World on course for 3.5-degree rise
A majority of the world’s nations yesterday signed up to the Copenhagen Accord and filed plans for emissions reductions, scraping over the Jan 31st UN deadline.
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Act now to prevent millions of child deaths
Nine million children die each year before their fifth birthday – with 250 million children living in a “health care desert”, reveal shocking new figures.
Global anger at delay on climate deal
Live reaction from the climate talks in Barcelona to the delay of up to year in getting a deal.
An equal footing for economic, social and culture rights
Today the snappily named ‘Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ (ICESCR) opens for signature at the United Nations. 42 years after a similar mechanism was adopted for civil and political rights, the equal status of those suffering from deprivations of their economic, social and cultural rights has been recognized.