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World’s Displacement Crises Worsened by Lack of Funds, Political Will or Media Attention
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - The world's 10 most displacement crises—rendering millions of people homeless-- have continued to worsen due either to political neglect, a shortage of funds or lack of media attention, according to a new report released by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
Ecuador in Frontline to Address Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Ecuador, Jun 05 (IPS) - Matilde Mordt is UNDP Resident Representative in Ecuador
As the UN commemorates World Environment Day, UNDP would like to take this opportunity to commend Ecuador's efforts to address climate change and its commitment to raising its climate ambition.
We Must do More to Speed up Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 05 (IPS) - Niklas Hagelberg is Coordinator, Climate Change Programme, UN Environment
Fossil fuels—oil, gas, coal and their derivatives—pollute the atmosphere and emit the greenhouse gases that are ramping up global heating to dangerous levels. But did you know that governments around the world are subsidizing this pollution?
Mobilisation Needed for Climate-Related Disasters
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 05 (IPS) - Climate-related displacement and food insecurity is not a future possibility, but it is already happening and it's only projected to worsen without urgent action in coming years.
India's Most Significant Innovations Have Roots in Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Jun 04 (IPS) - When we look at some of the things we take for granted in India today, there is a common thread to all of them. Every single one. They all originated from civil society.
Transforming Society, Financialization Destroys Social Solidarity
- Inter Press Service
PENANG and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 04 (IPS) - Finance has not stopped at dominating the real economy. The tentacles of finance have reached into significant, if not most parts of society.
Gerald Davis characterises modern society, where finance is dominant, as a ‘portfolio society', in which aspects of social life have been securitized and transformed into a kind of capital or investment to be managed.
We Won’t Achieve Gender Equality Until We Address the Lack of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Malawi, Jun 04 (IPS) - Mercy Masoo is Country Director, WaterAid Malawi
Giving birth is a life changing moment for women. It can be - when women have a safe and caring environment, positive and empowering - a moment to find a previously untapped inner strength.
The World Has Lost Its Compass
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 03 (IPS) - The terrible feeling I had on waking up and seeing the Italian voting results at the recent European elections was that my country was suddenly full of strangers. How could the majority of Italians reconfirm a government which has been the most inefficient in history, quarrelling on everything every single day and looking with total indifference to the looming problem of how to establish the next budget without clashing with the European Union or squeezing Italian citizens? Its irresponsible debate on the Italian finances has now led to a spread (difference of value) of 290 points with the Germans.
An Escalating War on Reproductive Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (IPS) - Abortion has long been a contentious issue across the world, and the debate is only heating up, prompting women to stand up and speak out for their reproductive rights.
Limited Knowledge of Plant Biosecurity Increases Biological Threats
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (IPS) - The plant-life on the Pacific Islands is currently under threat as protections against diseases and pests are left in the hands of under-trained personnel with limited facilities.
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