“He who loves does not kill, does not humiliate or mistreat” reads a poster carried in a protest against violence against women in Lima, the capital of Peru, which is part of a slogan repeated in demonstrations against femicides and other forms of sexist violence in Latin America. CREDIT: Mariela…
Thandile Chinyavanhu by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, November 24, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 24 (IPS) – A just transition should be viewed as an opportunity to rectify some of the wrongs where women are not prioritised in the energy mix, yet their experience of the impact of climate change…
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…
Source: UNESCO-IOC (The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.?) Opinion by Temily Baker, Juliette de Charry (bangkok, thailand) Friday, November 24, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 24 (IPS) – Between 1970 and 2022,…
Opinion by Gavin Bruce (uckfield, uk) Thursday, November 23, 2023 Inter Press Service UCKFIELD, UK, Nov 23 (IPS) – As we stand at a critical crossroads in climate change, we must recognise the inextricable link between nature and climate. This connection has been overlooked for far too long. IAR’s COP28 campaign,…
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…
Opinion by Christina Margaret Morrison, Natasha Garcha (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 22 (IPS) – Rural women across Asia play a key role producing, processing, and trading agricultural products, and are often the primary users and managers of natural resources. Despite this, discriminatory practices…
Opinion by Melek Zahine (kabul, afghanistan) Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Inter Press Service KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov 22 (IPS) – On the morning of 11 November, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the Director of Gaza’s largest medical center, Al Shifa Hospital, sent out an emotional S.O.S. to the world through a television news interview…
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…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 22 (IPS) – In recent decades, failure to sustain economic progress has been blamed on a supposed middle-income country (MIC) trap. Such blaming obscures as much as it supposedly explains. The ‘middle-income…
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