Wild boar female (Susscrofa) walking on mud beside a river with her piglets. The wild boar is an invasive Alien Species in countries such as South Africa, Vanuatu, and Uruguay. Credit: Budimir Jevtic/Shutterstock by Busani Bafana (bulawayo and bonn) Monday, September 04, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO AND BONN, Sep 04…
Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini (cartagena, colombia) Monday, September 04, 2023 Inter Press Service CARTAGENA, Colombia, Sep 04 (IPS) – In the midst of a complex web of crises, spanning climate change, biodiversity depletion, constraints on civic space and mounting debt burdens, civil society organizations and human rights defenders from over 50…
If production decreases due to El Niño, there will be less food availability, and the income of the most vulnerable households that live and eat on what they produce will be reduced. Credit: Ligia Calderón / FAO Opinion by Mario Lubetkin (santiago) Friday, September 01, 2023 Inter Press Service Mario Lubetkin…
Flooding in Trinidad’s capital of Port of Spain. Climate justice calls for a fair and equitable response to climate change, recognizing the interconnectedness of our world and the shared responsibility we have in protecting it. Credit: Peter Richards/IPS Opinion by Kibo Ngowi (johannesburg) Friday, September 01, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG,…
Floods in Kenya’s Turkana County, Lodwar town. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS. Opinion by Kennedy Mugochi (nairobi) Friday, September 01, 2023 Inter Press Service Kennedy Mugochi is Director of Hivos East Africa NAIROBI, Sep 01 (IPS) – As an African, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change. I have met…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 30 (IPS) – The United Nations Secretary-General’s Dialogue on Financing for Development on 20 September may well be the world’s last chance to save the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and curb global…
Opinion by Antonio Pedro (addis ababa, ethiopia) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service While the challenges associated with achieving the 2030 Agenda remain complex, the slow progress in Africa is, fortunately, redeemable. Africa possesses abundant assets to achieve the SDGs. The challenge lies in effectively harnessing these resources to turn…
Opinion by Arjun Amin (oakland, california) Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Inter Press Service OAKLAND, California, Aug 29 (IPS) – African leaders, public officials, and private-sector executives will converge in Nairobi, September 4-6, at the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) – coinciding with the UN Africa Climate Week (ACW). In recent years, Africa…
‘Nature Insights – Speed Dating with the Future’ aims to explain human connectedness and impact with nature. CREDIT: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Aug 29 (IPS) – If you’ve ever heard that 1 million species are at risk of extinction and wondered…
Both the Wular Lake and Dal Lake (pictured here) are crucial for the Kashmir region’s flood management and livelihood generation, however, both are reducing in size with implications for water security. CREDIT: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Athar Parvaiz (srinagar, india) Thursday, August 24, 2023 Inter Press Service SRINAGAR, INDIA, Aug 24 (IPS)…
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