News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 4
Living with nature, the climate lesson from Brazil’s caatinga
- Inter Press Service
USERRA DAS ALMAS, Brazil, December 29 (IPS) - “The work of collecting seeds saved me from depression,” caused by her daughter’s suicide at the age of 29, said Maria do Desterro Soares, 64, who lives in the poor rural community of Jatobá in northeastern Brazil.
‘Zambia Has Environmental Laws and Standards on Paper – the Problem Is Their Implementation’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses environmental accountability in Zambia with Christian-Geraud Neema, Africa editor at the China Global South Project, an independent journalism initiative that covers and follows China’s activities in global south countries.
‘People Reacted to a System of Governance Shaped by Informal Powers and Personal Interests’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses Generation Z-led protests in Bulgaria with Zahari Iankov, senior legal expert at the Bulgarian Centre for Not-for-Profit Law, a civil society organisation that advocates for participation and human rights.
How climate change is threatening human rights
- UN News
With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis.
The Bitter Sweet Future of Cocoa Showcased During COP30, Belém
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, December 24 (IPS) - Izete dos Santos Costa, also known as Dona Nena among locals in Combu Island, welcomed hundreds of people from around the world during the recent climate conference in Belém.
A Grim Year for Democracy and Civic Freedoms – but in Gen Z There Is Hope
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, December 24 (IPS) - 2025 has been a terrible year for democracy. Just over 7 per cent of the world’s population now live in places where the rights to organise, protest and speak out are generally respected, according to the CIVICUS Monitor, a civil society research partnership that measures civic freedoms around the world. This is a sharp drop from over 14 per cent this time last year.
In Kenya, Smallholder Farmers Push Back Against Corporate Control of Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
GITHUNGURI, Kenya, December 24 (IPS) - For the past two years, Samuel Ndungu, a smallholder farmer, has been growing organic food and supplying it to the local market in Githunguri, just outside Nairobi.
A Global Movement for Nutrition Is Needed Now More than Ever
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, December 23 (IPS) - In my more than 30 years with the United Nations, I’ve seen enormous change, collaboration and progress towards improving human development. But I’ve also seen how history has a way of repeating itself to entrench some of the most intractable global challenges.
Climate Justice Denied by Delays
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, December 23 (IPS) - Opinions have been divided over the annual UN climate conferences. While some see COP30 in Belém, Brazil, as confirming their irrelevance, others see it as a turning point in the struggle for climate justice.
End of Year Video 2025
- Inter Press Service
Multiple shocks defined 2025: conflict, climate breakdown and shrinking democracy. Multilateral institutions were tested as never before.
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