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Hundreds of Millions of Hectares, Nearly the Size of Brazil, Face Degradation Threat - UN Report

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Hundreds of Millions of Hectares, Nearly the Size of Brazil, Face Degradation Threat - UN Report Warns

Implications on Food Security and Natural Systems

United Nations Environment Programme
January 24, 2014

Davos / Switzerland – Up to 849 million hectares of natural land – nearly the size...

Pope Francis preps tome on the environment

January 25, 2014
By Jonathan Easley
The Hill

Pope Francis is drafting an encyclical on the environment.

According to multiple media reports, the Vatican announced Friday that the pope is in the early stages of a work on “the ecology of man.”

The pope adopted his name from St. Francis of Assisi, known for his love of nature and the environment. Francis has...

Nevada's diverse faith leaders to jointly pray for drought affected West

January 23, 2014
Merinews

Nevada faith leaders belonging to various religions and denominations are gathering in Sparks on February one for an afternoon of prayers urging for divine intervention in view of persistent drought conditions in Western USA.

Friends Fiduciary calls for fossil fuel risk assessment

January 23, 2014
Friends Fiduciary

FFC, as part of a coalition of 70 global investors representing over $3 trillion in assets under management, launched the first-ever coordinated effort to spur 45 of the world’s largest oil & gas, coal and electric power companies to assess the financial risks that current and probable future climate policy pose to their business plans.

Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System

January 23, 2014
United Nations Environment Programme

Davos - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched an Inquiry today into policy options for guiding the global financial system to invest in the transition to a green economy.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, there is growing recognition that the financial system must be not only sound and stable...

New Web Platform Launched to Accelerate Green Economy Transition

CHF 1.6 million commitment from Swiss government, 29 international knowledge partners to strengthen Green Growth Knowledge Platform

United Nations Environment Programme
January 22, 2014

Geneva - A robust, state-of-the-art knowledge-sharing platform was launched today by the newly established Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), a diverse consortium of...

My message to the World Economic Forum in Davos

By Pope Francis
World Economic Forum
January 21, 2014

This is the full text of Pope Francis’ special address to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, read by Cardinal Turkson.

Workers of the World, Faint!

January 17, 2014
By Julia Wallace
New York Times

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Just over two years ago, at the Anful Garments Factory in Kompong Speu Province, a young worker named Chanthul and 250 of her colleagues collapsed in a collective spell of fainting. They had to be hospitalized; the production line shut down.

Former Grace Church leader takes on new role promoting care of Earth

January 9, 2014
By Debra Scherban
Gazettenet.com

In 1988, the first year she was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, Margaret Bullitt-Jonas of Northampton, remembers being alarmed as headlines about the dangers of greenhouse gases began appearing.

UN Applauds China Efforts to Combat Illegal Ivory Trade

Six Tonnes of Ivory Destroyed at Landmark Event in China

United Nations Environment Programme
January 6, 2014

Nairobi – Six tonnes of confiscated ivory were destroyed by the authorities in China, Monday, in an effort to combat the illegal trade in elephant tusks.

The seized ivory was fed into crushing machines in the southern city of Dongguan, in...

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