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Indigenous Peoples Need Recognition, Reciprocity & a New Social Contract
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) - The coronavirus pandemic has invited the world to reflect on relationships – between people within and across countries and communities, and between people and nature around the planet.
What Might Help Save Our Planet? Different Approaches to Desertification
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Aug 16 (IPS) - I am in the Swedish countryside, lush and beautiful in its late summer attire, having a conversation with the son of a friend of mine. Oskar Olin runs a sheep farm, Stabbehyltan Lamm AB, where he practises holistic management. His three-hundred sheep graze within an area of 30 ha where Oskar every day moves his flock from one pasture to another. It takes between 45 to 90 days before the sheep are back on the same pasture where the rotation began. The animals are thus not overgrazing the area, while they at the same time trample down a protective layer of vegetation, which fertilizes the soil. Carbon is bound in the earth, soil organic matter increases, retaining humidity and accordingly deepen the root systems of wholesome plants.
UN’s Ultimatum to Staff & Diplomats: Get Vaccinated or Go Hungry
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) - As New York city struggles to cope with the widespread outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus Delta variant — which has claimed more than 100,000 cases per day in the US — the United Nations is laying down strict guidelines at its headquarters (UNHQ) for staffers, diplomats and visiting delegates.
Thailand flexes financial muscle to grapple with climate crisis
- UN News
“Social responsibility and sustainable profit” can go hand in hand according to the chief of Thailand’s government pension fund. The UN, and some of the biggest players in the Thai economy, are working together to support efforts by the country’s finance and banking institutions to speed up the South East Asian country’s transition to a net zero carbon economy.
Digitisation Boosts Mechanised Farming Among Kenyan Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Nakuru, Kenya, Aug 13 (IPS) - When 33-year-old Kimani Mwaniki, an Irish potato farmer in Elburgon, Nakuru County in Kenya’s Rift Valley, heard about a farmer’s virtual school, he didn’t hesitate to enrol. He was keen to learn how the programme will enable him to get higher crop yields for his market in the capital city Nairobi and elsewhere.
How Market Knowledge is Powering Africa’s Solar Irrigation Sector
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana, Aug 13 (IPS) - ‘Know your customers’ is arguably the first rule of marketing. By identifying and segmenting customer groups, companies can target their products and services to the right people, in the right way. This can open-up opportunities for growth, inform product development and improve customer retention.
World Bank Looks to Trains in Argentina's Climate Battle
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 (IPS) - Argentina will receive a 347 million dollar loan from the World Bank to upgrade one of the most important suburban railway lines in the city of Buenos Aires. The operation is part of the multilateral lender’s new policy, which deepens its commitment to the fight against climate change.
Youth need ‘seat at the table’ to lead struggle for better future: Guterres
- UN News
Young people are on the “frontlines of the struggle to build a better future”, the UN chief said on Thursday, International Youth Day.
Will World Leaders Risk a UN Visit Amid a Surge in the Deadly Virus?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (IPS) - The annual high-level debate during the upcoming 76th General Assembly sessions beginning September 21 —which traditionally attracted over 150 world leaders in a pre-pandemic era-- is now clouded in uncertainty.
The Water Cycle Is Intensifying as the Climate Warms, IPCC Report Warns – That Means More Intense Storms and Flooding
- Inter Press Service
Aug 11 (IPS) - The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900 people died in the destruction. In North America, the West was battling fires amid an intense drought that is affecting water and power supplies.
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