Activists at COP15 believe that keeping infrastructure off the radar is a problem and have expressed concern about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China which impacts on biodiversity hotspots and Indigenous communities. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul Thursday, December 15, 2022 Inter Press Service Dec 15 (IPS)…
About 60% of the poorest countries are already at high risk of debt distress or already in distress. Credit: Pixabay. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Dec 14 (IPS) – The external debt of the world’s low and middle-income countries at the end of 2021…
Opinion by Anwarul K. Chowdhury (new york) Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Dec 14 (IPS) – The writer is former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, former Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UN and former President of the Security Council.As COP27 was coming to a…
Female workers sort out plastic bottles for recycling in a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. New initiatives were launched at the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) to reduce plastic pollution. Credit: Abir Abdullah/Climate Visuals Countdown by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Tuesday, December 13, 2022 Inter Press Service Kigali, Dec 13 (IPS) – Experts…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Tuesday, December 13, 2022 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 13 (IPS) – Calls for more government regulation and intervention are common during crises. But once the crises subside, pressures to reform quickly evaporate and the government is told to withdraw. New…
COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Credit: United Nations Opinion by Anwarul K. Chowdhury (new york) Tuesday, December 13, 2022 Inter Press Service Part Two of Three NEW YORK, Dec 13 (IPS) – The African women and Girls were deeply concerned about the lack of commitment by UNFCCC Parties as climate change continues…
Credit: UNOHCR. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Thursday, December 01, 2022 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Dec 01 (IPS) – Illegal immigration has evolved into a mounting crisis for a growing number of countries worldwide and governments appear to be at a loss on how to deal with the crisis….
By 2050, droughts may affect an estimated three-quarters of the world’s population. Credit: Miriet Abrego / IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, December 01, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Dec 01 (IPS) – Drought is one of the ‘most destructive’ natural disasters in terms of the loss of life, arising from…
Credit: UN Photo/Albert González Farran Opinion by Robert Sandford (hamilton, canada) Thursday, December 01, 2022 Inter Press Service HAMILTON, Canada, Dec 01 (IPS) – Last year’s climate COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland, was billed as the most important conference in the history of humanity. But it failed to deliver. If anything,…
Access to PrEP has been slow and mostly limited to high income countries. Some countries, like Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Nigeria, have been more proactive than others, but it is still hard for many to get PrEP. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Inter Press Service Nov…
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