Kenya is dealing with a serious solid waste management crisis. An estimated 22,000 tonnes of waste is generated in Kenya per day, and at least 20 percent of it is plastic. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, June 16, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jun 16 (IPS) – Plastic…
Martina Santa Cruz, a peasant farmer from the village of Sacllo in the southern Peruvian Andes highlands department of Cuzco, is pleased with her remodeled kitchen where a skylight was created to let in sunlight and a chimney has been installed to extract smoke from the stove where she cooks…
Opinion by Richard Kozul Wright (geneva) Thursday, June 15, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Jun 15 (IPS) – After years of failing to meet climate finance commitments, the new climate finance goal under discussion this week in Bonn is critical, but without supporting reforms of the global financial architecture we risk…
Thousands of dead fish in Dal Lake, Kashmir, are of concern to fishers, who make a living off the lake. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (srinagar, indian kashmir) Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Inter Press Service SRINAGAR, Indian Kashmir, Jun 14 (IPS) – Abdul Lateef Dar, a 45-year-old man…
Graphic representation of the Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA) concept. Credit: UNDP/CoFSA by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, June 12, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jun 12 (IPS) – Deep in the Egyptian desert, the SEKEM community celebrates its first wheat crop – grown to alleviate shortages and price increases caused by…
Opinion by Tara Carey (blantyre, malawi) Monday, June 12, 2023 Inter Press Service BLANTYRE, Malawi, Jun 12 (IPS) – “Cyclone Freddy was a terrible experience, and now many women who lost their homes and their livelihoods are at increased risk of sexual exploitation and abuse,” warns Caleb Ng’ombo, Director of People…
Opinion by Mary Assunta (bangkok, thailand) Friday, June 09, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 09 (IPS) – The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-2), held in Paris, France, from May 29 to June 02, 2023, concluded with optimism and the prospect of ending plastics…
Researchers have been driving collaboration, funding, and state-of-the-art research into the earth’s largest carbon sink – located in the high seas. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (new york) Thursday, June 08, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 08 (IPS) – The focus of carbon capture and storage has long…
Oceans produce at least 50% of the Planet’s oxygen, while absorbing about 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming. Credit: Claudio Riquelme/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, June 07, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 07 (IPS) – The good news: oceans cover three-quarters of…
While Africa has made a negligible contribution to climate change and is responsible for two to three percent of global emissions, it’s highly vulnerable. The debate on how to compensate and support Africa continues. Now there is a suggestion that the Loss and Damage fund may not be the route…
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