ROME, Jun 09 (IPS) - It is a great pity that, beside opening the doors to ethics, social justice and peace, Pope Francis does not also give indications of updating  traditional theology. The most urgent task is to update the Seven Deadly Sins.

NAVIAVIA, Fiji, Jun 09 (IPS) - You can count the inhabitants of this isolated, tidy village of multi-coloured houses and flower bushes among global warming's first victims – but not in the usual sense.

MEXICO CITY, Jun 08 (IPS) - Developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are increasingly leading the way in providing a legal framework for climate security and are being hailed for their continued advancement in formulating climate change laws and policies.

ISTANBUL, Jun 08 (IPS) - The half-built Metsan Nexus complex towers over Istanbul's Kartal district, just one of dozens of massive, high-end, multi-use development projects that are transforming the city's skyline. On May 31, three men were working outside the building's 16th floor when the construction scaffolding beneath them gave way, sending them plummeting to their deaths.

PARIS, Jun 07 (IPS) - It is unlikely that Brazilians will listen to the audacious call made by Michel Platini – a great player in his time and now the politicking president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) – on Apr. 26: "Brazil, make an effort for a month, calm down!"

BRIDGETOWN, Jun 06 (IPS) - Facing potential extinction under rising sea levels, many small island nations are embracing renewable energy and trying to green their economies. Although the least responsible for carbon emissions, small countries like Barbados are on the front lines of climate impacts.

NEW DELHI, Jun 06 (IPS) - Ramanjareyulu, a 55-year-old farmer from the southern India state of Andhra Pradesh, has been struggling to find his feet ever since inadequate rainfall dealt a blow to his harvest of groundnut and red gram (a pulse crop that grows primarily in India).

, Jun 06 (IPS) - Activists working to alleviate poverty worldwide gave a guarded welcome to the renewed commitment to development that G7 leaders made during their meeting in Brussels this week.

ADDIS ABABA, Jun 06 (IPS) - High up in the eucalyptus-strewn Entoto Mountains, which overlook the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, work is nearly complete on the country's first observatory. Studying the stars and the galaxies will be vital for this Horn of Africa nation's development and will hopefully also go a long way to developing brotherly love, say scientists who are part of the project.

SCARBOROUGH, Jun 05 (IPS) - An initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of Tobago's tourism sector may be stymied by "bread-and-butter issues" and the failure of government authorities to vigorously pursue the initiative.