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The huge problem of food waste could be twice as big as we thought
May 11, 2020 17:00Consumers around the world could be wasting more than twice as much food as thought, according to an analysis that says previous estimates have been gross underestimates. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said in 2011 that around a third of food is lost or wasted. This report is considered to have played a key role in food waste reduction becoming one of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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Ecotourism collapse threatens communities and wildlife
May 10, 2020 10:27Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have repeatedly urged humanity to reset its relationship with nature or suffer worse outbreaks. But the economic consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown have raised fears of a surge in poaching, illegal fishing and deforestation in life-sustaining ecosystems, with tens of thousands of jobs in the ecotourism sector at risk around the world.
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What bankers are really worried about
May 06, 2020 11:35Europe’s banks have often complained about too much regulation hampering their ability to lend. The COVID-19 epidemic shows that when times are bad the real constraint lies elsewhere: In the financial markets.
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Coronavirus does discriminate, because that’s what humans do
Apr 19, 2020 10:41In theory, all of us are vulnerable to coronavirus, but in practice how well we fare has to do with what you could call preexisting conditions that are not only medical but economic, social, political and racial — and the pandemic, which is also an economic catastrophe, has made these differences glaringly clear.
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Post-Corona world; a new world with an injured body (1)
Apr 19, 2020 10:36Coronavirus will eventually leave us, but the scars of coronavirus and its aftermaths will remain on the body of the world, since the world’s present power structure is not powerful enough to heal this wound and make up for its huge consequences; this structure will naturally change and a new order will emerge.
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COVID-19 crisis: washing hands for 20 seconds, not wasting water for 20 seconds
Apr 12, 2020 10:17These days, it is strictly recommended to wash our hands for 20 seconds as a great step to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but unfortunately many leave the tap running at the same time. This issue poses the greatest threat to the environment.
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Jobs destroyed worldwide as coronavirus sparks recession
Apr 05, 2020 08:45The world’s workers are reeling from the initial shock of the coronavirus recession, with job losses and welfare claims around the globe already running into the millions recently. As the International Labour Organization warns of almost 25 million layoffs if the virus isn’t controlled, the cuts from Austria to the US reflect the deepest peacetime recession since the 1930s as economies are frozen to beat the pandemic.
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Coronavirus: After the EU failed to deliver, Italy looks to Russia for help
Mar 31, 2020 16:07The current global political scene is changing rapidly as a result of the coronavirus. We are seeing new super-powers emerging, such as China and Russia, and former so-called power-houses weakening, such as the US and NATO. The shifting sands of alliances remind us of a similar situation before WW2. Italy, and several other EU members, may find themselves forging new alliances that are headed East.
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Racist attacks and border militarization intensify in US, Europe as coronavirus spreads
Mar 16, 2020 16:28The Western regimes, including the US and some European states as usual have tried to attack refugees as the coronavirus spreads all around the world. In the U.S., the media has reported extensively on anti-Asian responses, especially on social media, to the outbreak. Physical assaults have been reported against Asian American riders on the New York City subways and elsewhere.
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ECB rebuts attacks as Visco signals it can buy Italian debt
Mar 16, 2020 16:09The European Central Bank signaled it’s ready to buy more debt of nations such as Italy to calm mounting financial panic, and pushed back against political criticism of President Christine Lagarde’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.