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Venezuela: environmental and human injustices – Arco Minero ecocide

Venezuela: environmental and human injustices – Arco Minero ecocide

“Despite these humanitarian and environmental atrocities, very few global organizations or activists have mobilized or campaigned to make these issues known within their circles. In the meantime, this huge area is being mined, and the great biodiversity and the indigenous people in this area are being impacted and the damage will be irreversible.”

The US Presidential Election & Global Climate Policy

The US Presidential Election & Global Climate Policy

Former Vice President Joe Biden was recently projected to be the next President of the United States.

These results have the power to impact not only US policy and culture, but also international policy and global climate change mitigation.

President Donald Trump favors subsidies for fossil fuel giants in coal and gas, while time is running out in the race to lessen the worst effects of climate change. He creates a culture of climate denialism within the US and encourages destructive policies abroad.

Shark-based COVID-19 vaccines may affect function of aquatic ecosystems

Shark-based COVID-19 vaccines may affect function of aquatic ecosystems

COVID-19 has impacted millions of people worldwide. As the world enters a second wave of this pandemic, the race to develop a safe vaccine is at the forefront of political and public discourse and now includes the seemingly unrelated realm of conservation. Human health is of top priority around the world, but what about the health of marine life?

On Racism in the Environmental Movement

On Racism in the Environmental Movement

As a global, youth-led organisation working in the climate and environmental space, we hold ourselves accountable to the demands for racial justice in light of the recent events surrounding the murder of George Floyd and the consequent outburst of solidarity across the world against institutionalized racism, within the justice system and beyond.

Youth4Nature stands in solidarity with Black communities and the Black Lives Matter movement.

#BlackLivesMatter