Artisanal Miners Ruining Already Diminishing Forests in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Artisanal Miners Ruining Already Diminishing Forests in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

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Artisanal miners are cutting down trees to process gold and climate change experts are concerned about the forests. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (mazowe, zimbabwe) Saturday, October 29, 2022 Inter Press Service MAZOWE, Zimbabwe, Oct 29 (IPS) – With homemade tents scattered about, hordes of artisanal gold miners throng parts…

Millions face flooding threat across west and central Africa — Global Issues

Millions face flooding threat across west and central Africa — Global Issues

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The alert comes amid the worst floods in a decade, which have swept across Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon. UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado said that hundreds of people had died in Nigeria, where floodwaters in the northeast swept through sites for internally displaced people and host communities…

How China Can Retire Coal Early in Pakistan and Elsewhere Through the BRI — Global Issues

How China Can Retire Coal Early in Pakistan and Elsewhere Through the BRI — Global Issues

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Achieving the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires not only slowing new construction, but also retiring existing coal power plants early, worldwide. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Philippe Benoit (paris) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service PARIS, Oct 26 (IPS) – With COP 27 approaching, pressure is mounting on…

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

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The agency’s yearly Greenhouse Gas Bulletin warns of the biggest year-on-year jump in methane concentrations in 2021 since systematic measurements began nearly 40 years ago. While the reason for the unprecedented increase is still unclear, it seems to be a result of both biological and human-induced processes according to the…

CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels — Global Issues

UN Report — Global Issues

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The current combined National Determined Contributions (NDCs)—meaning the countries’ national efforts to tackle emissions and mitigate climate change—are leading our planet to at least 2.5 degrees warming, a level deemed catastrophic by scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Increasing instead of decreasing In 2019, the IPCC indicated…

Broken Relationship with Nature Exposed as Global Wildlife Population Plummets — Global Issues

Broken Relationship with Nature Exposed as Global Wildlife Population Plummets — Global Issues

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Biodiversity is in trouble as the WWF report, 2022 Living Planet Index, indicates that the global wildlife population had decreased by 69 percent since 1970. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Oct 25 (IPS) – Home to a variety of iconic and…

Climate Change Brings New Pest & Disease Pressures Previously Unimaginable — Global Issues

Climate Change Brings New Pest & Disease Pressures Previously Unimaginable — Global Issues

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Children stand in a flood water in Borno State, Nigeria. Credit: UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin Opinion by Alexander Muller – Adam Prakash – Elena Lazutkaite (berlin) Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Inter Press Service BERLIN, Oct 25 (IPS) – In temperate zones lie most of the world’s richest countries, which have also been up…

Indian Village Unlocks Treasure of Organic, Indigenous Farming — Global Issues

Indian Village Unlocks Treasure of Organic, Indigenous Farming — Global Issues

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At Jhargram in India’s West Bengal state, farmers have returned to indigenous and organic farming with promising results. Here women farmers prepare seed beds. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (jhargram, india) Monday, October 24, 2022 Inter Press Service Jhargram, India, Oct 24 (IPS) – At Jhargram, a far-flung…