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Amplifying the SDGs Requires Fresh Storytelling Tactics
- Inter Press Service
New York, Jul 20 (IPS) - With the latest United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report revealing that much progress toward the SDGs has been reversed, the UN has focused on how to amplify the goals and hold member states accountable for tackling them amid current crises.
UN summit galvanizes action for development agendas in Africa
- UN News
The development of Africa was spotlighted at a key UN meeting on Wednesday, with attention focused on advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063.
Unprecedented Threats Against 'Right to Protest' on the Rise World-wide
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 (IPS) - The French writer and philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778), once famously remarked: "I disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend unto death, your right to utter them.”
U.S.-Latin America Immigration Agreement Raises more Questions than Answers
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Jul 19 (IPS) - The immigration agreement reached in Los Angeles, California at the end of the Summit of the Americas, hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, raises more questions than answers and the likelihood that once again there will be more noise than actual benefits for migrants, especially Central Americans.
Digital Record-Keeping Eases the Burden of Mongolian Herders
- Inter Press Service
BAT ULZII DISTRICT, Mongolia, Jul 19 (IPS) - “My son went after his cow. He will come soon. Our work starts as soon as the sun rises — milking the cows, herding the sheep, rearing the calves, and on it goes. There is nothing more difficult than losing cows and calves on hot summer days," says herder D. Chimiddulam, standing in green grass on one side of a tall wooden fence, looking at dozens of black and white sheep and goats in the enclosure.
Cost of living crisis hits poorest the hardest, warns UNCTAD
- UN News
Billions of people are facing the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation due to rising food and energy prices amid rapid inflation and increasing debt, leaving the most vulnerable consumers in a dire situation, said the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD on Tuesday.
‘Moment for Nature’ essential to beat back threats, spur climate action
- UN News
With less than eight years remaining to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the President of the UN General Assembly convened a ‘Moment for Nature’ debate on Tuesday to examine the interconnected environmental threats hampering efforts to achieve sustainable development.
Smallholder Farmers in Uganda Recruit Black Soldier Fly for Green Fertiliser
- Inter Press Service
Kampala & Kayunga, Jul 19 (IPS) - The conflict in Ukraine has led to an increase in fertiliser prices in Uganda and neighbouring Kenya. Amidst the shortages, some farmers are shifting to a more sustainable way of enriching their soils using frass from the Black Soldier Fly.
Sri Lanka: Why a Feudal Culture & Absence of Meritocracy Bankrupted a Nation
- Inter Press Service
BROMLEY, UK, Jul 19 (IPS) - Sri Lanka is officially bankrupt and a failed state in all but name. How did a country of 22 million people with a level of literacy on par with most of the developed world end up in such a dire position where the state coffers did not have the measly sum of 20 million dollars to purchase fuel to keep the country functioning beyond the next working day?
Reject CPTPP, Stay out of New Cold War
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Jul 19 (IPS) - Joining or ratifying dubious trade deals is supposed to offer miraculous solutions to recent lacklustre economic progress. Such naïve advocacy is misleading at best, and downright irresponsible, even reckless, at worst.
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