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Smelter Finally Closes Due to Extreme Pollution in Chilean Bay
- Inter Press Service
QUINTERO, Chile, Jul 04 (IPS) - A health crisis that in 20 days left 500 children poisoned in the adjacent municipalities of Quintero and Puchuncaví triggered the decision to close the Ventanas Smelter, in a first concrete step towards putting an end to a so-called "sacrifice zone" in Chile.
The Caribbean is ‘ground zero’ for the global climate emergency: Guterres
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General’s final day in Suriname began on a small plane and ended at a podium. A 90-minute flyover from Paramaribo into the Central Suriname Nature Reserve revealed to António Guterres the astounding beauty of the Amazon but also spotlighted the threats the rainforest is facing from mining and logging activities, and climate change.
IPBES to Release New Assessments on the Values of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wild Species
- Inter Press Service
New Delhi, Jul 03 (IPS) - Speaking to IPS about the importance of biodiversity and nature's contributions to people, Dr Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), stressed the importance of moving from knowledge and policy silos to a more integrated approach to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially those related to food, water, health, climate change, and energy, which can only be achieved together with the two goals related to biodiversity.
What COVID-19 taught us about risk in a complex, inter-connected world
- UN News
A new UN report has shed fresh light on the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed cascading risks, particularly on vulnerable people, worldwide.
The World Is Melting Down and the Cause is Corruption- The G20 Needs to Take Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 01 (IPS) - The G20 is meeting again next week in Indonesia for the second time this year- at a moment when the world is facing the most difficult economic, political and social challenges for decades.
New World Records: More Weapons than Ever. And a Hunger Crisis Like No Other
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jul 01 (IPS) - While the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit ended in Madrid on 30 June with net commitments to double spending on weapons and to increase by eight-fold the number of troops in Europe, the total of hungry people worldwide now marks an unprecedented record.
UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater ambition and global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean
- UN News
Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Conference concluded on Friday, with governments and heads of state agreeing on a new political declaration to Save Our Ocean.
The Digital Divide, a Pending Issue in Chile's Educational System
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jul 01 (IPS) - A Chilean government plan seeks to ensure connectivity in remote areas, in a first step to address a deep digital divide among the country's inhabitants that includes a lack of access to technology and digital education deficits, exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
IPBES Shoring up Private Sector Support for Biodiversity Science
- Inter Press Service
DOMINICA, Jul 01 (IPS) - In the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, the changing climate often eclipses the loss of ecosystems and species in funding and awareness.
World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis
- Inter Press Service
CHICAGO, USA, Jul 01 (IPS) - The writer is Chair of the CGIAR System Board From the worst drought in four decades threatening famine across the Horn of Africa to extreme heat in South Asia, the war in Ukraine and the unequal pace of pandemic recovery, global food systems are under extraordinary pressure.
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