“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…
Uganda used public health measures like screening, testing of temperatures, and isolation of suspected cases to contain the Ebola outbreak. While those measures were successful, scientists warn that another outbreak could occur. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala & mubende) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA & MUBENDE,…
Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu, Sanjay Srivastava (bangkok, thailand) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 10 (IPS) – Two destructive Category 4 tropical cyclones, Judy and Kevin, and an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude impacted over 80 per cent of the Vanuatu population from 1 to 3 March…
The Sami people protested in the centre of Oslo against the Fosen wind farm, in the north of Norway (Jannicke Totland/ Natur og Ungdom) by Karlos Zurutuza (rome) Thursday, March 09, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Mar 09 (IPS) – There are 151 wind turbines and more than 130 kilometres of…
Mangroves in Tai O, Hong Kong. Coastal wetland protection and restoration is an example of the kind of multifunctional solution that is needed to address multiple global crises together. Credit: Chunyip Wong / iStock Opinion by Paula Harrison – Pamela McElwee – David Obura (bonn) Thursday, March 02, 2023 Inter Press…
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