The 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Opinion by Azza Karam (new york) Wednesday, November 09, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 09 (IPS) – In this year’s COP 27 two-weeklong summit in Egypt, which concludes November 18, a rough count indicates there will…
Miss World Brazil Letícia Frota and Pragnya Ayyagari, Miss Supranational India agreed that zero leprosy and campaigns to destigmatize the disease should not be sidelined because of COVID-19. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, November 08, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Nov 08 (IPS) – Deep-rooted discrimination against persons…
Young climate activists take part in demonstrations at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, Scotland last year. Credit: UN News/Laura Quiñones by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, November 08, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (IPS) – The COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh has triggered a negative fallout…
Opinion by Mauro Teodori (sharm el-sheikh, egypt) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 07 (IPS) – The 27th Conference Of Parties (COP27) on Climate Change comes at a time when we are facing unprecedented challenges due to the magnitude and the interconnected nature of our multiple…
Opinion by Rana Ghoneim (vienna) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service VIENNA, Nov 07 (IPS) – Ahead of this year’s COP27 in Egypt, industry and government representatives from 15 developing countries across Asia, Latin America and Africa met in a series of consultations about the challenges and opportunities they face…
Noeleen Heyzer, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, talks with Rohingya refugees in a camp in Bangladesh. October 2022. Credit: Office of the Special Envoy on Myanmar Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Friday, November 04, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Nov 04 (IPS) – For 10 days in November,…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, November 04, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 04 (IPS) – The COP 27 climate summit is taking place amid a rash of political, economic and environmental upheavals, including missed funding and emission targets, increased pollution and climate devastation, rising global inflation, cuts in…
Africa’s laboratories need to step up testing to aid in fighting Anti-Microbial Resistance. This photo is a 3D computer-generated image of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the pathogen responsible for causing the disease tuberculosis (TB). Credit: CDC/Unsplash by Francis Kokutse (accra) Thursday, November 03, 2022 Inter Press Service ACCRA, Nov 03 (IPS) –…
Urgent immediate actions must be taken now, both to address the crisis in the short-term and long-term. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Wednesday, November 02, 2022 Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, USA, Nov 02 (IPS) – The statistics are stark. The crisis is unprecedented. Yet again,…
Opinion by Stefan Lofven, Christoph Heusgen (stockholm / munich) Tuesday, November 01, 2022 Inter Press Service To prevent this from becoming the new normal, world leaders need to take radical, courageous action, together. The upcoming climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, COP27, is one of the places where this needs to happen….
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