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A Journey Through Environmental Awareness, International Law, and Climate Change . Long before the concepts of "climate change" or "sustainability" were formalized, people across the world already understood instinctively that nature was sacred. Ancient farmers guarded their water sources; forest dwellers took only what they needed, and spiritual traditions across continents taught respect for the earth. But these were local, scattered efforts with quiet whispers of stewardsh

Why Natural Rights Governance Is the Only Viable Path to Protect People and Planet . The world has been talking about the language of the Paris Agreement promises, pathways, and promises of temperature control for almost ten years now. However, the climate is still disintegrating. Storms are worse; droughts extended and displaced more permanently. Paris was a treaty of intent; missing moral architecture is Natural Rights Led Governance (NRLG). Nationally Determined Contri

As cities continue to expand and modern skylines and technology redefine the concept of progress, questions surrounding sustainability, livability, and harmony with nature become increasingly urgent. To explore these ideas, we spoke with Benjamin Ong , an urban ecologist from Malaysia whose work focuses on the intersection of ecology, biodiversity, and human communities in urban spaces. Having spent over a decade working on community-based conservation and environmental educa

Part 2 As I argued in the first part of the theory on Natural Rights Led Governance (NRLG), the Development–Destruction Trap exposes how modern governance structures are enabling intergenerational harm and planetary injustice by prioritizing GDP growth and resource extraction over life-supporting systems. This second part engages in a necessary alternative: the paradigm of Nature’s Sovereignty (NS). Here, I bring forward the exact formulations and propositions articulated in