World Oceans Day 2024: Awaken New Depths
On June 8, 2024, within the framework of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences, we celebrate World Oceans Day, with the theme “Awaken new depths”. The oceans are considered the lungs of the Earth. They provide about 50% of the planet's oxygen and are responsible for a large part [...]
World Environment Day 2024
"Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration" Date: June 5, 2024 Host country: Saudi Arabia. Motto: “Our lands. Our future". Numeral: We are the #RestorationGeneration. UN: “World Environment Day 2024 focuses on restoring lands, stopping desertification and strengthening resilience to drought.” SGK-Planet opinion: In view of the urgency of [...]
The bell ringing of the last Venezuelan glacier
At the beginning of May 2024, the disappearance of the Humboldt Glacier, the last ice mass of its type in our country, made news. It was located in Mérida, in the Sierra Nevada of the same name. The Humboldt was the last Venezuelan glacier... and the first to disappear [...]
Water for Peace. World Water Day 2024
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 [...]
Forests and Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World. International Day of Forests 2024
Forests and innovation: new solutions for a better world Every March 21 we celebrate the International Day of Forests, and a theme is selected each year to develop for that celebration. In 2024 it has been dedicated to “Forests and innovation: new solutions for a better world”. The great [...]
Don’t listen to what they promise but look at what they do
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 [...]
Summary and conclusions of COP28 Dubai UAE 2023
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 [...]
Everything you need to know about COP28
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, [...]
What we know about the El Niño phenomenon 2023-2024
Includes recommendations to minimize in advance the effects of the El Niño phenomenon Scientists estimate that the 2023-2024 El Niño, exacerbated by the climate crisis, will likely raise global temperatures to new records in 2024. The most recent of these events was El Niño 2015-2016. After seven years of [...]
Climate Change, the SDGs and the Triple Planetary Crisis
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 [...]
Her Land. Her Rights. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2023
Desertification and drought are issues that affect the entire planet and consequently the populations of all regions, so their interest is worldwide. This June 17th is the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. For 2023 the theme is “Her land. Her rights”. The United Nations Convention to Combat [...]
Planet Ocean: tides are changing. World Oceans Day 2023
Our planet, Earth, is a planet of water and for this reason it is the essential source of life, without it nothing exists. The theme for World Oceans Day 2023 is “Ocean planet: tides are changing” as part of the activities of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences 2021-2030. [...]
The world “Beat plastic pollution”. World Environment Day 2023
This June 5th marks the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, with the theme “Beat plastic pollution” and promoting the search for solutions to this problem. The General Assembly of the United Nations in 1972 established the date, directed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), being celebrated from [...]
Read to believe
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 [...]
The contradictions of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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 [...]