Intersecting Crises are Impeding the UNs Sustainable Development Goals, Threatening Peace & Security — Global Issues

Intersecting Crises are Impeding the UNs Sustainable Development Goals, Threatening Peace & Security — Global Issues

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Stefan Schweinfest Opinion by Stefan Shweinfest (united nations) Friday, July 08, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 08 (IPS) – This week marks the mid-way point to the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and with it the release of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022. While we would like…

Tap Into Indigenous Knowledge To Preserve Our Forests — Global Issues

Tap Into Indigenous Knowledge To Preserve Our Forests — Global Issues

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Opinion by Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue (yaoundÉ) Wednesday, July 06, 2022 Inter Press Service YAOUNDÉ, Jul 06 (IPS) – A few years ago, I found myself in the Baka indigenous sacred forest in Assok, in Cameroon in the course of my work in supporting them to preserve their forest against land grabbers….

Recovering Edible Food from Waste Provides Environmental and Social Solutions in Argentina — Global Issues

Recovering Edible Food from Waste Provides Environmental and Social Solutions in Argentina — Global Issues

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Tomasa Chávez, bundled up against the cold of the southern hemisphere winter, works at the Central Market in Buenos Aires, where she was hired in 2021 to separate edible waste that can be recovered. Until then, she went there daily on her own for 30 years to look for food…

Mobilizing Against Hunger in Brazil, Where It Affects 33.1 Million People — Global Issues

Mobilizing Against Hunger in Brazil, Where It Affects 33.1 Million People — Global Issues

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The large Citizen Action warehouse in downtown Rio de Janeiro is filled with food donated by people in solidarity for distribution to poor and hunger-stricken communities. There are 33.1 million Brazilians suffering from hunger, according to a survey by a network of researchers on the subject. CREDIT: Tânia Rêgo /Agência…

More Weapons than Ever. And a Hunger Crisis Like No Other — Global Issues

More Weapons than Ever. And a Hunger Crisis Like No Other — Global Issues

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Conflict is still the biggest driver of hunger, with 60 percent of the world’s hungry living in areas affected by war and violence. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, July 01, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jul 01 (IPS) – While the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit ended…

The Digital Divide, a Pending Issue in Chile’s Educational System — Global Issues

The Digital Divide, a Pending Issue in Chile’s Educational System — Global Issues

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Children at the San José Obrero School use the primary school’s computer lab. At their homes in the municipality of Peñalolén, to the east of Santiago de Chile, many do not have computers because 90 percent of them come from poor families. CREDIT: Courtesy of San José Obrero by Orlando…

World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis — Global Issues

World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis — Global Issues

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Opinion by Marco Ferroni (chicago, usa) Friday, July 01, 2022 Inter Press Service CHICAGO, USA, Jul 01 (IPS) – The writer is Chair of the CGIAR System Board From the worst drought in four decades threatening famine across the Horn of Africa to extreme heat in South Asia, the war in…

Mexico Makes Risky Bet on Liquefied Gas in New Global Scenario — Global Issues

Mexico Makes Risky Bet on Liquefied Gas in New Global Scenario — Global Issues

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Electricity generation in the city of La Paz in the northwestern state of Baja California Sur depends primarily on a thermoelectric plant that burns fuel oil, a highly polluting fuel. The Mexican government plans to replace it with gas. CREDIT: Cerca by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Thursday, June 30, 2022 Inter…