Covid has many lessons to teach us. One of them certainly is that as a society we need to invest in strong public services that serve the needs of the community - and the people providing these services deserve our gratitude.
2020 has been a difficult year for so many of us. Lockdowns and social distancing became the “new normal”, changing our lives as if we’re living through a science fiction movie.
Looking back, the world will remember 2020 as the year that disrupted our present-day lives: most of us were locked up for months and doing everything from home, unable to see and be with friends and loved ones,
2020 remains on track to be the 2nd hottest year on record according to a climate report. We have seen heatwaves, wildfires, and even repetitive cyclones and typhoons impacting people and economies worldwide.
While many parts of the world came to a standstill fighting COVID-19 this year, we also saw brave, committed activists still traveling to different corners of the world to
The depths of our oceans hide a unique living world yet a new industry seeks to start mining the seabed which scientists warn would cause severe and potentially irreversible damage.
In a world reeling from the impact of climate disasters, Covid-19 and social injustice, governments like mine have no business propping up polluting industries with public money.
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