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,…
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…
Marc Saxer Opinion by Marc Saxer (brussels, belgium) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov 21 (IPS) – Ukraine, the Caucasus and the Middle East. The latest eruptions of violence mark the end of Pax Americana. The rise of new powers is shifting the global balance of power….
Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica Opinion by Roosevelt Skerrit (ruseau) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service RUSEAU, Nov 21 (IPS) – Roosevelt Skerrit is Prime Minister of DominicaIn Dominica, we are privileged to have over 50 Sperm Whale families living in the calm waters off our western coast as…
Opinion by Carel du Marchie Sarvaas (brussels, belgium) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov 21 (IPS) – The recent downturn in sales of alternative meat products is only the latest evidence that the world is unlikely to give up animal protein completely in the long run. In…
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