A Climate Finance Goal That Works for Developing Countries — Global Issues

A Climate Finance Goal That Works for Developing Countries — Global Issues

Opinion by Richard Kozul Wright (geneva) Thursday, June 15, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Jun 15 (IPS) – After years of failing to meet climate finance commitments, the new climate finance goal under discussion this week in Bonn is critical, but without supporting reforms of the global financial architecture we risk…

Food Insecurity Fears as Pakistan Faces Cyclone, Monsoon Season — Global Issues

Food Insecurity Fears as Pakistan Faces Cyclone, Monsoon Season — Global Issues

Temporary medical camps are still the norm in some areas of Pakistan as the country struggles to recover from last year’s flooding. Now areas of the country are facing Cyclone Biparjoy and a monsoon season, and warnings are that food insecurity may increase. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Tuesday,…

Transforming Food Systems through Conscious, Mindful Practices — Global Issues

Transforming Food Systems through Conscious, Mindful Practices — Global Issues

Graphic representation of the Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA) concept. Credit: UNDP/CoFSA by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, June 12, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jun 12 (IPS) – Deep in the Egyptian desert, the SEKEM community celebrates its first wheat crop – grown to alleviate shortages and price increases caused by…

Conflict & Hunger Deeply Embedded in War-Ravaged Yemen — Global Issues

Conflict & Hunger Deeply Embedded in War-Ravaged Yemen — Global Issues

Abdulwasea Mohammed addressing UN Member States, UN agencies, fellow NGOs during Protection of Civilians Week last month. Credit: Oxfam Opinion by Abdulwasea Mohammed (sana’a, yemen) Tuesday, June 06, 2023 Inter Press Service SANA’A, Yemen, Jun 06 (IPS) – During the week of May 21, the UN held its annual week dedicated…

Close Inequalities to End AIDS & Prepare for Future Pandemics — Global Issues

Close Inequalities to End AIDS & Prepare for Future Pandemics — Global Issues

Thembeni Mkingofa, a woman living with HIV, visits the PMTCT section of the Makhume District Hospital, Zimbabwe. She has three children – 14, 10 and 2 who are all HIV negative. This is her fourth pregnancy. Her husband is also on HIV treatment. Here she is pictured with her two-year-old…

Of the Sahel and the Merchants of Death — Global Issues

Of the Sahel and the Merchants of Death — Global Issues

Fake or substandard antimalarial medicines kill as many as 267,000 sub-Saharan Africans every year. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, June 02, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 02 (IPS) – There is a tangled trafficking web that has been woven across the Sahel, which spans almost 6.000 kilometres…

Rocky Point Fishers Await Sanctuary To Ease Environmental Issues, Low Fish Catch — Global Issues

Rocky Point Fishers Await Sanctuary To Ease Environmental Issues, Low Fish Catch — Global Issues

Ephraim Walters in his fishing shed. The father of nine has been a fisherman for 59 years. Credit: Zadie Neufville/IPS by Zadie Neufville (rocky point, jamaica) Friday, June 02, 2023 Inter Press Service ROCKY POINT, Jamaica, Jun 02 (IPS) – Long before the COVID-19 Pandemic, fishers at the Rocky Point fishing…

Perus Agro-Export Boom Has not Boosted Human Development — Global Issues

Perus Agro-Export Boom Has not Boosted Human Development — Global Issues

Her hands loaded with crates, Susan Quintanilla, a union leader of agro-export workers in the department of Ica in southwestern Peru, gets ready to collect different vegetables and fruits for foreign markets. She has witnessed many injustices, saying the companies “made you feel like they were doing you a favor…