The latest IPCC report warns that the time for action is now, there must be "rapid, deep and immediate" cuts in CO2 emissions. The IPCC Chair said that the decisions we make now can secure a liveable future.

The message in this latest blog post couldn't be more timely - it can be done - as the blog author, Nawal Amjad, puts it there's a 'flicker of hope'. BUT we’d better re-approach and realign now and drop the 'exceptionalist' approach!

Hands and Hearts...

This post is a sequel to my recent post on compassion, love, and a lasting peace and highlights the wonderful work of the UN World Food Program. Long May You Run!...

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. Clint Eastwood

It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it....It's in your hands to make the world a better place. Nelson Mandela

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. Audrey Hepburn

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with. Billy Graham

Having a rough day? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? It's called purpose. You're alive for a reason. Don't give up. Joyce Meyer

Extend your hand with the strongest reach. Mary Anne Radmacher

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts. William Shakespeare

Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours. Vera Nazarian

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. Maya Angelou

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. Blaise Pascal

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Washington Irving

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. Thomas Fuller

The heart will break, but broken live on. Lord Byron

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. Charles Dickens

If you become a helper of hearts, springs of wisdom will flow from your heart. Rumi

When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. Ella Maillart

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. Deepak Chopra

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? Khalil Gibran

Our hearts are lamps forever burning. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A heart makes a good home for the friend. Yunus Emre

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. Robert Frost

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. Mahatma Gandhi

A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love. Mother Teresa
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With compassion and love, peace will prevail...

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. Henry Ward Beecher
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. Helen Keller

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability...Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Bob Hope

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. John Holmes

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Leo Buscaglia

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. Plato

If there is any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not deter or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. William Penn

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. Thomas Merton

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness. Mother Teresa

Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. Fritz William

Compassion is a foundation for sharing our aliveness and building a more humane world. Martin Lowenthal

A great nation is a compassionate nation. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Tenzin Gyatso
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Words and music to “Get Together” by The Youngbloods – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGxQXmu7Os. Words and music to “Let It Grow” by Eric Clapton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V069wWEnCys.

David Kaimowitz, Senior Forestry Officer at FAO stated that “We cannot protect forests without Indigenous Peoples. We know that forests do better when indigenous land rights are respected, with lower deforestation rates and carbon emissions. Without them, we cannot win the race to save the planet.”

Read the blog to find out more about how Traditional Ecological Knowledge can support environmental conservation and restoration!

The article is written by Kivi Lydia Vito who belongs to the Sumi Naga tribe and is a member of The Indegenous.

"International environmental law today incorporates the principle that whoever causes pollution and waste of natural resources bears responsibility for the damages, and therefore must pay the price."

On this recent blog post, Najib Saab elaborates on the 'polluter pays' principle and how this issue was raised at the Stockholm Conference 50 years ago.

Who do you think should be deemed responsible to compensate for pollution? But it doesn't seem to be that simple, how can we define who needs to pay whom or for what? Does this principle give a 'licence to pollute' as long as one can pay?

Check out this interesting piece and share any thoughts or questions you may have.

Greening Sydney 2030

PART 2 - The Stockholm+50 Preparation meeting (part 2). CCCRdg will follow the agenda and hope it promote Inclusion within societies and “globally”, thus Stockholm50 becoming an equity project - a healthy planet for the prosperity of all species.

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Thanks Marina Watt for reminding us of the importance of education in archiving the Agenda2030 and transitioning to a sustainable society.

What do you think is the role of education in environmental sustainability? How could Stockholm+50 steer stronger actions in this field?

Read the blog to find out more!