Reversing ‘negative trends’ essential, Security Council hears — Global Issues

Reversing ‘negative trends’ essential, Security Council hears — Global Issues

Mounting tensions in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and continued settlement activity and settler-related violence continue. “Immediate steps to reverse negative trends and support the Palestinian people are essential,” said Lynn Hastings, UNSCO’s deputy chief, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, speaking on behalf…

Rising Sea Levels, Drought, Hurricanes and Deforestation Threaten Latin America and the Caribbean — Global Issues

Rising Sea Levels, Drought, Hurricanes and Deforestation Threaten Latin America and the Caribbean — Global Issues

Coastal view from the Kalinago Territory in Dominica. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (united nations) Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) – According to the 2021 World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report, extreme events have worsened…

Both UK & Congo Think They’re Climate Leaders COP26s Fallout Shows How Far Adrift They Are — Global Issues

Both UK & Congo Think They’re Climate Leaders COP26s Fallout Shows How Far Adrift They Are — Global Issues

Opinion by Irene Wabiwa Betoko (kinshasa) Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Inter Press Service KINSHASA, Jul 26 (IPS) – The writer is the International Project Leader for the Congo Basin Forest, Greenpeace AfricaFrom the fall-out of the pandemic to the interlocking cost of living and energy security crises currently gripping the world,…

Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress — Global Issues

Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress — Global Issues

Despite some progress, a constitutional and political stalemate continues, prolonging tensions and fuelling insecurity, while clashes in and around Tripoli surge, she added. “The economic situation remains dire,” she continued. “We have witnessed demonstrations by frustrated Libyans over the lack of progress on elections and poor State services. In addition,…

Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change — Global Issues

Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change — Global Issues

The Guiding Principles for Children on the Move in the Context of Climate Change contain a set of nine principles that address the unique and layered vulnerabilities of boys and girls who have been uprooted, whether internally or across borders, as a result of the adverse impacts of climate change. …

Australian teen’s death in prison was ‘utterly preventable’, rights experts say — Global Issues

Australian teen’s death in prison was ‘utterly preventable’, rights experts say — Global Issues

Yusuf Zahab, 17, had been taken to Syria when he was 11 by older relatives who had become radicalized, according to various media reports.   He is believed to have died from injuries sustained during and after the ISIL siege on Al Hasakah camp in January, compounded by lack of…

New ECOSOC President aims to ease crises which have ‘engulfed our societies’ — Global Issues

New ECOSOC President aims to ease crises which have ‘engulfed our societies’ — Global Issues

Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva said in her opening statement that she was “honoured and humbled” to have been elected to lead one of the principal organs of the UN, while noting that the upcoming session will be “especially challenging for the world”.  In addition to COVID recovery, she highlighted the ongoing war in Ukraine,…

Unleashing Mangrove Superpower Through Soft Coastal Engineering — Global Issues

Unleashing Mangrove Superpower Through Soft Coastal Engineering — Global Issues

Community-led restoration of mangroves along Kenya’s coastal shorelines is ongoing. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, July 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Jul 25 (IPS) – The swish of calm waters followed by unexpectedly high tides and violent waves is now too familiar for the fisher community along…