Banks and corporations making pledges of ‘net-zero’ emissions are taking the public for a ride, according to a new United Nations report released at this week’s COP27 climate change conference. “We must have zero tolerance for net-zero greenwashing,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, in reference to the concept of virtue-signaling a green agenda for…
In hindsight, Russia, Kiev, and the latter’s Golden Billion patrons all had differing motives in agreeing to the deal. The first regarded it as an act of good faith as well as a means of tangibly counteracting fake news alleging that the Kremlin was weaponizing famine across the Global South. The second, meanwhile, wanted to…
Far from being “isolated”, close to half of humanity refused to condemn Russia during the latest UN vote, while the overwhelmingly vast majority of the global population is represented by governments that have defied the Golden Billion’s illegal sanctions. The US-led Western Mainstream Media (MSM) is slowly but surely recalibrating its weaponized anti-Russian information warfare…
This can be interpreted as India expressing a sincere desire to further explore the Asian Century scenario connected with China’s likely policy recalibration after this month’s National Congress. Any tangible progress on this front would ensure a semblance of stability amidst the chaotic systemic transition to multipolarity and signal that China tacitly dropped its superpower…
Since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, Washington has shown that it is willing to do anything to move global society against Moscow, even if it means violating international law. According to a recent report, the US government plans to take measures against Russia within the UN framework to respond to…
UN peacekeeping in Africa is in deep crisis, with the Blue Helmets not only failing in their missions but also regularly getting caught up in the middle of scandals. For the past few years there have been rallies in the Democratic Republic of Congo against the presence of representatives of the UN multidimensional mission in…
