A couple participate in the gay pride parade in San Salvador, held before the state of emergency was declared on Mar. 27, under which the government is carrying out massive raids in search of suspected gang members. Members of the LGBTI community are among those arbitrarily detained, victims of police…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, November 21, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (IPS) – The United States, which recently laid down a set of guidelines to monitor sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by US citizens in international organizations, including the United Nations and its agencies worldwide, has…
Opinion by Jaime Atienza, Charles Birungi (geneva) Monday, November 21, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Nov 21 (IPS) – In this moment of profound challenge in international relations, it was understandable that the conclusion of the G20 meeting left leaders feeling relieved that the meeting took place without a breakdown. Leaders…
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, chair of COP27, reads the nine-page Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan, the document that concluded the climate summit on Sunday Nov. 20, to an exhausted audience after tough and lengthy negotiations that finally reached an agreement to create a fund for loss and damage, a…
Climate change activists at COP27, currently underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (sharm el sheikh) Sunday, November 20, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov 20 (IPS) – After a tense impasse and many hours of negotiations, almost 200 countries struck a deal to…
Karen Mapusua, SPC’s Director of the Land Resources Division, would like to see food high up on the loss and damage fund if it is agreed to. Credit Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (sharm el sheikh) Friday, November 18, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov 18 (IPS) – Food…
Hundreds of mangrove seedlings are growing in a small bay of an island south of Fiji’s main island Viti Levu. The Pacific Island Countries are vulnerable to climate change and need resources to adapt. Credit: Tom Vierus/Climate Visuals Opinion by Labanya Prakash Jena (sharm el-sheikh) Friday, November 18, 2022 Inter Press…
Opinion by Matti Kohonen (london) Friday, November 18, 2022 Inter Press Service The G20 summit motto was “Recovering Together, Recovering Stronger” yet the Joint Declaration failed to deliver any alternatives to the wave of austerity engulfing the world. It ignored the option of raising enough tax revenues from large corporations, taxing…
A new analysis of the “investments of 125 of the world’s richest billionaires shows that on average they are emitting 3 million tonnes a year, more than a million times the average for someone in the bottom 90% of humanity.” Credit: WA by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, November 17, 2022 Inter…
Activists say governments should be urgedto put agriculture onto the negotiating table at COP27 especially to diverse,resilient agroecological farming are crucial for farmers which will enablefarmers to adapt to climate chaos. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (sharm el sheikh) Thursday, November 17, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov…
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