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COP29 Climate Summit Ends With $300B Pledge That UN Chief Calls ‘Base to Build on’

In an agreement struck during overtime at the United Nations COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sunday, the world’s wealthiest nations agreed to a combined annual contribution of at least $300 billion to assist developing nations with tackling the impacts of…

Gaza under heavy rainfall – protest asking for immediate ceasefire to save life

For the last 13 months pro-palestinian groups organizes protest very couple of weeks in Montreal. They are asking for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to save life. Saturday they marched downtown Montreal.  Meanwhile, according to reports from the Office for…

Is It Still Possible to Limit Warming to 1.5°C?

As world leaders gather at COP29 in Azerbaijan to discuss climate action, scientists are questioning whether keeping global warming limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial averages is even still within reach. By Paige Bennett Already, warming is slated to…

Russia’s Updated Nuke Doctrine Aims To Deter Unacceptable Provocations From NATO

The main point that’s being conveyed through these updated terms is that Russia will not allow Ukraine to be used as NATO’s proxy for inflicting the bloc’s hoped-for strategic defeat upon it. The entering into force of Russia’s updated nuke…

GAIA Reaction to COP29 Presidency Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic Waste

November 19, 2024, Baku Azerbaijan —The COP 29 Presidency today announced the COP29 Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic Waste which aims to work towards targeted commitments in the waste sector. “While the intention is good and civil society organizations…

The Planet Under Threat of Breakdown

There’s a new trend in the world that’s working against the planet, you know, the one you’re standing on. This new trend, over the past year or so, spells “thumbs down” for planet Earth. It’s disheartening, fraught with danger, change…

Biden authorize Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia? Why this decision may lead the world to the abyss

We live in a dangerous time. The old idea that there could be a winner in today’s war between Russia and the West is a fantasy of the West, according to Professor Jeffrey Sachs. So why has the Biden administration…

The 3rd World March: hope, humanity and the courage to change

The power of humanity, the longing for peace and the conviction that violence can never be the solution radiate from the action of the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Berlin, which this video impressively captures. By Reto…

The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence reaches Sarajevo

On its route through the Alps-Adriatic region, the international base team of the World March reached Sarajevo after setting off from Vienna. There, the team made contact with the organization Mreža za Izgradnju Mira (Network for Peacebuilding), which coordinates around…

Collective actions on climate change urgent instead of empty promises

The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement on climate change, was signed on January 11, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan to limit the amount of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Although the protocol entered into force in 2005, its achievement remains…

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