Forus Civil Society Network Urges that Respect for Human Rights, Climate Justice and Accountability should be at the core of the New Global Financing Pact

Forus Civil Society Network Urges that Respect for Human Rights, Climate Justice and Accountability should be at the core of the New Global Financing Pact

Opinion by Marianne Buenaventura (paris) Friday, June 23, 2023 Inter Press Service PARIS, Jun 23 (IPS) – As the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact unfolds in Paris on 22-23 June, Forus, a global network representing over 22,000 civil society organisations across Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Pacific,…

Cooperatives in Argentina Help Drive Expansion of Renewable Energy — Global Issues

Cooperatives in Argentina Help Drive Expansion of Renewable Energy — Global Issues

A picture of photovoltaic panels in the solar park in the small town of Armstrong, in the Pampa region, the heart of Argentina’s agricultural production. The park belongs to an electric cooperative, which until 2017 only bought energy to distribute, but now generates electricity as well. CREDIT: FARN by Daniel…

Will COP28 Catch the Next Green Wave Or Will It Wipe Out? — Global Issues

Will COP28 Catch the Next Green Wave Or Will It Wipe Out? — Global Issues

UAE’s role as COP28 host will be judged on results. Will COP deliver an operational and meaningful loss and damage fund? Will it produce a global stocktake that invigorates international action? How will discussions on a new global finance goal shape up? And will Sultan Al Jaber’s overtures towards the…

A Golden Opportunity for the Global South — Global Issues

A Golden Opportunity for the Global South — Global Issues

Opinion by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake (colombo, sri lanka) Monday, May 15, 2023 Inter Press Service COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 15 (IPS) – Asia is the fastest growing and most dynamic region of the world according to a recent IMF Report; “Recovery Unabated Amid Uncertainty”. 1 Asia and the Pacific will contribute around…

A New Saudi Arabia? Changes on the Screen and in Reality — Global Issues

A New Saudi Arabia? Changes on the Screen and in Reality — Global Issues

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 08 (IPS) – The World changes, though prejudices and misconceptions remain. In 1996, political scientist Samuel Huntington published The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, in which he predicted that people’s cultural…

Livestock Producers Seek to Integrate Biogas and Animal Protein Market in Brazil — Global Issues

Livestock Producers Seek to Integrate Biogas and Animal Protein Market in Brazil — Global Issues

The Toledo Bioenergy Center, in southern Brazil, is under construction, but its biodigesters are already operating with manure and the carcasses of disease-free dead animals from 16 pig farms. The goal is to generate one megawatt of power and for pig farmers to participate in the production of biogas without…

Media Freedom is Vital but have we Passed Peak Press? — Global Issues

Media Freedom is Vital but have we Passed Peak Press? — Global Issues

Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada) Sunday, April 30, 2023 Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Apr 30 (IPS) – Peak oil was first up, followed by peak gas, gold and others, as if the world was draining natural resources like toilet roll panic buying in a lockdown supermarket. But should…

Energy Crisis in Cuba Calls for Greater Boost for Renewable Sources — Global Issues

Energy Crisis in Cuba Calls for Greater Boost for Renewable Sources — Global Issues

A group of drivers push a car at the end of a long line to refuel in Havana. The Cuban authorities say the fundamental cause of the shortage of diesel and gasoline has to do with breaches of contracts by suppliers. CREDIT: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS by Luis Brizuela (havana) Thursday, April…