World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis — Global Issues

World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis — Global Issues

Opinion by Marco Ferroni (chicago, usa) Friday, July 01, 2022 Inter Press Service CHICAGO, USA, Jul 01 (IPS) – The writer is Chair of the CGIAR System Board From the worst drought in four decades threatening famine across the Horn of Africa to extreme heat in South Asia, the war in…

IPBES Shoring up Private Sector Support for Biodiversity Science — Global Issues

IPBES Shoring up Private Sector Support for Biodiversity Science — Global Issues

River and mountain in the interior of Dominica. IPBES’ collaboration with the private sector funds research and evidence that helps businesses make better-informed decisions to protect biodiversity. Credit: JAK/IPS by Alison Kentish (dominica) Friday, July 01, 2022 Inter Press Service DOMINICA, Jul 01 (IPS) – With the world facing a biodiversity…

US Supreme Court ruling on environmental protection ‘a setback in our fight against climate change’ — Global Issues

US Supreme Court ruling on environmental protection ‘a setback in our fight against climate change’ — Global Issues

He was responding to a question at the regular noon briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, about the ruling, which in effect strips away the power of the EPA to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The case was brought against the US Government agency by the state of West Virginia…

Ethiopia still in grip of spreading violence, hate speech and aid crisis — Global Issues

Ethiopia still in grip of spreading violence, hate speech and aid crisis — Global Issues

Kaari Betty Murungi, chair of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia, was speaking on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.  The Commission had received reports last week of the killings in Western Oromia, as it continued its work investigating rights abuses linked to conflict…

‘Effort and patience’ required to restore Iran nuclear agreement — Global Issues

‘Effort and patience’ required to restore Iran nuclear agreement — Global Issues

In the landmark accord, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – reached in 2015 between Iran, the United States, China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom – Iran agreed to dismantle much of its nuclear programme and open its facilities to international inspections in exchange for…

Mexico Makes Risky Bet on Liquefied Gas in New Global Scenario — Global Issues

Mexico Makes Risky Bet on Liquefied Gas in New Global Scenario — Global Issues

Electricity generation in the city of La Paz in the northwestern state of Baja California Sur depends primarily on a thermoelectric plant that burns fuel oil, a highly polluting fuel. The Mexican government plans to replace it with gas. CREDIT: Cerca by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Thursday, June 30, 2022 Inter…

A Conversation with Kaddu Sebunya — Global Issues

A Conversation with Kaddu Sebunya — Global Issues

Kaddu Sebunya, CEO of the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), in the Serengeti. His current role entails spearheading the vision of a modern Africa where human development includes thriving wildlife and wildlands as a cultural and economic asset for Africa’s future generations. Credit: AWF by Guy Dinmore (st davids, wales) Thursday, June…

B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases — Global Issues

B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases — Global Issues

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in his weekly briefing to journalists that the global figure overall remains “relatively stable”, but nobody should be under any illusion, that the coronavirus is on the way out. “#COVID19, driven by BA.4 and BA.5 in many places, cases are on the rise in…

Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Senior UN official

Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Senior UN official

Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety on the world’s roads a global development challenge for all societies, especially for the most vulnerable, a senior UN official has said, ahead of the first ever High-level General Assembly Meeting on Improving Road Safety.   Read the full story, “Safer…