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Environment & Climate Change | Health, Safety & Wellbeing | Sustainable Development Goals
Shores in Peril: Unveiling the Ongoing Crisis of Plastic Pollution in Coastal Paradises
March 15by Esrat Jahan Onty Photo credit: Ron Lach Sea beaches, with their micro waves and vast expanse, ser …
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World Wetlands Day; The Earth’s ‘Kidneys’, Saving Ours
January 31by Ewura Adwoa Larbi February 2 is World Wetlands Day. Picture a world where 96.5 per cent of the Ea …
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Making environmental awareness ‘cool’
March 27Lalita Gopaul, one of the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards finalists, does not mind getting some dirt …
Read moreby Esrat Jahan Onty Photo credit: Ron Lach Sea beaches, with their micro waves and vast expanse, serve as constant magnets for tourists seeking breathing space and relaxation. These visitors, coming from various corners of the globe, converge on these coastal areas year-round, driven by the desire to enjoy the serene environment. However, the very …
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by Ewura Adwoa Larbi February 2 is World Wetlands Day. Picture a world where 96.5 per cent of the Earth’s surface is filled with ocean water and there is no buffer between the dry land and this behemoth. Floods would bombard every land and life on land would look dystopic. What are Wetlands? This is …
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Hunger and food insecurity are on the increase in rural Uganda, writes Munguongeyo Ivan, 24, a Correspondent from Kampala, Uganda. The most vulnerable segments of the population are women and children, especially in the Karamoja region in the North Eastern parts of Uganda. I feel overwhelmed and disturbed about such news because the pre-colonial and …
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A key legacy of the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers’ Meeting will be how the host nation of Uganda reacts to growing calls to action to combat climate change, writes Kiiza Saddam Hussein, 26, a Correspondent who lives in Uganda and Rwanda. For the last week, Uganda has been in the spotlight, as it has hosted the 9th Commonwealth …
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In examining the impacts of climate change in her homeland of Antigua and Barbuda, Ariana Joseph, 17, a Correspondent now studying in Canada, writes about some of the initiatives being undertaken to help save the planet. While climate change has received much attention for its increasingly-visible manifestations, it is not an issue, or topic of …
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The adverse effects climate change and variability mean that agriculture needs existing support services, but Mzeziti Mwanza, 25, a Correspondent from Lusaka in Zambia, advocates for increased inclusion of other support services. Developing countries have population of over 3.1 billion living in rural areas, with a quarter of those people living in extreme poverty. In Zambia, …
Lalita Gopaul, one of the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards finalists, does not mind getting some dirt under her fingernails. As founder and CEO of Eco Club in the Guyana, she is passionate about educating young people about environmental conservation and protection. Promise Forsuh, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Bamenda, Cameroon, caught up with the eco-warrior to …