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Opinion: Food Loss & Waste Has Got to Do a Lot with Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Sep 24 (IPS) - More than 150 world leaders will meet in New York this weekend to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of global targets intended to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and curb climate change. The SDGs will help set the global development agenda for the next 15 years, focusing attention on the opportunities that will allow for more a sustainable future.
Latin America to Adopt SDGs, Still Lagging on Some MDGs
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Sep 24 (IPS) - In the last 15 years, Latin America and the Caribbean have met several key targets included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), such as reducing extreme poverty, hunger and child mortality, incorporating more girls in the educational system, and expanding access to clean water.
Brazil and Germany Take Lead in Tackling Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Brazil and Germany, the two largest national economies within their respective continents, are taking the lead in tackling climate change through outstanding policies and bilateral relations, according to experts.
Opinion: Kenya Cannot Rise If Its Women Are Left Behind
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 23 (IPS) - Consider this. A young girl called Amina Mohamed who is the 8th of 9 children, from a modest Muslim home in Kakamega County in Kenya was encouraged by her parents to complete her education and pursue her dreams.
Opinion: Fifteen Years and Forever
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 23 (IPS) - The next 15 years will be decisive for our planet's future.
During this period we will face some of the 21st Century's greatest challenges, amidst an ongoing and profound transition in the global economy.
Shakira Urges World Leaders to Invest in Early Childhood Education
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - "Investing in ECD boosts economic growth, it offsets inequality and it helps eliminate crime and violence," UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and world famous singer Shakira said at a press conference Tuesday.
Opinion: Why China is in the Security Council and Japan is Not
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Will Tokyo's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council be frustrated by its Foreign Ministry's undiplomatic and uncalled for attack on U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon?
Chile’s Altiplano Region Seeks Sustainable Tourism
- Inter Press Service
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, Chile, Sep 22 (IPS) - Chile's altiplano or high plateau region, pounded by the sun of the Atacama desert, the driest place in the world, is home to dozens of indigenous communities struggling for subsistence by means of sustainable tourism initiatives that are not always that far removed from out-of-control capitalism.
Pope? Yes, Dalai Lama? No
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - When the United States established diplomatic relations with the Holy See back in January 1984, a televangelist asked rather sarcastically: when will Mecca send its own ambassador to Washington DC?
Opinion: South-South Cooperation Crucial for Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - World leaders will meet at the United Nations summit from Sep. 25 to 27 in New York at a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. This year's summit is special in many respects.
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