Alfalfa farmer Dionisio Antiquera stands in front of one of the wastewater treatment ponds at the modernized plant in Cerrillos de Tamaya, a rural community in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile. The thousands of liters captured from the sewers are converted into clear liquid ready for reuse in local…
Youth rally at the UN for climate justice. Credit: Abigail Van Neely/IPS by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Friday, September 15, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 15 (IPS) – “What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!” youth chanted in an unusually lively conference at…
Liberia is one of the last countries in West Africa to still have vast tracts of forest – but this valuable resource is disappearing at an alarming rate. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Silas Kpanan Ayoung Siakor (monrovia) Friday, September 15, 2023 Inter Press Service MONROVIA, Sep 15 (IPS) – The fate…
A protest for women’s rights in Puebla, Mexico. Credit: Melania Torres/Forus Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini, Marie LHostis (new york) Friday, September 15, 2023 Inter Press Service The 2023 Special Edition of the SDG Progress Report emphasized that we’re falling short in implementing the SDGs. In April this year, UN Secretary General…
Opinion by Gordon Brown (london) Friday, September 15, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Sep 15 (IPS) – With hope and courage, we must rise to the challenges before us. We must rise to the challenge of a world set afire by climate change, forced displacement, armed conflicts and human rights abuses….
Sara López (C) and other members of the Regional Indigenous and Popular Council of Xpujil are seen here in a photo from 2020, while campaigning against the environmental problems posed by the Mayan Train, which will run through part of southern and southeastern Mexico. The Secretariat (ministry) of National Defense…
Opinion by Eve Devillers (oakland, california) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service OAKLAND, California, Sep 13 (IPS) – In the wake of the recent Africa Climate Summit, which convened in Nairobi from September 4-6, 2023, the world’s attention was drawn to the pressing challenges facing the African continent as it…
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sep 12 (IPS) – While climate change is relentlessly progressing, threatening life on earth, world leaders continue to meet while planning for a future where this immense menace to human existence remains a minor item on…
The time is ripe to transform American agriculture from monoculture heavy farming and food systems to diversified cropping and food systems with a variety of crops including specialty crops. Credit: Bigstock. Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Friday, September 08, 2023 Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, USA, Sep 08 (IPS)…
Rosina Das used a loan from Accion’s partner Annapurna Finance to keep her grocery store in Odisha, India, open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Accion Opinion by Debdoot Banerjee (mumbai, india) Thursday, September 07, 2023 Inter Press Service MUMBAI, India, Sep 07 (IPS) – Thunderstorms, flash floods, and landslides have made…
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