Global Issues News Headlines for “Environmental Issues”

COP31: New Research Ties Extreme Weather to Mental Health Challenges in Africa

2026-11-12T09:54:40-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, November 12 (IPS) - Floods. Extreme heat. Droughts. African communities have experienced it all and more.

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I Sustain My Accusation

2026-11-12T06:56:29-08:00

GENEVA, November 12 (IPS) - This is the final article in a four-part series with related titles, highlighting the responsibility of mainstream media and religious leaders for the world’s current appalling state and the calamities that may await future generations if proper measures are not taken in time. When megalomania is given a “human face,” historical facts are distorted, acts of aggression are whitewashed, unlawful wars are portrayed as vehicles of “democracy, human rights, and morality,” other people’s intelligence is undermined and mocked, bias overshadows international norms, and religion becomes an instrument of bigotry, I sustain my accusation:

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Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights

2026-11-12T06:16:56-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 12 (IPS) - The world cannot claim to protect the climate and nature while opening Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories to industrial activities that threaten their rights, livelihoods and ways of life. Yet governments increasingly recognize these communities’ contributions to climate and biodiversity protection while authorizing mining, oil drilling, industrial agriculture and infrastructure projects that can undermine the very territories they safeguard.

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Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious?

2026-11-11T18:50:22-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 11 (IPS) - As COP31 gets underway in Antalya, two realities demand attention. The World Meteorological Organisation reports that 2015–2025 were the 11 hottest years on record, with 2025 about 1.43°C above pre-industrial levels.

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COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy

2026-11-11T13:05:44-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 11 (IPS) - Gabriel Sheunopa Manyangadze holds a placard reading “No nuclear spin, let renewables win” as a campaigner leads protesters against nuclear energy in Africa at the United Nations climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.

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From Japan to Rwanda, early warnings are saving lives – but millions remain unprotected

2026-11-11T04:00:00-08:00

Early warning systems are saving lives across the globe, but for millions of people the warning never arrives, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, urging the world to protect every person on Earth by the end of 2027.

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‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31

2026-11-11T04:00:00-08:00

UN chief António Guterres called for a new global climate justice agreement at COP31 on Wednesday, urging governments to tax fossil fuel companies to help countries bearing the brunt of a crisis they did little to cause. His appeal came as world leaders gathered in Antalya amid unresolved questions over climate finance and the future of fossil fuels.

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1.5 Billion Women and Girls Live in Climate Hotspots, as UN Women Urges Stronger Action at COP31

2026-11-10T18:06:31-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye , November 10 (IPS) - More than one in three women and girls worldwide – at least 1.5 billion – live in climate hotspots, where high exposure to climate hazards, insecure jobs and deep gender inequality collide, according to a new UN Women fact sheet on “Gender Equality in the Age of Climate Crisis”. UN Women warns that while 73 per cent of countries recognize the climate risks facing women and girls, just over one in three address them comprehensively.

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COP31: African Development Bank to Co-Lead Global Electrification Finance Initiative

2026-11-10T12:13:10-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye, , November 10 (IPS) - Africa’s transition to clean energy received a potential boost at COP31 with the announcement of a new international financing coalition, co-chaired by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank from 2027.

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Without Action, Climate Change Could Push Women Further Behind by 2050, CGIAR Warns

2026-11-10T11:44:08-08:00

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe &, November 10 (IPS) - Fetching water was once a back-breaking daily reality – one that Nomuhle SibandaMpofu will never forget.

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