Global Issues
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The Global South Moves Towards Vaccine Sovereignty
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES/ DHAKA/JOHANNESBURG, Feb 11 (IPS) - In 2021, Global South countries came out on the short end of vaccine supply deals. In 2022, they are building capacity to produce vaccines themselves.
World must ‘change track’ to protect oceans from climate crisis: Guterres
- UN News
The planet is facing the triple crises of climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution, Secretary-General António Guterres told the One Ocean Summit on Friday, warning that “the ocean shoulders much of the burden”.
Nobel Prizes and Donation Pledges
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Feb 11 (IPS) - While living and working in Paris I joined the Cercle Suédois, a social club founded in 1891, at a time when Sweden and Norway were unified in one kingdom. By that time, Alfred Nobel was a frequent guest and in one corner I sometimes ended up standing in front of the writing desk where he in November 1895 had written his famous testament, stipulating that 94 percent of his total assets (equivalent to 120 million USD in today’s money value) was to be allocated to the establishment of five prizes. These prizes would every year be awarded to deserving individuals, who ”irrespective of their nationality” had contributed to ”the progress of humanity and preservation of peace in the world.”
UN's Investigative Arm Launches Survey to Probe Racism & Discrimination in World Body
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU)-- the UN’s only independent external oversight body mandated to conduct evaluations, inspections and investigations-- is conducting a survey probing the widespread racism and discrimination in the world body.
“It Isn’t Easy Being a Journalist in Kashmir”
- Inter Press Service
Feb 10 (IPS) - My name is Bisma Bhat and I am a journalist in Srinagar, Kashmir. I currently work as a features writer atFree Press Kashmir, a weekly magazine.
Not a moment to lose, in race to meet Sustainable Development Goals: Guterres
- UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly convened the first system-wide meeting on Thursday, dedicated to galvanizing action towards implementing the ground-breaking blueprint, known as Our Common Agenda, launched last year by the Secretary-General.
Storybook Apps Turn African Students Into Writers
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 10 (IPS) - Suwaiba Hassan published an engrossing story. She used online using digital; apps that are giving literacy a boost.
An International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention?
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Feb 10 (IPS) - The global consensus about an international treaty on pandemic prevention is certainly a milestone towards the creation of a global health security framework.
Many Good Reasons to Eat More Pulses - And Perhaps Less Meat!
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Feb 09 (IPS) - Pulses and meat are both needed as part of your diet, however… While the total emissions of greenhouse gases from global livestock amount to 7.1 Gigatonnes of Co2-equivalent per year, representing 14.5% of all anthropogenic emissions, pulses have root nodules that absorb inert nitrogen from soil air and convert it into biologically useful ammonia, a process referred to as biological nitrogen fixation.
From Zero Yield to Bumper Harvest
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, MALAWI, Feb 09 (IPS) - In the past, the people of Sande Village in Chikwawa district, Malawi, would go to bed with empty stomachs even when the rest of the country harvested bumper yields.
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