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UNGA80: Climate and Health in the Mix of Hope and Despair
- Inter Press Service

UNITED NATIONS, October 9 (IPS) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN’s body on climate science, has over the years, repeatedly and steadily reported on the science of global warming leading to the changing climate with visible impacts.
Wealthy Nations Urged to Curb Climate Finance Debt For Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service

UNITED NATIONS, October 8 (IPS) - In recent years, international climate financing has declined sharply, leaving billions of people in developing nations increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and unable to adapt effectively. With major cuts in foreign aid, these communities are expected to face the brunt of the climate crisis, while wealthier nations continue to reap economic benefits.
Two-Thirds of Climate Funding for Global South are Loans as Rich Nations Profiteer from Escalating Climate Crisis
- Inter Press Service

THE HAGUE, Netherlands , October 8 (IPS) - New research by Oxfam and the CARE Climate Justice Centre finds developing countries are now paying more back to wealthy nations for climate finance loans than they receive—for every USD 5 they receive, they are paying USD 7 back, and 65 percent of funding is delivered in the form of loans.
Explainer: COP30’s ‘Granary of Solutions’ Will Be Showroom of World’s Best Climate Fixes
- Inter Press Service

NAIROBI, October 8 (IPS) - Once a year, the COP presidency or the role held by the Minister of Environment from the host government at a Conference of the Parties (COP) meeting, sets out on an ambitious, year-long journey in hopes of delivering the climate deal of a lifetime.
Ministers from Europe and beyond commit to address housing emergency
- UN News

Across Europe and beyond, housing costs are rising faster than incomes and many families are spending up to half their salary just to have a place to call home.
Belarus Prisoner Release a Diversion, Say Rights Activists
- Inter Press Service

BRATISLAVA, October 7 (IPS) - As Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko continues to pardon political prisoners in an apparently increasingly successful attempt to improve diplomatic relations with the US, rights groups have warned the international community must not let itself be ‘tricked’ into thinking repressions in the country are easing.
‘The Government Was Corrupt and Willing to Kill Its Own People to Stay in Power’
- Inter Press Service

CIVICUS discusses recent protests that led to a change of government in Nepal with Dikpal Khatri Chhetri, co-founder of Youth in Federal Discourse (YFD). YFD is a youth-led organisation that advocates for democracy, civic engagement and young people’s empowerment.
When Women Lead, Peace Follows
- Inter Press Service

UNITED NATIONS, October 7 (IPS) - We meet on the eve of the twenty-fifth anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325—a milestone born of the multilateral system’s conviction that peace is more robust, security more enduring, when women are at the table.
No African Development from Western Trade Policies
- Inter Press Service

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 7 (IPS) - The World Bank’s 1981 Berg Report provided the blueprint for structural adjustment, including economic liberalisation in Africa. Urging trade liberalisation, it promised growth from its supposed comparative advantage in agriculture.
Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: Today, Tomorrow and the Day After
- Inter Press Service

Back in January last year, my Toda Policy Brief 182 was published with the title “Israel and Gaza: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. On 29 September this year, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference to announce a peace plan for Gaza. The plan’s title could well have been “Gaza: Today, Tomorrow and the Day After”.
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