Politics

Cool the planet, or suffer!

Fossil fuel Carbon dioxide emissions in gigatonnes of carbon per year. (A) 2012 emissions by source region, and (B) cumulative; Fossil fuel emissions image; Credit: © plosone When they worked...

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International Day for Disaster Reduction

IDDR image; Credit: © UNISDR With the International Day of Disaster Reduction (IDDR) concentrating on the situation of our one billion disabled people in these events, the need is to...

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International Day of the Girl (Child)

The International Day of the Girl is upon us once again - but this is incredibly only the second one! - IDG image; Credit: © Day of the Girl And...

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World Teachers' Day 2013

The 2013 logo implies a call to and for teachers worldwide. There's a desperate shortage, even in most developed countries. I wonder why? WTD image; Credit: © UNESCO When they...

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World Animal Day 2013

The Big Day for all animals and their friends, to think about both wild and domestic speciesWAD image; Credit: © World Animal Day Based on Francis of Assisi's feast day,...

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Arctic Exploitation - Murmansk Pirates

Oil platform in the Arctic Ocean; Credit: © Shutterstock Greenpeace have been responsible for many crimes against those who challenge nature. The Russian insistence that there was a threat to...

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Major Majuro Declaration

The Cook Islands are among those atolls that really can't afford any rise in sea level. This shot shows Aitutaki, for the initiated; island image; Credit: © Shutterstock When the...

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International Literacy Day 2013

The use of literacy in the past shows us that future technologies can both benefit and arise from the empowerment of literacy among people; literacy; Credit: UNESCO Since 1966, which...

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International Day Against Nuclear Testing

The image of our nuclear past inhibits any thoughts of a nuclear future with testing, or any other kind of unrestricted nuclear action; Nuclear bomb explosion; Credit: © Shutterstock At...

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