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Picture 6 - Cypripedium calceolus
© Diana Crestan
environment

The magic of the spring forest floor

© freepik.com
climate change

Human Rights and Climate Activism: The Case of Valentina Corona and the G7 Protest

Rana Temporaria o rana alpina è una specie molto comune in Europa. Durante la stagione riproduttiva partecipa, percorrendo anche grandi distanze, a migrazioni di massa verso i luoghi di riproduzione. Nella foto diversi esemplari in uno stagno di montagna immersi nelle loro uova.
© Diana Crestan
biodiversity

The importance of Wetlands

The extent of South Africa's reliance on coal is clear to see. In the province of Mpumalanga the landscape is scarred with huge coal-fired power stations and vast open-cast mines, the surface of the countryside literally having been scraped away. The coal-mining process here can leave water supplies unusable for irrigation, for industry and for consumption by animals and humans.
© UN Photo/Gill Fickling
climate justice

Climate Justice 1 - Leaving Fossil Fuels in the Ground

A photo of an oil tower, above it are drawn wind turbines, bike paths, trees
© ILO ITC / pixbay
work

Analyzing the Requirements of a Sustainable, Worker-Involved Just Transition

A family sitting on their front doorstep looks towards the lens
© Quirós (2023)
internally displaced people (IDPs)

"Leaving no one behind": An empty promise for climate-induced internally displaced populations? - Local integration challenges and solutions in Bangladesh

Artic ice viewed from aboard the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel, "KV Svalbard", during Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to the Polar ice rim to witness firsthand the impact of climate change on icebergs and glaciers.
© UNPhoto
environment

Agrofuels and climate change: a false solution

A local farmer harvests sorghum produced from seeds donated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through the "Improving Seeds" project.
© UNPhoto
environment

The worldwide production of agrofuels

Illustration of people cooperating for environmental protection and sustainability.
© Elenabsl
climate change

Climate Change Education. An analysis of the secondary schools curriculum in Nepal

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia. In February 2020 extraordinary flooding caused damage and evacuations in New South Wales, Australia.
human mobility

The international and regional response to human mobility in the context of climate change: good practices and global challenges

Locals in Tebikenikora, a village in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the area to discuss villagers’ concerns about the effects of climate change on their low-lying land.
© UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
microfinance

Climate change, human rights and microfinance: lessons learned from the Pacific Islands

Locals navigating the Atrato River
© samirpmesa
climate change

Navigating new rights and responsibilities in the Colombian Atrato River - An ecocentric approach to human rights

View of the melting Collins Glacier in Antarctica, showing the effects of climate change.
© UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
climate change

The Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage: the Economical-Political Blockade and Future Prospects for Reparations against Climate Change Impacts

People at the marketplace of Lolachat in Uganda
Uganda

Think Globally, Act Locally: Building Rural Climate Resilience in Karamoja, Uganda

African woman in the countryside with goats.
© Kenya © IOM 2011/Brandan Bannon
climate change

Towards a climate migration governance: the new challenge of the 21st century