Digital Treatment of Genetic Resources Shakes Up COP15 — Global Issues

Digital Treatment of Genetic Resources Shakes Up COP15 — Global Issues

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…

Unsustainable Infrastructure Threatens Biodiversity — Global Issues

Unsustainable Infrastructure Threatens Biodiversity — Global Issues

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…

Solar Energy Benefits Children and Indigenous People in Northern Brazil — Global Issues

Solar Energy Benefits Children and Indigenous People in Northern Brazil — Global Issues

Aerial view of the Municipal Theater of Boa Vista and its parking lot covered by solar panels, near the center of a city of wide avenues, empty spaces, abundant solar energy and high quality of life compared to other cities in Brazil’s Amazon region. In the background is seen the…

Three Ways to End Gender-based Violence — Global Issues

Three Ways to End Gender-based Violence — Global Issues

Opinion by Jacqui Stevenson – Jessica Zimerman – Diego Antoni (united nations) Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (IPS) – How are the multiple shocks and crises the world is facing changing how we respond to gender-based violence? Almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic triggered…

UN Deploys Unarmed Weapon in Humanitarian & Peacekeeping Operations — Global Issues

UN Deploys Unarmed Weapon in Humanitarian & Peacekeeping Operations — Global Issues

Credit: IPS Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, November 28, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) – A sign outside the United Nations reads, perhaps half-seriously, that it is a “No Drone Zone”—and “launching, landing or operating Unmanned or Remote-Controlled aircraft in this area is prohibited”. The…

US to Fight Sexual Abuse in International Organizations — Global Issues

US to Fight Sexual Abuse in International Organizations — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, November 21, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (IPS) – The United States, which recently laid down a set of guidelines to monitor sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by US citizens in international organizations, including the United Nations and its agencies worldwide, has…

Loss and Damage Fund Saves COP27 from the Abyss — Global Issues

Loss and Damage Fund Saves COP27 from the Abyss — Global Issues

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, chair of COP27, reads the nine-page Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan, the document that concluded the climate summit on Sunday Nov. 20, to an exhausted audience after tough and lengthy negotiations that finally reached an agreement to create a fund for loss and damage, a…

Peruvian Women Still Denied Their Right to Abortion — Global Issues

Peruvian Women Still Denied Their Right to Abortion — Global Issues

Yomira Cuadros faced motherhood at an early age, as well as the obstacles of a sexist society like Peru’s, regarding her reproductive decisions. In the apartment where she lives with her family in Lima, she expresses faith in the future, now that she has finally started attending university, after having…