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Decade of climate breakdown saw 14 per cent of coral reefs vanish
- UN News
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined – a UN-backed report revealed on Tuesday.
Less Overseas Coal Is Good, But Developing Countries Still Need More Electricity
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Oct 05 (IPS) - President Xi announced last month that China is stopping its financing for new coal-fired power plants overseas. With this announcement from Beijing, the governments of the world’s largest economies have now achieved a consensus to halt their overseas funding of coal plants in developing countries, thereby advancing global efforts to reduce future carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Afghan Women – The Emerging Narrative and Why it is Wrong
- Inter Press Service
ROME and AMSTERDAM, Oct 05 (IPS) - The USA and its allies have repeatedly stated that promoting women’s rights was one of the key reasons they were in Afghanistan. The US military top brass, in a letter to marines stated that they were in Afghanistan “for the liberty of young Afghan girls, women, boys, and men who want the same individual freedoms we enjoy as Americans”.
Education Cannot Wait Annual Results Reveals the Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Learning for Children in Emergencies and Protracted Crises
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK/GENEVA, Oct 05 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of education globally, but for children in emergencies and protracted crises, its blow has been particularly devastating.
Multilateral Financial Institutions Can Catalyze Public Development Banks (PDB) to Deliver SDGs
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Oct 05 (IPS) - There is broad consensus that realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change require a transformative agenda for agriculture and food systems. In this context, the importance of mobilizing more investments and aligning them to sustainable development and inclusive rural transformation objectives, is widely acknowledged.
Making Online Health News Reliable, Accessible
- Inter Press Service
New York, Oct 05 (IPS) - Telemedicine and health-related information have experienced a massive uptake since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. While online health services are seen as a panacea for many ills, disinformation and fake news reports have tarnished their credibility.
UN Warned of Two Dangers Ahead: Health of the Human Race & Survival of the Planet
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Oct 05 (IPS) - Addressing the UN General Assembly last month President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka raised several concerns, two that had to do with health. One concerned the health of the human race; the other the health of Planet Earth on which man struggles increasingly to survive.
Stop New Washington Putsch
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 05 (IPS) - As finance ministers and central bank governors gather next week for the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in the US capital, the first shots of a new putsch against multilateralism have been fired. The target: Kristalina Georgieva, Fund Managing Director (MD) since 2019.
IUCN World Conservation Congress Warns Humanity at Tipping Point
- Inter Press Service
St Davids, Wales, Oct 04 (IPS) - The world’s most influential conservation congress, meeting for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has issued its starkest warning to date over the planet’s escalating climate and biodiversity emergencies.
Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Are Beating a System To Reduce Child Labour: Here's How
- Inter Press Service
Oct 04 (IPS) - The evidence of child labour on cocoa farms in West Africa became public knowledge in the late 1990s. This followed press reports documenting the existence of hazardous child labour on cocoa farms. Pressure on the cocoa industry to end child labour has been growing ever since, particularly from civil society and more recently from both US and European regulators.
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