(2022-04-30). New IMF Trust Shows the Path Toward SDR Rechanneling Through Development Banks. cepr.net 
The IMF's newly established Resilience and Sustainability Trust sets the reserve asset status standard for SDR investments and creates a roadmap for regional development banks to onlend rich countries' SDRs to developing countries in need of financing for sustainable development, and climate financing. The IMF has published the details of the Resilience and Sustainability Trust …
(2022-04-30). Minneapolis rallies for climate justice on Earth Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – 80 people rallied and marched, April 23, to celebrate Earth Day in Minneapolis, despite rain clouds. The was organized by the Climate Justice Committee and centered around important struggles in the ongoing fight for climate justice. The rally started outside a chain link fence surrounding the closed Roofing Depot factory that is subject of a struggle between the city government and neighborhood activists. | While the fight to stop Line 3 – which carries tar sands oil, the most toxic of petroleum products – is better known, the local fight to turn the Rooftop Depot building into an urban farm is…
(2022-04-30). Sunday 5/1: Climate + Land + Water Celebration. indybay.org lawn near lighthouse 701 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz…
(2022-04-30). Symposium on AI and Climate Action kicks off at Tsinghua University. ecns.cn The healthy development of AI can better serve the community of life for man and nature said global experts at the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Climate Action on April 26, 2022.
(2022-04-29). Toward building a "New World" mronline.org 
If you really want changes requiring the dismantling of capitalism—and this does include the changes necessary to the imagined "green economy,"—then you will join in these efforts rather than condemning the project that inspires them.
(2022-04-29). Human Activity Altered 70 Percent of Earth's Land, Degraded 40 Percent of It. truthout.org 
Humans have had an unprecedented impact on land — with vast consequences for climate change, food systems and biodiversity, a major new UN report concludes. | It says that human activities have already altered 70% of the Earth's land surface, degrading up to 40% of it. Four of the nine "planetary boundaries" — limits on how humans can safely use Earth's resources — have already been exceeded. | Food systems — a catch-all term to describe the way humans produce, process, transport and consume food — are the largest culprit when it comes to land degradation, the report says. They accou…
(2022-04-29). More Viral Outbreaks Are Likely Coming Due to Climate Crisis, New Study Says. truthout.org Climate change is forcing animal migrations at an unprecedented scale, bringing many previously disconnected species into close contact and dramatically raising the likelihood of viruses leaping into new hosts and sparking future pandemics. That's according to a new study in the journal Nature, which predicts that climate-driven disruptions to Earth's ecosystems will create thousands of cross-species viral transmissions in the coming decades. We speak with The Atlantic's Ed Yong, who says this new era can be thought of as the "Pandemicene," a time defined by the power of viruses over humanity and the wider world.
(2022-04-29). The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing So Many National Security Agents? mintpressnews.com 
TikTok has become an enormously influential medium that reaches over one billion people worldwide. Having control over its algorithm or content moderation means the ability to set the terms of global debate and decide what people see. And what they don't.