Human Wrongs Watch
Billionaires Emit More Carbon Pollution in 90 Minutes than the Average Person Does in a Lifetime
Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person does in their entire lifetime, a new Oxfam report on…
World’s Top 1% Own More Wealth than 95% of Humanity, as “the Shadow of Global Oligarchy Hangs over UN General Assembly – Oxfam
The richest 1 percent have more wealth than the bottom 95 percent of the world’s population put together, new Oxfam analysis of UBS data reveals today ahead of the annual UN High-Level General Debate. Billionaires are exerting new levels of…
Digital Remittances by Migrant Workers Reduce Poverty and Drive Rural Transformation by Connecting Millions of ‘Unbanked’ Women and Men
In celebration of the International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) on 16 June, the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) has on 14 June 2024 unveiled a new report that provides evidence of the transformative impact of digital remittances,…
COP28: Methane Pledge by the ‘Giants Behind the Climate Crisis’ Falls ‘Well Short’ of What Is Needed
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday [3 December 2023] sent a strong message to the oil and gas industry: the pledges made at COP28 in Dubai fall well short of what’s needed to meaningfully tackle the climate crisis. As the…
World Health Organization Summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science
Speaking at the event on Thursday [17 August 2023], WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus underscored the “enormous” contributions of traditional medicine to human health and its understanding of the “intimate links” between health and the environment. Tedros stressed the importance of the gathering for…
Human Rights Expert Urges Italy to Stop Criminalizing Activists Saving Migrant Lives at Sea
Activists working with sea-rescue charities in Italy should not be criminalized, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday [9 February 2023], ahead of a trial against crew members from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last…
Who Would Benefit from Russia Going to War with Ukraine?
29 January 2022 (openDemocracy)* — As the Ukraine crisis evolves, the military machinery on both sides gears up for combat, with Russia moving troops and equipment towards Ukraine and NATO sending reinforcements to Eastern Europe. Each side persists with its propaganda,…
U.S. National Lawyers Guild Condemns U.S. Illegal Occupation of Hawaii
By James Albertini | Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action On 28 Nov 1843, the United Kingdom and France jointly recognized the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign and independent State, which was followed by formal recognition by the United States…
The ‘Extremely Active’ 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Officially Ended, with a ‘Record-Breaking’ 30 Named Tropical Storms…
The extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on 30 November with a record-breaking 30 named tropical storms, including 13 hurricanes and six major hurricanes. There were 12 landfalling storms in the continental United States. This is the most…
Call to Join Civil Society Advisory Body for the Principles for Responsible Banking
27 November 2020 (UNEP)* — The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has issued a public call to civil society institutions around the world to declare their interest in joining the Civil Society Advisory Body until 15 December 2020. The body – which is…
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