India’s COVID-19 Cases Rise – Along With Air Pollution 10/12/2020 Menaka Rao As COVID-cases rose rapidly in Delhi this November, the strong correlation to increasingly dangerous levels of air pollution in the state has brought more attention to the political pressure to address the health emergency. Delhi saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases in November, totalling more than 175,000. The city administration also recorded more than […] Continue reading -> Health Impacts of Climate Change Unprecedented, But Still Time For A Reset 03/12/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world’s eyes are fixed on the pending roll-out of new Covid-19 vaccines, a team of 120 leading health and climate experts have called on global leaders to use the momentum of the pandemic response to accelerate climate action, just ahead of the five-year anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement to limit global warming […] Continue reading -> 160 Million People Targeted In New UN Humanitarian Response Plan 01/12/2020 J Hacker More than 235 million people worldwide will require humanitarian protection next year: an increase of 40% in 12 months. The United Nations (UN)has announced an appeal for US$35 billion, which it estimates will be required to support 160 million of those most in need of support, across 56 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2021, […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Is An Existential Threat To Health: Diverse Global Health Leaders & Politicians Echo Growing Sentiment 25/11/2020 Paul Adepoju ‘Planetary health’ describes how the limits of natural resources like clean air, water and food production shape our long-term health, with climate change as a “threat-multiplier” for future COVID-19 like crises. Experts at the Geneva Health Forum explored the links, ahead of next week’s launch of the 2020 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Is An Even Bigger Health Threat Than COVID-19 – International Red Cross 18/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Climate change poses an even greater threat to public health than the COVID-19 pandemic – and needs to be treated with equal urgency, Jagan Chapagain, Secretary-General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), told a virtual news conference on Tuesday. He was speaking at Tuesday’s launch of the IFRC’s […] Continue reading -> As Delhi Reels Under ‘Severe’ Air Pollution – New National Air Quality Commission Is Led By Ex-Petroleum Ministry Head 11/11/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare DELHI, India – As north India reels under ‘severe’ levels of air pollution for the fourth day in a row, the government has appointed a former Petroleum Ministry bureaucrat to chair a new national Commission For Air Quality – hastily set up by a presidential decree just 10 days ago. Dr M.M. Kutty, former head […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Impacts of Climate Change Unprecedented, But Still Time For A Reset 03/12/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world’s eyes are fixed on the pending roll-out of new Covid-19 vaccines, a team of 120 leading health and climate experts have called on global leaders to use the momentum of the pandemic response to accelerate climate action, just ahead of the five-year anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement to limit global warming […] Continue reading -> 160 Million People Targeted In New UN Humanitarian Response Plan 01/12/2020 J Hacker More than 235 million people worldwide will require humanitarian protection next year: an increase of 40% in 12 months. The United Nations (UN)has announced an appeal for US$35 billion, which it estimates will be required to support 160 million of those most in need of support, across 56 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2021, […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Is An Existential Threat To Health: Diverse Global Health Leaders & Politicians Echo Growing Sentiment 25/11/2020 Paul Adepoju ‘Planetary health’ describes how the limits of natural resources like clean air, water and food production shape our long-term health, with climate change as a “threat-multiplier” for future COVID-19 like crises. Experts at the Geneva Health Forum explored the links, ahead of next week’s launch of the 2020 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Is An Even Bigger Health Threat Than COVID-19 – International Red Cross 18/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Climate change poses an even greater threat to public health than the COVID-19 pandemic – and needs to be treated with equal urgency, Jagan Chapagain, Secretary-General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), told a virtual news conference on Tuesday. He was speaking at Tuesday’s launch of the IFRC’s […] Continue reading -> As Delhi Reels Under ‘Severe’ Air Pollution – New National Air Quality Commission Is Led By Ex-Petroleum Ministry Head 11/11/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare DELHI, India – As north India reels under ‘severe’ levels of air pollution for the fourth day in a row, the government has appointed a former Petroleum Ministry bureaucrat to chair a new national Commission For Air Quality – hastily set up by a presidential decree just 10 days ago. Dr M.M. Kutty, former head […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
160 Million People Targeted In New UN Humanitarian Response Plan 01/12/2020 J Hacker More than 235 million people worldwide will require humanitarian protection next year: an increase of 40% in 12 months. The United Nations (UN)has announced an appeal for US$35 billion, which it estimates will be required to support 160 million of those most in need of support, across 56 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2021, […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Is An Existential Threat To Health: Diverse Global Health Leaders & Politicians Echo Growing Sentiment 25/11/2020 Paul Adepoju ‘Planetary health’ describes how the limits of natural resources like clean air, water and food production shape our long-term health, with climate change as a “threat-multiplier” for future COVID-19 like crises. Experts at the Geneva Health Forum explored the links, ahead of next week’s launch of the 2020 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Is An Even Bigger Health Threat Than COVID-19 – International Red Cross 18/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Climate change poses an even greater threat to public health than the COVID-19 pandemic – and needs to be treated with equal urgency, Jagan Chapagain, Secretary-General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), told a virtual news conference on Tuesday. He was speaking at Tuesday’s launch of the IFRC’s […] Continue reading -> As Delhi Reels Under ‘Severe’ Air Pollution – New National Air Quality Commission Is Led By Ex-Petroleum Ministry Head 11/11/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare DELHI, India – As north India reels under ‘severe’ levels of air pollution for the fourth day in a row, the government has appointed a former Petroleum Ministry bureaucrat to chair a new national Commission For Air Quality – hastily set up by a presidential decree just 10 days ago. Dr M.M. Kutty, former head […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Change Is An Existential Threat To Health: Diverse Global Health Leaders & Politicians Echo Growing Sentiment 25/11/2020 Paul Adepoju ‘Planetary health’ describes how the limits of natural resources like clean air, water and food production shape our long-term health, with climate change as a “threat-multiplier” for future COVID-19 like crises. Experts at the Geneva Health Forum explored the links, ahead of next week’s launch of the 2020 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Is An Even Bigger Health Threat Than COVID-19 – International Red Cross 18/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Climate change poses an even greater threat to public health than the COVID-19 pandemic – and needs to be treated with equal urgency, Jagan Chapagain, Secretary-General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), told a virtual news conference on Tuesday. He was speaking at Tuesday’s launch of the IFRC’s […] Continue reading -> As Delhi Reels Under ‘Severe’ Air Pollution – New National Air Quality Commission Is Led By Ex-Petroleum Ministry Head 11/11/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare DELHI, India – As north India reels under ‘severe’ levels of air pollution for the fourth day in a row, the government has appointed a former Petroleum Ministry bureaucrat to chair a new national Commission For Air Quality – hastily set up by a presidential decree just 10 days ago. Dr M.M. Kutty, former head […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Change Is An Even Bigger Health Threat Than COVID-19 – International Red Cross 18/11/2020 Pip Cook/Geneva Solutions Climate change poses an even greater threat to public health than the COVID-19 pandemic – and needs to be treated with equal urgency, Jagan Chapagain, Secretary-General of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), told a virtual news conference on Tuesday. He was speaking at Tuesday’s launch of the IFRC’s […] Continue reading -> As Delhi Reels Under ‘Severe’ Air Pollution – New National Air Quality Commission Is Led By Ex-Petroleum Ministry Head 11/11/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare DELHI, India – As north India reels under ‘severe’ levels of air pollution for the fourth day in a row, the government has appointed a former Petroleum Ministry bureaucrat to chair a new national Commission For Air Quality – hastily set up by a presidential decree just 10 days ago. Dr M.M. Kutty, former head […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Delhi Reels Under ‘Severe’ Air Pollution – New National Air Quality Commission Is Led By Ex-Petroleum Ministry Head 11/11/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare DELHI, India – As north India reels under ‘severe’ levels of air pollution for the fourth day in a row, the government has appointed a former Petroleum Ministry bureaucrat to chair a new national Commission For Air Quality – hastily set up by a presidential decree just 10 days ago. Dr M.M. Kutty, former head […] Continue reading -> Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Clean Air And Sustainable Urban Planning As ‘Spatial Vaccines’ Against COVID-19 30/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Second in a series– Cities that clean up their air quality, and promote other urban sustainability measures can help reduce residents’ risks during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as going forward, say a growing number of urban air quality and sustainability experts. That message was highlighted in two events last week and today, which were […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Clean Air For All: Towards A Global Community Of Action 08/09/2020 Bruno Jochum/Geneva Solutions September 7 is the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies launched by the United Nations’ General Assembly. It aims to build a global community of action that calls on countries to work together to tackle air pollution and provide clean air for all. As the COVID-19 lockdowns reminded us of from Wuhan […] Continue reading -> Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Indian Clean Air Advocates Slam Supreme Court Order Pushing Questionable “Smog Tower” Technology 05/08/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare Environmentalists and scientists have called out the recent Indian Supreme Court decision directing the government to install “smog towers” in Delhi as an injudicious move that will lead to a waste of public money. The opposition escalated after the Court on Tuesday, ordered the government to begin installing the smog towers within the next week. […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts