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‘Just Transition Must Make Climate Work for People Living its Consequences’
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 14 (IPS) - An open letter by more than 1,000 organizations from 106 countries, including trade unions, Indigenous leaders, feminist and youth movements, Afro-descendants, peasant groups, environmental advocates, disability networks and community organizations, to all States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is calling for a people-centered Just Transition.
Belém’s Hunger, Poverty Declaration Places World’s Most Vulnerable Populations at Centre of Global Climate Policy
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 14 (IPS) - A young woman at COP30 speaks about retracing her father’s footsteps. At only 16, her father and her grandfather were among the first families displaced by an unfolding climatic crisis of erratic weather and worsening climate conditions that goes on to date from their ancestral village in Sundarbans. Nearly 60 years later, she is on a mission to reclaim her ancestral lands.
As COP30 Takes Place, Can Africa Draw Lessons from Brazil on How It Develops Its Livestock Sector?
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 14 (IPS) - As the world gathers in Brazil for the UN climate talks, the country’s livestock sector – one of the largest in the world – is understandably in the spotlight.
Latin America: a Test Case for Aligning Climate Action, Food Security and Social Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 14 (IPS) - The urgency of linking climate action with social and wider environmental priorities is clear. Climate change, environmental degradation and violent conflict are often deeply connected and even mutually reinforcing. At the same time, climate action can either support or undermine efforts to improve social justice and halt environmental degradation.
The AI Revolution – A Way Forward
- Inter Press Service
GEBZE, Türkiye, November 14 (IPS) - Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing our world. It has helped a few companies in developed countries set record-breaking profits. Last month, Nvidia, a leading US AI company, hit a market value of USD 5 trillion.
‘Mobs’ target Palestinians in occupied West Bank, as floods roil Gaza
- UN News
Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks on Palestinian homes and property, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday.
Security Council lays the ground in the race for the next Secretary-General
- UN News
The UN Security Council met on Friday for its annual debate over how it operates – including the process to select the next Secretary-General in 2026.
Indigenous protesters block COP30 entrance, demand action from Brazilian Government
- UN News
Around 90 Indigenous people from the Munduruku Indigenous group staged a peaceful protest early Friday, blocking the main entrance to the Blue Zone – the restricted area set aside for negotiators – at COP30 in Belém. Access was halted for about an hour, and the army was called in to reinforce security.
Diabetes now affects 1 in 6 pregnancies: What you need to know
- UN News
Diabetes is one of the world’s fastest-growing health challenges – and its impact stretches across every life stage, from childhood to older age.
COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions
- UN News
Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing more than half a million people each year through extreme heat and threatening hospitals worldwide, according to a major report released on Friday at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
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