In a war-stricken, Covid-hit, increasingly poor and polarized world, climate change may undeniably be one of the many major challenges that the world faces today. However, notwithstanding its highly complex and catastrophic nature, there's nonetheless a very innate flicker of hope with us choosing… Read More

As we celebrate the anniversary of Stockholm +50, we must ask ourselves a long-overdue question: How can we make “sustainable development” a reality, rather than mere rhetoric? We need to get serious about economic reform, and renew the social contract to spur the transformation of… Read More

  How much of this world will remain in another 50 years if there is no emergency declaration to avert frequenting GHG emission-induced intense disasters? 50 years ago, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was created, and the world of today still lacks a sense of urgency and… Read More

  The 1972 Stockholm Declaration, as innovative as it was at the time, made no explicit mention of women, girls, or gender. Nonetheless, the conference paved the way for the 1992 Rio Declaration, which was the first international environmental instrument to explicitly recognize women as… Read More

With numerous international environmental agreements already in place, Najib Saab, Secretary General of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), argues that new treaties are not necessarily required, but rather the need for serious political will on implementation accompanied by… Read More

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represents a key step toward a more sustainable future. The SDGs were launched by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 with the purpose of achieving 17 goals by 2030, which includes combating climate change and biodiversity loss.  The SDGs… Read More

Climate change is the most serious accumulative issue that we are now confronting. Our capacity to correctly address climate change and how we manage to avoid serious difficulties related to the conditions will determine both our present and future. Global temperatures are expected to climb up to… Read More

Circular economy strategies will be crucial for cities looking to scale their impact and reach net zero. While going circular in a linear world can be challenging, the Circle Carbon Scan can help cities link material use to emissions for any sector, pinpointing exactly where change-makers should… Read More

Stockholm Syndrome of confinement The pandemic has taken away our freedom due to the global state of alarm. Despite the desire to regain our lost freedom, living with so much uncertainty is hard; We are living through challenging times that amplify the challenging emotions, anxiety or anguish,… Read More

What environment do we want and what organization can lead international environmental action? On the verge of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which was conceived at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972, many… Read More