A Surprisingly Simple Contribution to Fight Climate Change — Global Issues

A Surprisingly Simple Contribution to Fight Climate Change — Global Issues

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Carbon taxes can incorporate the environmental cost of doing business to a product’s final price. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Tatiana Falcao Monday, May 29, 2023 Inter Press Service May 29 (IPS) – Reducing carbon emissions is critical for combating climate change. And one effective way to do this is through…

How Farmer Producer Organisations Benefit Small Scale Farmers in India — Global Issues

How Farmer Producer Organisations Benefit Small Scale Farmers in India — Global Issues

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Jaggery making on a sugarcane farm in Mandla. Small-scale farmers in India are benefitting from a scheme where they are able to diversify their farms and get support through Farmer Producer Organisations. Credit: Rina Mukherji/IPS by Rina Mukherji (mandla, jhargram & ahmednagar, india) Friday, May 26, 2023 Inter Press Service MANDLA,…

Cooperatives in Argentina Help Drive Expansion of Renewable Energy — Global Issues

Cooperatives in Argentina Help Drive Expansion of Renewable Energy — Global Issues

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A picture of photovoltaic panels in the solar park in the small town of Armstrong, in the Pampa region, the heart of Argentina’s agricultural production. The park belongs to an electric cooperative, which until 2017 only bought energy to distribute, but now generates electricity as well. CREDIT: FARN by Daniel…

UN Human Rights Office Remains Under-Funded & Under-Resourced — Global Issues

UN Human Rights Office Remains Under-Funded & Under-Resourced — Global Issues

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Opinion by Volker Turk (geneva) Friday, May 26, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, May 26 (IPS) – In December last year, I launched our year-long commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We have since issued a series of initiatives calling on States and all others…

As Game of Thrones Rages in Sudan, the Neighbors Pay the Price — Global Issues

As Game of Thrones Rages in Sudan, the Neighbors Pay the Price — Global Issues

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Long wait at the border between Sudan and Egypt. Credit: Hisham Allam/IPS by Hisham Allam (cairo) Thursday, May 25, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, May 25 (IPS) – The conflict in Sudan is impacting the economy in Egypt, and those who make their living moving goods across the borders have spent…

How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society — Global Issues

How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society — Global Issues

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Founder of Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin (here pictured with fighters), claims that Bakhmut is now in Moscow’s control. However his claims are disputed by Ukraine. by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (IPS) – The Wagner group, a shadowy mercenary group that…

Renewing Our Commitment to Elevating Women as Change Agents for Ending Hunger — Global Issues

Renewing Our Commitment to Elevating Women as Change Agents for Ending Hunger — Global Issues

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Manou Gounou, a volunteer trainer for food security, stands with a moringa plant at Gbegourou Epicenter in Benin in 2021. The moringa plant is highly nutritious and The Hunger Project is a strong advocate for its use in communities throughout Africa. Opinion by Elodie Iko (porto-novo, benin) Wednesday, May 24, 2023…