Grey Market Charcoal East Africa Why Prohibitionist Interventions Are Failing — Global Issues

Grey Market Charcoal East Africa Why Prohibitionist Interventions Are Failing — Global Issues

Some people in parts of Uganda have depended on small-scale charcoal production for livelihoods, but the trade has been taken over by illicit charcoal traders. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala) Monday, July 10, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, Jul 10 (IPS) – At Kampala’s Nakawa market, Lovisa Nabisubi scoops…

The Dark Side of Wind and Solar Farms as Sustainable Energy in Brazil — Global Issues

The Dark Side of Wind and Solar Farms as Sustainable Energy in Brazil — Global Issues

A view of the Canoas Wind Farm, owned by Neoenergia, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola. Several wind farms with hundreds of turbines have already been built in the mountains of the Seridó mountain range, which vertically cross the state of Paraíba, in the Northeast region of Brazil, and are…

The Ukraine War – Will it Ever End? — Global Issues

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…