View of the Itaipú hydroelectric plant shared by Brazil and Paraguay on the Paraná River. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS Opinion by Philippe Benoit, Anne Sophie Corbeau (washington dc) Thursday, August 03, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 03 (IPS) – The Colorado river basin has recently been wracked by an extended…
Firefighters battle a wildfire in Spain. July 2023 is the hottest month ever recorded in human history. Credit: Wikipedia by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 (IPS) – “Humanity is in the hot seat today,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told…
Marisol and Misael Menjívar pose next to the biodigester installed in March in the backyard of their home in El Corozal, a rural settlement located near Suchitoto in central El Salvador. With a biotoilet and stove, the couple produces biogas for cooking from feces, which saves them money. The biotoilet…
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, July 24, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jul 24 (IPS) – At a meeting with European and Latin American leaders in Brussels this July, Brazil’s President Lula da Silva reiterated the bold commitment he had made in his first international speech as…
by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Thursday, July 20, 2023 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Jul 20 (IPS) – Scientists have recently unveiled a first-ever weather forecasting model using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions to help vulnerable African countries build resilience to climate impacts. Researchers from the Kigali-based African Institute of Mathematical…
Ortensia Tserem, a 27-year-old indigenous woman from the Amazon jungle, arrived with her partner to the coastal city of Ica in search of better economic opportunities. She never imagined that living without water would become part of her daily life. In her wooden shack in a poor neighborhood on the…
Over half the people in Africa still don’t have electricity access — a major contributor to persistent poverty. Credit: Energy 4 Impact Senegal Opinion by Philippe Benoit, David Sandalow (washington dc) Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 19 (IPS) – Africa is caught in the crosshairs of…
Youth host Jay Matsushiba, in Vancouver, participating in a beach clean-up with Tanya Otero of the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up. Credit: Nick Hawkins/Ocean Frontier Institute by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Jul 19 (IPS) – The Canada-based Ocean Frontier Institute is very clear about the…
Opinion by Kwan Soo-Chen, David McCoy (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 19 (IPS) – For years, the concept of climate justice has been built on the understanding that countries and communities contributing the least to global warming are disproportionately bearing the impacts…
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 18 (IPS) – The world faces a disaster emergency, yet nowhere is the threat more immediate than in Asia and the Pacific. Ours is a region where climate change-induced disasters are becoming more frequent…
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