Tomorrow (05-30-2022) begins the week of the 50th anniversary of "Stockholm 1972", the first world environmental conference, also called "First Earth Summit" or "UN Conference on the Human Environment". Half a century ago, in the capital of Sweden, a fundamental document was produced, drawn up by illustrious minds. “The Stockholm Declaration”, which consists of 7 [...]
The First Earth Summit turns half a century old in June 2022. In this article we analyze the positive and negative events that resulted from Stockholm-1972 in these 50 years. The Conference produced the "Stockholm Declaration", which consists of two bodies of articles that contain seven Proclamations and 26 Principles aimed at normalizing the relations [...]
Every January 26, World Environmental Education Day is celebrated. It is a propitious date to stimulate debate and the participation of all around the problem of the environment, climate change and its effects at a global level, as well as the need to comply with the SDG Objectives and Sustainable Development Goals. Among which is [...]
Introduction. Half a century lost before Glasgow. Summary of COP26. What is the Glasgow Climate Pact? Main objectives of COP26. Who were the absent leaders? The physical spaces. Opinions. COP26 conclusions Introduction Half a century lost before Glasgow In Stockholm-1972 the First Earth Summit was held. This meeting produced the "Stockholm Declaration", a document comparable [...]
Facing reality has always been humanity's hardest task Throughout the most important climate event of all time, COP26 (31 Oct - 12 Nov 2021), it is possible that humanity's fate may be decided. This article that you are now reading, I dedicate it to you and to all the young people and I invite you [...]
Updated September 18, 2021 COP26 will take place in the Scottish city of Glasgow, between October 31 and November 12, 2021, and not in 2020 as planned. Its postponement was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This change of date was agreed between the UN and the Governments of the United Kingdom and Italy, which are [...]
While it is true that many people are expectant about the Paris Agreement, among other things because of its starting difficulties, it is also true that it is an extremely powerful document, accepted by almost every nation on the planet. It is a universal agreement that establishes measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This in [...]
The 1950s were times of mixed feelings. World War II was just over. The smell of gunpowder had not vanished when the reconstruction of Europe and Japan began. The people, although they did not forget their dead, began to live life in the hope that peace and well-being would be permanent. That vision of a [...]
This year 2020 is expected to activate the Paris Agreement at COP26, Glasgow, Scotland, November 2 to 13. The next twelve months will be crucial and potentially full of challenges, as can be deduced from the insufficient results of COP25 and the history of failure and postponements accumulated during the last quarter of the century, [...]
Revised January 2020 The Rio Summit was a fundamental meeting, more important than most people think. In Río de Janeiro set the foundations for the fight against climate change and face the threats that loom over life on Earth, with a view to the 21st century. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) [...]
