Climate Change and Gender: A Biased Impact of the Global Challenge

Climate change is inevitable to everyone regardless of ethnicity, race, and gender. There is a reason why the IPCC declares the climate crisis as a current challenge that humans are facing where the impacts and implications may appear to be equal. As climate change becomes a universal challenge, humans also become vulnerable and prone to […]

Helping People Displaced by Climate Crisis

Leading climate justice activist, Greta Thunberg, called on Friday, 27 January 2023 for immediate action to help tackle the impacts of climate change on those forced to flee their homes, or leaving in search of a better life. Reported by UN News Website Greta said that the situaton is a question of life and death for countless […]

Promoting Gender Equality as Critical Solution for Climate Change *

Climate change is currently right before our eyes begin, instead, it’s already happening. As we know, the global temperature has been increasing by 1° Celsius in the past century 1). It affects the rise of sea levels, glaciers meltdown, vague weather, and food shortages all around the world. These issues become a heated discussion for all […]

What to Expect from COP27?

What to Expect from COP27?

Paris Agreement’s ratifiers are heading to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to attend COP 27 that will take place from 6-18 November 2022. Conference of Parties or COP is the supreme decision-making body of Paris Agreement where all states (193 countries plus European Union) review the implementation of the covenant.  There are three major agendas will be […]

The Role of Communication in Disaster Risk Reduction

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022, entitled “Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future” published by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) explained how human biases and decision processes affect risk reduction outcomes. The report mentioned, in most daily situations, people rely on quick short cuts (heuristics) to allow […]

Let’s Save The Sustainable Development Goals!

Today, we are on the verge of a critical juncture. Global “excess deaths” directly and indirectly attributable to COVID-19 reached 15 million by the end of 2021. More than four years of progress in alleviating poverty have been wiped out, pushing 93 million more people worldwide into extreme poverty in 2020. Either we fail to […]

Clean and Healthy Environment a Universal Human Right

UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right. With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on 28 July 2022, declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. Cited from UN News, the UN Secretary-General, António […]

The world is on The Verge of a Climate Catastrophe

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 warned the world is on the verge of a climate catastrophe where billions of people are already feeling the consequences. Energy-related CO2 emissions for 2021 rose by 6 percent, reaching their highest level ever and completely wiping out pandemic-related declines.  To avoid the worst effects of climate change, as […]

Liège Flood Interview Series: Jacques Teller

Liège Flood Interview Series: Jacques Teller

Jacques Teller is an urbanist as well as an urban and environmental engineering professor at the University of Liège. In the interview with Pilot4DEV, Professor Teller highlighted the gaps in urban planning and administrative assistance that failed to account for adequate disaster management during the floods that struck Liège and the surrounding cities – in […]