©First published November 2015 – Updated October 2024 Your opinion counts . Starting next year we will start Calling our readers, a space so that you can write your comments on SGK-Planet on our usual topics, such as this Brief history of the COPs , and thus be able to join the fight against climate [...]
Water for Peace To celebrate World Water Day 2024 , the United Nations has chosen “Water for Peace” as its motto. Water is a fundamental human right, without water life on our planet Earth is impossible. For this reason, unequal access for populations causes tensions, confrontations and conflicts between the communities and countries most affected [...]
I am going to borrow this classic axiom to talk about the serious climate crisis on Earth that its inhabitants are suffering from. As an example, these days we are witnessing the severe frosts that are experienced in the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest incidence in the United States and Canada. On the other hand, [...]
COP28 or the 28th Conference of the Parties was held between November 30 and December 12, 2023. The venue was the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the Expo City Dubai Congress Centre, under the motto “Unite, act, deliver results”. Estimated participation : 80,000 delegates, a figure that includes 140 heads of state and [...]
Below we present the most relevant data and comments on COP28 to begin on November 30, 2023. Name of the event: COP28 or 28th Conference of the Parties. Date: From November 30 to December 12, 2023. Location: United Arab Emirates, Dubai City, Expo City Dubai Congress Centre. Motto: “Unite, act, deliver results.” Central objective: Maintain [...]
At the midpoint since the creation of the Agenda 2030 was approved, in 2015, and its implementation date in 2030, the 2023 SDG Summit is held in New York, headquarters of the United Nations, preceded by the report United in Science 2023 of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report, which is annual and with [...]
Two headlines published this year, which speak for themselves: “2023-2027 will probably be the hottest five-year period on record”. “Exxon posts record $56bn profit for 2022 in historic high for western oil industry”. The first refers, as published on its website France24 (05.17.2023), to “It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period [...]
The instantaneous speed of cybernetic “thought” is not comparable to anything or anyone. We have read that robots win almost every trial they participate in. That there is practically no chess match that a machine loses. That with AI you can write a novel in minutes. That it is relatively easy with AI to copy [...]
Every year, on April 22, International Mother Earth Day is celebrated. A motto is chosen for the occasion. For this year 2023, has been chosen: “Invest in our planet”. It is a message to work for a green and sustainable planet that offers the opportunity to live on a healthy planet, through a green economy that [...]
Contents Introduction to COP27 / The COP27 agenda / Where and when it took place / Who is who at COP27 / The great absentees / Those who did appear / The vision of the COP27 presidency / Mitigation and adaptation / Minimum advances in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions / Extension for the [...]
