Peoples Climate March September 2014 New York

Photos by Anna Verani

More than 400,000 people turned out for the People's Climate March in New York City on Sunday, just days before many of the world's leaders are expected to debate environmental action at the United Nations climate summit.

It was the largest climate march in history, fbigger than the Forward on Climate rally held in Washington, D.C in 2013. Environmentalists including Bill McKibben, Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva, Leonardo DiCaprio,  marched alongside policymakers such as Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former Vice President Al Gore were also there, and more than 550 buses carried in people from around the country.

more images by Anna Luiza Verani:

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more information:

https://ninja.oximity.com/article/Galeria-Confira-as-imagens-da-maior-Ma-1

http://peoplesclimate.org/

World Leaders Condemn Failed Drug War, and Call For Global Reform

Photos by Anna Verani

New Report: World Leaders Call For Ending Criminalization of Drug Use and Possession and Responsible Legal Regulation of Psychoactive Substances

September 8th 2014,  MOMA, New York City, the former presidents of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland join UN officers and others to call for the end of drug criminalization. They are also calling for legal and regulated use of psychoactive substances.

The Global Commission on Drug Policy is releasing Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work, a new, groundbreaking report at a press conference in New York City. The event will be live-streamed and speakers include former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, former Colombian President César Gaviria, former Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss, Richard Branson and others.The Commissioners will then meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson in the afternoon following the press conference.

The report reflects the evolution in the thinking of the Commissioners, who reiterate their demands for decriminalization, alternatives to incarceration, and greater emphasis on public health approaches and now also call for permitting the legal regulation of psychoactive substances. The Commission is the most distinguished group of high-level leaders to ever call for such far-reaching changes.

For more information:

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http://www.gcdpsummary2014.com/#executive-summary
https://ninja.oximity.com/article/Basta-de-Guerra-relat%C3%B3rio-aponta-1

Photographer: Anna Verani September 2014 for Midia Ninja