Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada) Friday, December 23, 2022 Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Dec 23 (IPS) – A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery through an enduring pandemic and a deteriorating climate crisis…
Final plenary session of COP15. Some analysts say the adopted framework is a good compromise. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul (montreal) Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Inter Press Service Montreal, Dec 20 (IPS) – In a landmark agreement, all parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) adopted the…
Government delegations celebrate the close of the historic negotiation at COP15 of the New Global Framework on Biodiversity in the early hours of the morning on Monday Dec. 19, at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Canada. CREDIT: Mike Muzurakis/IISD by Emilio Godoy (montreal) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter Press Service…
Researcher, Billy Offland (left), filming a documentary on biodiversity in Kashmir. Credit: Billy Offland by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Dec 19 (IPS) – Billy Offland (21), a British sustainability student, went on a two-year ‘World Conservation Journey’ to bring attention to the biodiversity crisis…
Women doing on-the-spot training at COP15. Target 22 is being held up by a single word. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul (montreal) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Montreal, Dec 19 (IPS) – Since the beginning of the high-level segment, tensions have been steadily rising at the 15th meeting…
The executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, highlighted on Friday Dec. 16 the results of the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and fair benefit sharing at an event during COP15 in the Canadian city of Montreal. But the talks have not reached an…
Francis Ogwal (L) of Uganda and Basile van Havre (C) of Canada, co-chairs of the group responsible for drafting the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, explain the status of negotiations at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal on Dec. 14, 2022. Discussions are entering the final stretch to approve the new…
Activists at COP15 believe that keeping infrastructure off the radar is a problem and have expressed concern about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China which impacts on biodiversity hotspots and Indigenous communities. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul Thursday, December 15, 2022 Inter Press Service Dec 15 (IPS)…
Female workers sort out plastic bottles for recycling in a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. New initiatives were launched at the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) to reduce plastic pollution. Credit: Abir Abdullah/Climate Visuals Countdown by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Tuesday, December 13, 2022 Inter Press Service Kigali, Dec 13 (IPS) – Experts…
A blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) photographed on a largely dead coral reef on the Coral Coast on Fiji’s largest island Viti Levu. IPBES estimates that nearly one-third of reefs are threatened with extinction. Credit: Tom Vierus / Climate Visuals by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Inter Press Service…
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