Bolivia’s Morales, at UN, says natural resources, basic necessities must be viewed as human rights

Sep 20, 2017, at 05:51 pm

New York, Sept 20(Just Earth News): While some pledges made in the United Nations Charter have been met, “others have come to noting,” the President of Bolivia told the General Assembly on Wednesday, that the planet’s precious resources and vulnerable people must be protected from greed and exploitation by political elites.

Smarter use of natural resources can inject $2 trillion into global economy by 2015 – UN

Mar 18, 2017, at 05:43 am

New York, Mar 18 (Just Earth News): The United Nations has found that smarter and more efficient use of the world’s natural resources on Friday can yield an “environmental win-win’ by injecting $2 trillion into the global economy by 2050 while also offsetting the costs of ambitious climate change action.