What does the IPCC Sixth Synthesis Report on Climate Migration state?
On Monday, 20 March 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finalised the publication of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) through the Synthesis Report (SYR6), which integrates the results of the three working groups and three special reports that followed between 2018 and 2022. The final synthesis report draws important insights from the research carried out […]
Conservation fortress: the new face of western colonialism
Until a few decades ago, we would never have thought that two terms such as Colonialism and Conservation could be associated. Yet, nature conservation has increasingly taken on the guise of a colonialist phenomenon. This has led to the term ‘fortress conservation’. This LM Talks speaks about the Western-style model of conservationism that targets indigenous […]
COP26 and The Unheard Voices of Indigenous People
Between October 31 and November 12, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC), better known as COP26, was held in Glasgow, Scotland. The goals set were: reach zero carbon emissions and limit the rise in temperatures to 1.5°C; Protect natural habitats and the communities that live there; mobilize funding; strengthen collaboration between governments, businesses and […]
EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND CRIME: There are tools to prevent them but they are not utilized
Few days ago, in the Southern part of Italy another labor boss case was discovered. Thank to the courage of a Senegalese citizen it was possible to vanquish a well-organized criminal context which includes conniving farmers and extra-European labor bosses. Moreover the same people, also had been forcing migrant women into prostitution. The massive problem […]