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Green Economy “Not to be Feared, But an Opportunity to be Embraced” Says UN Chief as COP25 Gets Underway
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Dec 02 (IPS) - A green economy is "not one to be feared but an opportunity to be embraced", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, in a keynote speech to delegates at the opening of the COP25 UN climate conference in Madrid on Monday.
Under Pressure. Can COP25 Deliver?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Dec 02 (IPS) - Mass public pressure backed by the weight of scientific reports is starting to bring governments to their senses as the annual UN climate summit kicks off in Madrid today.
Biofortified Food, a Business Boost for Smallholder Farmers
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Dec 02 (IPS) - A start-up in Zimbabwe is producing high nutrition foods using biofortified crops in a bid to fight micronutrient deficiency.
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) leads to night blindness, illness and death from childhood infections. In Zimbabwe, 36 percent of children under five years of age suffer from Vitamin A deficiency, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Care for Economic Development, Then Care for Food Nutrition, Food Researcher Tells Africa’s Politicians
- Inter Press Service
MILAN, Italy, Dec 02 (IPS) - Inter Press Service (IPS) journalist Busani Bafana sat down with Busi Maziya-Dixon, a Senior Food and Nutrition Scientist at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) ahead of the 10th International Forum on Food and Nutrition.
Maziya-Dixon warns there is no country which will achieve economic development with an undernourished population.
More than 2 billion people in the world are suffering from malnutrition. This is the result of diets lacking essential micronutrients such as vitamins, iron and zinc, which are vital for the body to function, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Africa’s Civil Society Calls for Action as COP25 Kicks off in Madrid
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Dec 02 (IPS) - During the 25th round of climate change negotiations starting today in Madrid, Spain, African civil society organisations will call on governments from both developing and developed nations to play their promised roles in combating climate change.
Community Efforts are Key When Addressing HIV/AIDS
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nov 30 (IPS) - Three years ago, I led an evaluation of an HIV project that focused on increasing access to quality care and supporting services for people living with HIV in Nigeria. It also aimed to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination.
Hola, Madrid! African Development Bank takes the continent’s climate agenda to COP25 in Spain
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire, Nov 30 (IPS) - The Bank is playing a leading role in guiding progress on climate change on the continent. The Bank has doubled its total climate change commitment to $25 billion between 2020 and 2025.The African Development Bank will on Monday kick off a campaign to plead the continent's case at the world's leading climate change conference.
Cabo Verde's Morna for UNESCO list, Belgium’s Carnival of Aalst to Go?
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Nov 29 (IPS) - Morna, the haunting, traditional music of Cabo Verde, is slated to join UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List when a committee meets in Bogotá, Colombia, Dec. 9 to 14, to consider submissions from around the world.
Water Is Worth More than Milk in Extrema, Brazil
- Inter Press Service
EXTREMA, Brazil, Nov 29 (IPS) - "They called me crazy" for fencing in the area where the cows went to drink water, said Elias Cardoso, on his 67-hectare farm in Extrema, a municipality 110 km from São Paulo, Brazil's largest metropolis.
Nuclear False Warnings & the Risk of Catastrophe
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 29 (IPS) - Forty years ago, on Nov. 9, the U.S. Defense Department detected an imminent nuclear attack against the United States through the early-warning system of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). U.S. bomber and missile forces went on full alert, and the emergency command post, known as the "doomsday plane," took to the air.
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