Most vendor tables are empty in the large fresh produce market in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, due to the widespread devastation of food gardens and crops by Cyclones Judy and Kevin in early March. Photo credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS by Catherine Wilson (port vila, vanuatu) Tuesday, April 04, 2023 Inter Press Service…
Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs shows that 2.2 million people have been affected, with 676 killed and 538 missing after Cyclone Freddy hit Malawi earlier this month. Credit: Red Cross by Charles Mpaka (sonjeke, malawi) Thursday, March 30, 2023 Inter Press Service SONJEKE, MALAWI, Mar 30 (IPS) – In Sonjeka…
Building renewables plants across the Global South is a preferable alternative to generate fewer emissions — but the international community has to date been unwilling to provide the substantial funding needed to construct this type of additional generation capacity at the level developing countries require. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS Opinion by…
The potential for indigenous crops and plant species to address hunger remains largely untapped even as extreme weather changes threaten to cripple food systems. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, March 27, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Mar 27 (IPS) – Elizabeth Njoroge recounts her poverty-stricken upbringing in Ting’ang’a…
“Drop by drop, this precious lifeblood is being poisoned by pollution and drained by vampiric overuse, with water demand expected to exceed supply by 40% by decade’s end” Credit: Bigstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Mar 21 (IPS) – Shockingly, the human suicidal war…
Opinion by Daud Khan, Stephen Akester (rome / london) Monday, March 20, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME / LONDON, Mar 20 (IPS) – On March 4 2023, the 193 members of the United Nations reached a major milestone. They agreed on a treaty to manage and protect the high seas– the…
Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu – Juan Rodrigo – Alexey Kravchenko (bangkok, thailand) Friday, March 17, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 17 (IPS) – The impacts of the climate crisis are acutely felt in the Pacific region. In recent years, the region has been hit by devastating climate events,…
A staggering 40% of groundwater is used for global irrigation, this alone indicates the importance of this precious resource in navigating the population through impacts of climate change. Credit: SADC Groundwater Management Institute. Opinion by Thokozani Dlamini (pretoria, south africa) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar…
Opinion by Armand Houanye (ouagadougou, burkina faso) Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Inter Press Service OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Mar 14 (IPS) – The writer is Regional Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership in West Africa (GWP-WA)Burkina Faso’s interim President Captain Ibrahim Traoré spoke late last year of the conflicts that are…
BP’s recent journey points to the need for instruments that influence profits specifically, and notably reconsideration of the controversial price control tool: a climate-driven price cap on oil. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Philippe Benoit (washington dc) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Mar 13 (IPS) – BP, the…
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