Carsten Schneider, German Minister for the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, speaks at the 17th Petersberg Climate Dialogue. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/dpa By Verena Schmitt-Roschmann, dpa The 17th Petersberg Climate Dialogue opened in Berlin on Tuesday with…
A New Dawn: UN Secretary-General Urges Global Shift to Clean Energy in Powerful Climate Address
In a compelling global address titled “A Moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the Clean Energy Age,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres outlined a bold, evidence-backed vision for a world rapidly moving away from fossil fuels and toward a sustainable, inclusive, and…
Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, despite recession threat
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), a joint analysis from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford, goes beyond measuring poverty as a measurement of poverty, and looks at…