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…
Aerial view of the community water system located in the canton of El Zapote, in the municipality of Suchitoto in central El Salvador. Mounted on the roof are the 96 solar panels that generate the electricity needed to power the entire electrical and hydraulic mechanism that brings water to more…
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….
Dr Alice Karanja is a post-doctoral research fellow at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya, where her research focuses on restoration of agricultural landscapes based on regenerative agriculture for biodiverse, inclusive, safe, and resilient food systems. Credit: Paul Virgo/IPS by Paul Virgo (rome) Monday, October 31, 2022 Inter Press…
Workmen at a Dar es Salaam harbour loading bags of wheat destined for Central Africa. Credit: FAO/Giuseppe Bizzarri by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, October 31, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – A war of words between Russia on the one hand, and the US, Britain, France…
Credit: United Nations Opinion by Haoliang Xu (united nations) Monday, October 31, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – For decades, urban practitioners have failed to consider the needs of women in city decision-making and planning. Imagine being a young girl in a bustling metropolis. Every day she…
Venezuelan migrants stranded in Guatemala after their journey to Mexico was cut short by new restrictions issued by the United States. Most of them, unable to afford to return to their home country, await possible humanitarian return flights. CREDIT: IMG by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Friday, October 28, 2022 Inter Press Service…
ECW director Yasmine Sherif announced US$2 million in new funding for children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, with conflicts, displacements, the climate crisis, COVID-19, and other epidemics such as Ebola disrupting development gains, as many as 3.2 million children (aged 6-11) are out of school, so even more…
In 2010-2011, a devastating drought led to more than 260,000 deaths beyond normal levels of expected mortality in Somalia. Yet almost no one died in Ethiopia after a severe drought in 2015. Credit: Abdurrahman Warsameh/IPS Opinion Friday, October 28, 2022 Inter Press Service Oct 28 (IPS) – The Horn of…
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