A second vote in the United Nations solidifies international recognition that everyone's access to a clean and healthy environment is a fundamental right.
UNITED NATIONS (AN) — The U.N. General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution that for the first time recognizes everyone's access to a clean and healthy environment is a fundamental right.
Thursday's 161-0 vote — with eight abstentions by Belarus, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Syria — bolsters the work of activists, citizens and climate campaigners who use legal and regulatory levers to seek greater protections.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
With the Earth growing hotter and the oceans becoming warmer, rising sea levels threaten islands and coastal areas.
The U.N. health agency's US$135 million mpox plan covers mainly 'international support to national mpox responses.'
The Court of Justice of the European Union's rulings in two landmark cases will cost the tech giants billions of euros.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia depends on Russia to meet its energy needs and China to buy its exports.
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
