climate change, extreme weather and loss of biodiversity. In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, he urged nations to confront climate change with the same attention […]
Essay: Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story – but the war is undoing decades of regreening
In an article published on The Conversation, HENRIKE SCHULTE TO BÜHNE, DOUG WEIR, JAN NYSSEN, and TEKLEHAYMANOT G WELDEMICHEL, look at the impact of Ethiopia’s war on the environment…
Australian youth most concerned about COVID-19, the environment, and equity and discrimination – survey
Sydney, Australia Australian youth are most concerned about COVID-19, the environment, and equity and discrimination, the annual Mission Australia Youth Survey for 2021 shows. Young people aged 15 to 19 are also personally concerned about coping with stress, mental health, and school or study problems, followed by body image and COVID-19, the report, released on […]
Pope to young people: We need you to protect environment
Vatican City AP Pope Francis on Sunday praised young people for their efforts to protect the Earth’s environment and told them to “be the critical conscience of society”. Francis celebrated Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, filled with hundreds of young faithful, to mark a church day focused on youth in dioceses worldwide. “You have been […]
Essay: Caring for the environment has a long Catholic lineage – hundreds of years before Pope Francis
In an article first pubished on The Conversation, religious studies professor JOANNE M PIERCE, looks at the history of advocating for care of the Earth in the Catholic tradition…