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  1. Doubling Adaptation Finance can be an Opportunity for the World's Poorest

    - Inter Press Service

    BANGKOK / MELBOURNE, Dec 16 (IPS) - Amid several disappointments of the 2021 UN climate conference in Glasgow, one sign of hope was the agreement on financing for adaptation to climate change. Developed countries agreed to double adaptation finance for poorer nations by 2025, from 2019 levels.

  2. Energy Inequality in Latin America Exacerbated by Pandemic, High Prices

    - Inter Press Service

    MEXICO CITY, Dec 15 (IPS) - The effects of the covid-19 pandemic and high energy prices have had an impact on the consumption of polluting fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean, exacerbating energy poverty in the region.

  3. Youth at Forefront of Climate Change Action Will Make Biggest Impact

    - Inter Press Service

    Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 15 (IPS) - On Gladys Habu’s birthday, she filmed a message to world leaders while standing waist-deep in the sea next to a dead tree stump – the only remnant of Kale Island now submerged underwater due to climate-change-induced sea-level rise.

  4. COVID-19 leads to over 50 million more hungry people in Asia-Pacific

    - UN News

    COVID-19 led to rising food insecurity for around 54 million people living in the vast Asia-Pacific region during 2020, according to a joint UN agency report published on Wednesday.

  5. The Age of Discontent: What Drives the Rising Wave of World Protests?

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW YORK, Dec 15 (IPS) - In recent years, the world has been shaken by protests. From the Arab Spring to the social uprisings in Chile and Latin America, the world has seen a dramatic rise in protests. In a polarized world, the COVID-19 pandemic has only accentuated feelings of outrage and discontent.

  6. COP26 defined by ‘reinvigorated multilateralism’

    - UN News

    The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), held last month in Glasgow, was defined by a “reinvigorated multilateralism”, a top UN official said on Tuesday during an online discussion on how the summit’s outcomes will impact climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  7. Beyond Expo: Embedding the SDGs in the DNA of Future Technology and Innovation

    - Inter Press Service

    BEIJING, Dec 14 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic has moved us farther away from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Data shows that the pandemic has pushed a further 124 million people into extreme poverty. Global poverty is now expected to be at 7% by 2030 – only marginally below the level in 2015.

  8. Cool Scheme to Reduce Food Waste in Nigeria

    - Inter Press Service

    Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Dec 14 (IPS) - Food spoilage forced smallholder farmers out of pocket and out of business – until an entrepreneur came up with a cool idea.

  9. A New Transport Agenda to Carry Asia and the Pacific Towards Sustainable Development

    - Inter Press Service

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    BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 14 (IPS) - Transport ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting this week to consider a potentially transformational agenda for how people and goods are moved around the region and across the globe.

  10. Open Letter to the Secretary General, Heads of UN Agencies & International Donor Community

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (IPS) - We are former UN officials with decades of combined experience supporting international civil society and governments to advance the rights of women and girls.

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