Several human-caused threats lay behind the current annual loss of up to 40% of food crops globally, mainly due to plant pests and the introduction of alien species. Credit: Jency Samuel/IPS by Baher Kamal (rome) Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 10 (IPS) – Two big facts are…
Droughts are a growing threat to global food production, particularly in Africa. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Baher Kamal (rome) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 08 (IPS) – Less than a decade ago, Africa was home to 60-65% of the world’s uncultivated arable land and 10% of renewable…
Africa is the continent that has contributed the least (just 2 to 3%) to the causes of the current climate emergencies while bearing the brunt of 82% of the devastating consequences. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Baher Kamal (rome) Thursday, May 04, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 04 (IPS) – Some…
Rhine River, Cologne,,Germany,10.08.2022. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 25 (IPS) – Apologies to those Western politicians and media who continue to say that Ukraine’s brutal proxy war stands behind whatever catastrophes, disasters or crises occur in the Planet. Is this accurate?…
The IMF has made some encouraging improvements in paying attention to social protection, health, and education, but it needs to do much more to avoid, in its own words, “repeating past mistakes”, says new report. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr…
“If people do not change the way antibiotics are used now, these new antibiotics will suffer the same fate as the current ones and become ineffective” . Credit: Adil Siddiqi/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 11 (IPS) – Research after research, world’s scientists…
We’re spewing a torrent of waste and pollution that is affecting our environment, our economies, and our health, warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, April 04, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 04 (IPS) – Straight to the point: the current system of voracious…
“Drop by drop, this precious lifeblood is being poisoned by pollution and drained by vampiric overuse, with water demand expected to exceed supply by 40% by decade’s end” Credit: Bigstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Mar 21 (IPS) – Shockingly, the human suicidal war…
A family from Sachac, a Quechua farming community in the Andes highlands region of Cuzco in southeastern Peru. When members of these native families move to the cities, they face different forms of racism, despite the fact that 60 percent of the Peruvian population identifies as ‘mestizo’ or mixed-race and…
Hate speech – including online – has become one of the most common ways of spreading divisive rhetoric on a global scale, threatening peace around the world, says UN chief. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Mar 13 (IPS) – Islamophobia is a ‘fear, prejudice…
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