Dear Friend,
In a press conference yesterday, World Health Organisation (WHO) director for Europe Hans Kluge issued an urgent warning: Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union are now the epicentre of the pandemic. Kluge warned that there could be 500,000 more coronavirus deaths in Europe in just the next three months, beyond the 1.4 million who have already died.
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WHO warns of 500,000 new COVID-19 deaths in Europe by February
by Will Morrow and Alex Lantier
In a press conference yesterday, World Health Organisation (WHO) director for Europe Hans Kluge issued an urgent warning: Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union are now the epicentre of the pandemic. Kluge warned that there could be 500,000 more coronavirus deaths in Europe in just the next three months, beyond the 1.4 million who have already died.
Climate Change and the Limits of Economic Growth
by John Feffer
The only effective way to control carbon emissions, as well as related problems of pollution and biodiversity loss, is to address “overshoot,” the unconstrained use of energy and material resources well beyond planetary limits, particularly in the richer parts of the world.
Glasgow climate summit: An elite farce?
by M K Bhadrakumar
The Glasgow summit on climate change has been a media extravaganza. The ruling elites from all continents cooped up in their national capitals due to the raging pandemic, finally got a break to throw away their masks and take to their private jets to fly off to “Global Britain” to display their leadership qualities.
A 2 Per cent Tax on Billionaires Can Provide 260 Billion Dollars to Climate Fund
by Bharat Dogra
The total wealth of the world’s billionaires is 13,000 billion dollars in 2021, according to Forbes listing of billionaires. The total wealth of just the top ten billionaires is 1153 billion. The net worth of four billionaires is well over 100 billion each—Jeff Bezos at 177 billion, Elon Musk at 151, Bernard Arnault at 150 and Bill Gates at 124 billion dollars. If a 2% tax
is levied on the total wealth of the billionaires for climate change mitigation and adaptation, then this alone can yield 260 billion dollars.
A different tale of ‘COP26’
by Sheshu Babu
One day, some animals —
Tigers, lions, jackals,
Zebras, monkeys, camels,…. —
Decided to meet and exchange
Views on climate change!
Was the Afghan War a Schell Game?
by Nick Turse
How many mea cuplas did you hear this August as a defeated American military limped out of Kabul, killing 10 civilians in its final drone strike of the war? That ending was as fitting as it was heartbreaking. Overwhelming evidence of the slaughter of seven children and three adults forced the U.S. military to make a singular and unprecedented apology for those killings. But what about the rest of America? When are the 90% — perhaps even you, dear reader — going to take
responsibility for the failed war they backed? When are they going to apologize to Afghans for 20 years of death, failure, and loss?
Ukraine’s complicated path to NATO membership
by Slavisha Batko Milacic
Amid numerous discussions about the future of Ukraine – a country that has been unable to form a single nation in 30 years of independence, and is torn apart by interethnic, linguistic and economic contradictions, Europe should ask itself just what Ukraine really means to it. And the answer will be the same – a buffer zone, because this clearly reflects Ukraine’s geopolitical role in relations with NATO and the EU. The Alliance needs Ukraine as a buffer zone, and even not all of it at that.
Waste workers contributions ignored during Covid crisis
by Amit Sengupta
Waste, sanitation workers and
safai karamcharis across the country have been perhaps the worst-hit community among India’s vast unorganized labour force due to the Covid pandemic and repeated lockdown.
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