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

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

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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

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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…

Human Action Pushing the World Closer to Environmental Tipping Points, UN University Warns — Global Issues

Human Action Pushing the World Closer to Environmental Tipping Points, UN University Warns — Global Issues

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COP 15 in Paris. A reminder of global warming and glacier melting. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (saint lucia) Thursday, October 26, 2023 Inter Press Service SAINT LUCIA, Oct 26 (IPS) – A new report by the University lists six areas of grave concern and states that in the absence…

Action Delayed, Justice Denied by Voluntary ESG Approach — Global Issues

Action Delayed, Justice Denied by Voluntary ESG Approach — Global Issues

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Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Siti Sarah Abdul Razak (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 25 (IPS) – Policy approaches relying solely on voluntary actions to address urgent needs are unlikely to succeed. Depending on optional compliance to address global warming will not…

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict — Global Issues

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict — Global Issues

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Cattle carcass in Kenya’s Kitengela Maasai rangelands in the great drought of 2009. A new report shows that major river basis in Africa have become sources of conflict due to drying up thanks to climate change and environmental degradation. Credit: ILRI by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press…

How to Defend the Environment and Survive in the Attempt, as a Woman in Mexico — Global Issues

How to Defend the Environment and Survive in the Attempt, as a Woman in Mexico — Global Issues

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Dozens of women environmentalists participated in Mexico City in the launch of the Voices of Life campaign by eight non-governmental organizations on Oct. 12, 2023, which brings together hundreds of activists in five of the country’s 32 states. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy / IPS by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Tuesday, October 24,…

A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights — Global Issues

A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights — Global Issues

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Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 24 (IPS) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has delivered a long-awaited ruling upholding Brazilian Indigenous peoples’ claims to their traditional land. It did so by rejecting the ‘Temporal Framework’ principle, which only allowed for the…

Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil — Global Issues

Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil — Global Issues

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An aerial view of Hacendita Cafubá, on the north shore of Piratininga, a lagoon in southeastern Brazil, when ponds that serve as a spillway and to collect sedimentation of polluted water were being built and filter gardens that clean the water of the Cafubá River before discharging its waters into…