The acoustic instrument of Mozambican origin, the Timbila, will be the subject of a debate today at the Guimarães Rosa Institute in Maputo, as a candidate for the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It is hoped that the debate, entitled "Timbila's Candidacy for Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity", will provide sufficient input for the United Nations...
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, said that "humanity is failing" in the war between Israel and Hamas and called for the protection of civilians. "Civilians and civilian infrastructure, including humanitarian workers and goods, must be protected," the United Nations (UN) official stressed in a...
Some of the "vital signs" of the planet reached the "code red" and humanity faces "unequivocally a climate emergency", warns an international coalition of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Oregon, in a report released yesterday. The text, titled "Scientists from around the world warn of a climate emergency - 2022," indicates that 16 of the 35...
The forest fires and heat waves that southern Europe and North America are experiencing demonstrate that there is no possible choice regarding the climate emergency. "Collective action or collective suicide. It is in our hands," UN Secretary General António Guterres told 40 ministers gathered at the Climate Dialogue in...
A team of scientists has evaluated the impact of chemical pollution on the earth's system and has come to the conclusion that the planetary safe limit for humanity has already been exceeded. For these experts, chemical production has already had a 50-fold increase since 1950, and by 2050 this number is expected to triple. In...