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First Phase of Global Fracking Expansion: Ensuring Friendly Legislation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 01 (IPS) - Multinational oil and gas companies are engaged in a quiet but broad attempt to prepare the groundwork for a significant global expansion of shale gas development, according to a study released Monday.
As Wars Multiply, U.N. Takes a Hard Look at Peace Operations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 01 (IPS) - Finding ways to better integrate the two arms of U.N. Peace Operations - Special Political Missions and Peacekeeping Operations - will be one of the priorities for a new review panel headed by Nobel Peace Laureate and former president of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta.
OPINION: Climate Justice Is the Only Way to Solve Our Climate Crisis
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 01 (IPS) - In November, the world's top climate scientists issued their latest warning that the climate crisis is rapidly worsening on a number of fronts, and that we must stop our climate-polluting way of producing energy if we are to stand a chance of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.
HIV Prevention is Failing Young South African Women
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Dic 01 (IPS) - When she found out that she had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Thabisile Mkhize (not her real name) was scared.
Illegal Logging Wreaking Havoc on Impoverished Rural Communities
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Dic 01 (IPS) - Rampant unsustainable logging in the southwest Pacific Island states of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, where the majority of land is covered in tropical rainforest, is worsening hardship, human insecurity and conflict in rural communities.
When Social Unrest Vents Itself on Migrants
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 30 (IPS) - "It's like putting explosive, gasoline and matches all in one shed. These are things that should be stored in separated places."
Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 29 (IPS) - Although it is one of the victims of global warming, water will not be given a place of importance at the COP20 climate change conference to be held Dec. 1-12 in Lima, Peru.
Citizens of the World, Unite!
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (IPS) - As politics, economies, conflicts and cultures become increasingly intertwined, will individual identities also begin to transcend national boundaries?
OPINION: People with Disabilities Must Be Counted in the Fight Against HIV
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 28 (IPS) - Jane is a young Zambian mother with a physical disability in Lusaka, who uses a wheelchair to get around. She does not let clinics without ramps or without wheelchair accessible toilets and equipment stop her from claiming her right to health care, including HIV prevention services.
Led by INTERPOL, U.N. Tracks Environmental Criminals
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) - A coalition of international organisations, led by INTERPOL and backed by the United Nations, is pursuing a growing new brand of criminals - primarily accused of serious environmental crimes - who have mostly escaped the long arm of the law.
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