Photo of several cable cars of the Cablebus, which runs on electricity and has been carrying passengers through the south and southeast of Mexico City since 2021. Mexican public transportation is still based on fossil fuels, and a transition to cleaner alternatives is necessary. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy / IPS by…
Credit: ESCAP Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Thursday, October 12, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 12 (IPS) – This year we pass the halfway mark both on our journey towards implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and the signing of…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 11 (IPS) – Finance has increased, not reduced, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Meanwhile, funding for mitigation, and especially adaptation, is grossly inadequate, with little for climate losses and damages. Global warming accelerating…
Farmer Gustavo Panameño stands in the middle of what is left of his cornfield, hit hard by drought and windstorms, near Santa María Ostuma, in central El Salvador. Many Salvadoran small farmers are feeling the impact of El Niño, as are many others in Central America and the rest of…
Atashi Kitchen in Karuizawa operates a children’s cafeteria (Kodomo-Shokudo), providing free or low-cost meals and distributing food to those in need. Opinion by Karuta Yamamoto – Seiji Takano – Shun Shikii – Sota Yoshihar (tokyo) Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Inter Press Service TOKYO, Oct 10 (IPS) – In the third in…
The reef surrounding Namotu Island, Fiji, has experienced serious coral bleaching caused by increasing ocean temperatures. Credit: Beau Pilgrim / Climate Visuals by Alison Kentish (saint lucia) Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Inter Press Service SAINT LUCIA, Oct 10 (IPS) – The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) recently…
Oil workers are busy on the banks of the Tiputini river, on the northern border of the Yasuní National Park, in Ecuador’s Amazon region. CREDIT: Pato Chavez / Flickr by Carolina Loza (quito) Monday, October 09, 2023 Inter Press Service QUITO, Oct 09 (IPS) – The decision reached by Ecuadorians to…
Indigenous leader and activist Vanda Witoto poses at her home in Manaus, Brazil, in October 2022. Credit: Michael Dantas/United Nations Foundation by Farai Shawn Matiashe (brasÃlia) Thursday, October 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRASÃLIA, Oct 05 (IPS) – Raffaello Nava, a youth and student activist, has fled his home at the…
Kalkani Choolburra, Aboriginal Programs Coordinator at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney, showing the many uses of native plants. Here, she is weaving with a Lomandra leaf. Credit: Neena Bhandari/IPS by Neena Bhandari (sydney) Tuesday, October 03, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Oct 03 (IPS) – Growing up in Sydney, Kalkani Choolburra,…
Kentaste is a local company reviving the coconut industry along the Kenya coast. (Photo courtesy of Joanne Muchai) Opinion by James Michel (victoria, seychelles) Monday, October 02, 2023 Inter Press Service VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct 02 (IPS) – Everyone knows that small island states are on the frontline of global warming. Rising…
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