News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 105
Wood Smoke Continues to Make Women Sick in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador, Jul 04 (IPS) - Using a few dry sticks as fuel, Margarita Ramos of El Salvador lit the fire in her wood stove and set about frying two fish, occasionally fanning the flame, aware that the smoke she inhaled could affect her health.
Transformative Change of our Relationship with Nature: Key to Saving Global Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Jul 04 (IPS) - The writers are Co-Chairs of the IPBES Transformative Change AssessmentTo most people, ‘transformative change’ is an abstract academic catchphrase. But transformative change is far more than that. It is the foundational response necessary to address the global crisis of biodiversity loss that threatens the wellbeing of every person in every community – and every species in every region.
Climate Change and Development
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Jul 04 (IPS) - There is little doubt that human activity is accelerating climate change. Our activities are causing global warming and potentially disastrous climate change.
Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil's Semiarid Northeast
- Inter Press Service
"The rainwater tanks are the best invention in the world for us," said Maria de Lourdes Feitosa, 46, who recalls the deadly droughts of the past in Brazil's semiarid Northeast region.
Celebrity Chefs Enlisted to Put Climate-Hardy Millets Back on the Menu
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 30 (IPS) - Get yourself a nice big pot full of water, dice some onions and throw in the meat of your fancy, followed by chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, dried okra powder, garden eggs and chilli peppers.
African Women Seek to Boost Innovation and Creativity in Agribusiness
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Jun 29 (IPS) - Adeline Umukunzi, a 28-year-old woman mushroom farmer in Musanze, a district located about 100 km north of the capital Kigali, said women have often been the unseen faces of agribusiness in Rwanda.
Mobilizing Private Capital for Adaptation: the Silent Climate Need
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 29 (IPS) - In the climate change discourse, “mitigation” (namely, reducing greenhouse gas emissions) often dominates. This is particularly true when the discussion turns to the mobilization of the massive amounts of private capital needed to achieve our climate objections. But “adaptation” — namely, action to respond to the impacts of climate change that are already happening, as well as prepare for future impacts — also faces large funding needs.
The Need for More Funding, Especially to Women, Towards Climate Adaptation Goals
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 29 (IPS) - There is a significant funding gap for climate adaptation – especially for women. Public financing will not be sufficient to close this gap, but it will be crucial for supporting the most vulnerable and facilitating private sector investments where funding and support is needed most.
Biodigesters Boost Family Farming in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
AFOGADOS DA INGAZEIRA, Brazil, Jun 24 (IPS) - "The biodigester really gives a huge boost to those who have the courage to do things," said Maria das Dores Alves da Silva, based on her own experience as a 63-year-old small farmer.
Forus Civil Society Network Urges that Respect for Human Rights, Climate Justice and Accountability should be at the core of the New Global Financing Pact
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jun 23 (IPS) - As the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact unfolds in Paris on 22-23 June, Forus, a global network representing over 22,000 civil society organisations across Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Pacific, calls for the respect of human rights and for meaningful inclusion of civil society in shaping financial systems and structures.
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