Innovative Business Models, Critical for African Governments to Unlock Carbon Markets — Global Issues

Innovative Business Models, Critical for African Governments to Unlock Carbon Markets — Global Issues

Carbon credits in Africa can be generated by projects that curb emissions with a major focus on switching to renewable sources such as solar energy. Nasho solar power plant in Eastern Rwanda. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (nairobi) Friday, September 29, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Sep 29 (IPS) –…

Wrecked by Climate Change, Farmers in Kashmir Shift to Lavender Cultivation — Global Issues

Wrecked by Climate Change, Farmers in Kashmir Shift to Lavender Cultivation — Global Issues

Mohammad Subhan Dar decided to abandon farming forever as changes in climate affected his traditional crops, but a project introducing lavender farming saved his farm. Credit: Umer Asif/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (bijbehara, india) Friday, September 29, 2023 Inter Press Service BIJBEHARA, INDIA, Sep 29 (IPS) – Creating resilience is crucial…

Traffic on the Paran᠗aterway Triggers Friction between Argentina and Paraguay — Global Issues

Traffic on the Paran᠗aterway Triggers Friction between Argentina and Paraguay — Global Issues

Transport barges navigate one of the branches of the Paraná River in Argentina’s Santa Fe province. The Paraná, the second longest river in South America, has been turned into a major waterway through which a large part of Paraguay’s and Argentina’s agricultural exports are shipped out of the region. CREDIT:…

Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods — Global Issues

Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods — Global Issues

OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva that out of 71 aid worker deaths recorded so far this year, 22 had been working in South Sudan and 19 in Sudan. The victims are overwhelmingly local humanitarians working on the front lines of the response, Mr. Laerke said. He stressed…

Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods — Global Issues

UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education — Global Issues

Audrey Azoulay was speaking on Friday in Beijing, China, where she co-chaired the award ceremony for the 2023 UNESCO Prize for the Education of Women and Girls, alongside the agency’s Special Envoy, Professor Peng Liyuan. She appealed for an “intensification of global investments in favour of girls and women’s access…

Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods — Global Issues

Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies

Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. Read the full story, “Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies”, on globalissues.org → Check out our Latest…

Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods — Global Issues

Mediterranean ‘becoming a cemetery for children and their futures’ — Global Issues

More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, an increase of 60 per cent compared with last year. The number of arrivals peaked this month on the small island of Lampedusa off Italy’s southern…

Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods — Global Issues

WHO supports battle against cholera in the east — Global Issues

The UN agency said on Friday that 264 suspected cholera cases, four confirmed cases and 16 associated deaths werereportedin the eastern state as of 25 September. Investigations are taking place to determine whether the disease has spread to Khartoum and South Kordofan states, which have seen increased cases of acute…