Fast-Track Climate Resilience Building of Small and Vulnerable Nations Ahead of COP28 — Global Issues

Fast-Track Climate Resilience Building of Small and Vulnerable Nations Ahead of COP28 — Global Issues

Coastal protection at Anse Kerlan Beach in the Seychelles where residents often take the initiative to protect their properties from the impact of climate-change-induced environmental changes. The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub assists small island states, among others, with climate finance and technical assistance. Credit: Kadir van Lohuizen/NOOR/UNEP by Joyce…

PPPs Fiscal Hoax Is a Blank Financial Silver Bullet — Global Issues

PPPs Fiscal Hoax Is a Blank Financial Silver Bullet — Global Issues

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, November 08, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 08 (IPS) – Public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure and service provision are both costly and risky. Worse, PPPs typically fail to ensure universal, let alone fair access to public amenities. Public-private partnerships?…

Community Efforts Boost Wastewater Treatment in El Salvador

Community Efforts Boost Wastewater Treatment in El Salvador

Community Efforts Boost Wastewater Treatment in El Salvador by Edgardo Ayala (chirilagua, el salvador) Tuesday, November 07, 2023 Inter Press Service CHIRILAGUA, El Salvador, Nov 07 (IPS) – Neither the central government nor most of El Salvador’s 262 municipalities have had the capacity to install enough wastewater treatment plants to prevent…

Deforestation, Encroachment Threaten West Africas One Health Plans — Global Issues

Deforestation, Encroachment Threaten West Africas One Health Plans — Global Issues

Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary – a conservation center dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and protecting Sierra Leone’s national chimpanzee. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul (freetown) Friday, November 03, 2023 Inter Press Service FREETOWN, Nov 03 (IPS) – Thirty-three years ago, Bala Amerasekaran – a Sri Lankan by birth – visited Freetown, Sierra…

Kashmir’s Apple Industry Faces Dire Threats as Climate Change Takes its Toll — Global Issues

Kashmir’s Apple Industry Faces Dire Threats as Climate Change Takes its Toll — Global Issues

Kashmir’s apple industry has been devasted by unusual weather patterns that are blamed on climate change. Credit: Umer Asif/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (shopian, india) Thursday, November 02, 2023 Inter Press Service SHOPIAN, INDIA, Nov 02 (IPS) – Of Kashmir’s seven million inhabitants, a staggering one million rely directly on apple farming….

Communities Taking a Sting Out of Poaching With Alternative Livelihoods — Global Issues

Communities Taking a Sting Out of Poaching With Alternative Livelihoods — Global Issues

IFAW recently translocated elephants into Kasungu National Park, which is on the Malawi-Zambia border. IFAW is implementing the Room to Roam initiative so that these elephants can have safe passage in the corridor. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS by Charles Mpaka (chipata, zambia) Wednesday, November 01, 2023 Inter Press Service CHIPATA, ZAMBIA, Nov…

PPPs Fiscal Hoax Is a Blank Financial Silver Bullet — Global Issues

Even Rich Nations Now Worried About ISDS — Global Issues

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, November 01, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 01 (IPS) – Governments the world over are worried about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) rules. These allow foreign investors to sue them for billions over new laws or policies reducing their profits….

Women Correct Historical Injustices, Build Climate Resilience Through Cash Pooling — Global Issues

Women Correct Historical Injustices, Build Climate Resilience Through Cash Pooling — Global Issues

Without land rights, women cannot make the necessary decisions to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Oct 31 (IPS) – Excluded by inheritance and ignored by big business, women farmers in Kenya are…

Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlands — Global Issues

Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlands — Global Issues

Fermina Quispe (fourth from the right, standing) poses for photos together with other farmers from the Women’s Association of Huerto de Nueva Esperanza, which she chairs and with which she promotes crop irrigation with solar pumps in her community, Llarapi Chico, located more than 4,000 meters above sea level in…