United We Stand to Achieve Sustainable Development — Global Issues

United We Stand to Achieve Sustainable Development — Global Issues

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Opinion by Siddharth Chatterjee, Deepali Khanna (bangkok / beijing) Monday, September 12, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK / BEIJING, Sep 12 (IPS) – The world today faces a future that is in peril. Our challenges have become more complex and interconnected, as we see the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, an…

1980s Redux? New context, Old Threats — Global Issues

1980s Redux? New context, Old Threats — Global Issues

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Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, September 06, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 06 (IPS) – As rich countries raise interest rates in double-edged efforts to address inflation, developing countries are struggling to cope with slowdowns, inflation, higher interest rates and…

Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil — Global Issues

Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil — Global Issues

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Thales Motta, director of GNR Fortaleza, stands in front of the biomethane plant located in northeastern Brazil, the development of which required overcoming prejudices, mistrust and misinformation to open up the market for gas generated from garbage. Now biomethane is expanding, making use of landfills and agricultural biomass. CREDIT: Mario…

Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy

Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy

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Africa needs to transit away from fossil fuels to renewables to boost energy security. Pictured here is a coal production plant in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Aug 31 (IPS) – Africa needs to trade in carbon credits to…

A Tale of the Spanish Neckties and Other Made-in-Europe Things — Global Issues

A Tale of the Spanish Neckties and Other Made-in-Europe Things — Global Issues

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“Wildfires – well known for their disastrous consequences in southern Europe – are now occurring as far north as Scandinavia”. Credit: Unsplash/Fabian Jones. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Aug 30 (IPS) – Shortly before the 25 August approval by the Spanish Parliament of the…

Argentina Seeks Elusive Investments to Fully Exploit Shale Gas — Global Issues

Argentina Seeks Elusive Investments to Fully Exploit Shale Gas — Global Issues

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A view of two towers in Vaca Muerta, the field whose discovery gave Argentina huge potential in shale gas and oil. Since 2011, governments have dreamed of fully exploiting it, but have been unable to do so, so the country spends billions of dollars annually on imports of gas. CREDIT:…

Theres no Stopping Renewable Power in Chile, but Community Energy Is Not Taking Off — Global Issues

Theres no Stopping Renewable Power in Chile, but Community Energy Is Not Taking Off — Global Issues

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The Nueva Zelandia school is leading a pioneering experience of community electricity generation with solar panels that will reduce the cost of consumption for the school and 20 local families taking part in the project in the poor municipality of Independencia to the north of Santiago. To this initiative, the…

How NOT to Win Friends and Influence People — Global Issues

How NOT to Win Friends and Influence People — Global Issues

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Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 (IPS) – After four years of Trump’s ‘America first’ isolationism, US President Joe Biden announced “America is back”. His White House has since tried to find allies…