Castle, Comfort Dominica. Dominica is the latest Caribbean country to sign on to the UN Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework, to accelerate progress with sustainable development goals and recover from COVID-19 Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (dominica) Monday, May 02, 2022 Inter Press Service DOMINICA, May 02 (IPS) – Caribbean countries…
The extreme heat is impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated parts of the world, threatening to damage whole ecosystems. Working closely with health and disaster management agencies, the national meteorological and hydrological departments in both countries, plan to roll out heat health action…
If forest loss continues at the current rate, it will be impossible to keep warming below two degrees Celsius as pledged in the Paris Agreement. Credit: José Garth Medina/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 27 (IPS) – In case you were not aware,…
Twitter on Friday banned ads that deny the reality of climate change. Twitter’s announcement on Earth Day came as it tries to fend off an unwanted takeover bid by billionaire Elon Musk, who has said he thinks people should be able to say pretty much whatever they want on the…
The Torres Strait Islands, an autonomous part of Australia, are particularly vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis, and extreme weather, including storms, rising sea levels and erosion, are a major threat to the indigenous people, who have inhabited the islands for some 70,000 years. With the case ongoing,…
The planet is losing 4.7 million hectares of forests every year – an area larger than Denmark, according to a new UN report. Credit: UNDP by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 20 (IPS) – The gloomy picture is drawn from indisputable scientific conclusions and…
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