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Bending the Curve on Biodiversity Loss Requires Nothing Less than Transformational Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - The UN will be hosting the first-ever Biodiversity Summit – remotely – on September 30.
A spate of reports on biodiversity – the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystems, the Living Planet Report, the Global Forest Resources Assessment Report and the Global Biodiversity Outlook- paint a stark picture for the world's biodiversity.
Africa at the Crossroads: Time to Abandon Failing Green Revolution
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, CAMBRIDGE (US), Sep 23 (IPS) - As COVID-19 threatens farming communities across Africa already struggling with climate change, the continent is at a crossroads. Will its people and their governments continue trying to replicate industrial farming models promoted by developed countries? Or will they move boldly into the uncertain future, embracing ecological agriculture?
Looking for Jobs in Latin America - Can the Energy Transition Help?
- Inter Press Service
VERNON, Canada, Sep 22 (IPS) - Can the "energy transition" in Latin America help address the risks caused by greenhouse gases (GHG) on the climate, and the economic depression caused by the pandemic?
Fighting India's Bonded Labour During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Part 1
- Inter Press Service
PUNE, India, Sep 22 (IPS) - One of the worst fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the closure of industries in India, which caused thousands of migrant labourers to return home to villages in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal. In a region where the poorest have always been subjected to bonded labour, child labour and slave trafficking, it has meant revisiting the past.
A Third World War – Which so Many Had Feared — Has Been Avoided, Says UN Chief
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 22 (IPS) - Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, in a statement marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations
The ideals of the United Nations – peace, justice, equality and dignity — are beacons to a better world.
But the Organization we celebrate today emerged only after immense suffering. It took two world wars, millions of deaths and the horrors of the Holocaust for world leaders to commit to international cooperation and the rule of law.
‘Populist’ Macroeconomic Policy
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 22 (IPS) - ‘Ethno-populism' has emerged and spread in recent decades in response to the mixed consequences of neoliberal globalization. It appropriates nationalist rhetoric for narrow ethnic, religious, cultural or other communal ends, typically with a chauvinist, jingoist rejection of selected Others as politically expedient.
Central Sahel - Shaping peace together with women and young people Statement for International Peace Day
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 21 (IPS) - The countries of Central Sahel—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—face an unprecedented crisis, marked by violent extremism, forced displacement, and rising insecurity. The sharp increase in armed attacks on communities, health centres, schools and other public institutions and infrastructure has disrupted livelihoods and access to social services. The impact on affected people is devastating.
SDGs: It’s Not Just About Collecting Data, it’s What You Do With it
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, Sep 21 (IPS) - The unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19 have reminded us that we are an interconnected global community. While this crisis rightly has dominated our attention, we must not lose sight of progress on the broader aims of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.
Nono the Carbon Footprint Bear—Part of Peru's Ambitious Work on Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Peru, Sep 21 (IPS) - On the eve of its bicentennial, Peru is addressing climate change with the needed sense of urgency and ambition. Our inclusive, ‘whole society' approach aims to awaken new opportunities that are within reach of all of our citizens. Like COVID-19, climate change is a landmark which will have a clearly established before and after period. Without a doubt, it is paving a path towards sustainable development that will improve the well-being of all Peruvians.
‘Waste is only Waste when you Waste it’ – Could Ecobricks be the Solution to Uganda’s Housing and Pollution Problem?
- Inter Press Service
MPIGI/MUKONO/KAMPALA, Uganda, Sep 21 (IPS) - About 40 kilometres out of Uganda's capital, Kampala, in the Mpigi area, you can find an entire village hill with houses that have plastic bottles walls and car tyre rooftops.
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