Can COP 28 Deliver for Cities and Climate Migrants? — Global Issues

Can COP 28 Deliver for Cities and Climate Migrants? — Global Issues

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Climate migrants tend to move to cities in their own countries where they often end up in urban slums characterized by sub-standard housing. Credit: Donatas Dabravolskas/Shutterstock Opinion by Jin-ho Chung (oxford, england) Friday, November 24, 2023 Inter Press Service OXFORD, England, Nov 24 (IPS) – The impacts of climate change on…

Strengthen Climate Resilience in Small and Vulnerable Countries — Global Issues

Strengthen Climate Resilience in Small and Vulnerable Countries — Global Issues

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Unnikrishnan Nair, Head of Climate Change in the Economic, Youth and Sustainable Development Directorate. Credit: LinkedIn by Umar Manzoor Shah (karnataka, india) Thursday, November 23, 2023 Inter Press Service KARNATAKA, INDIA, Nov 23 (IPS) – With a focus on strengthening the resilience of small and vulnerable member countries, Unnikrishnan Nair says…

What Have We Achieved and What Needs to Happen Next? — Global Issues

What Have We Achieved and What Needs to Happen Next? — Global Issues

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We face a critical time where action needs to be scaled-up dramatically if we are to avoid the worst outcomes from the climate threat. Credit: Guillermo Flores/IPS Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (new york) Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 22 (IPS) – Climate change has…

Indigenous Voices and Food Systems Lead the Way at COP28 — Global Issues

Indigenous Voices and Food Systems Lead the Way at COP28 — Global Issues

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Christine Nalienya, a farmer in western Kenya, winnowing beans outside her home. Bean farmers confront various challenges, yet as smallholder farmers, they receive little support. Credit: Robert Kibet/IPS by Robert Kibet Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Inter Press Service Nov 22 (IPS) – In a groundbreaking development, indigenous farmer communities are…

Middle-Income Country Trap? — Global Issues

Improving Livestock Health Is a Net Positive Move Towards Net Zero — Global Issues

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Opinion by Carel du Marchie Sarvaas (brussels, belgium) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov 21 (IPS) – The recent downturn in sales of alternative meat products is only the latest evidence that the world is unlikely to give up animal protein completely in the long run. In…

Middle-Income Country Trap? — Global Issues

The Worlds Right-Wing & Left-Wing Torturers — Global Issues

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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (IPS) – Jeanne Kirkpatrick, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, once made the distinction between “friendly” right-wing authoritarian regimes (which were mostly U.S. and Western allies) and “unfriendly” left-wing totalitarian dictatorships (which the…

Will the UN Ever be Able to Eradicate Systemic Racism Within? — Global Issues

Will the UN Ever be Able to Eradicate Systemic Racism Within? — Global Issues

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Credit: UN Staff News Opinion by Shihana Mohamed (new york) Monday, November 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 20 (IPS) – In the midst of the Israel-Hamas conflagration, a significant anniversary at the United Nations –October 24th was the 78th year since its founding–went unremarked by the larger world….