News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 118
Experts Seek Appropriate Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution
- Inter Press Service
Kigali, Dec 13 (IPS) - Experts agree that African economies need to develop innovative approaches to deal with plastic production, which is set to double in 20 years – adversely impacting rural communities.
COP27 Fails Women and Girls – High Time to Redefine Multilaterism (Part 2 of 3)
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (IPS) - The African women and Girls were deeply concerned about the lack of commitment by UNFCCC Parties as climate change continues to impact negatively on the continent victimizing more women and girls.
Mexicos Huge Challenge To Refine Marine Green Fuels
- Inter Press Service
VERACRUZ, Mexico, Dec 12 (IPS) - By 2025, the state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) should comply with Mexican regulations to produce clean fuels, including marine ones, but there’s an obstacle: Mexico lacks a plan for the development of cleaner marine fuels.
European Court of Justice Ruling on Beneficial Ownership, a Major Blow to the Fight Against Environmental Crimes
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Dec 12 (IPS) - The European Court of Justice on November 22, 2022, made a ruling that reversed much of the progress we have made in a decade in the fight against corruption, economic and natural resource crimes, tax abuses and other forms of illicit financial flows across the world. In the ruling, the court declared invalid the part of the European Union’s Anti Money Laundering Directive that allowed public access to registries about companies’ beneficial owners (that is, the real people who own or actually control them).
COP27 Fails Women & Girls – High Time to Redefine Multilateralism (Part 1 of 3)
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 12 (IPS) - Three weeks have gone by since the much-ballyhooed mega-gathering of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), generally known by its easy-to-say-and-remember title - COP27, concluded at the resort city Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt.
Africa Fights Back Against Wildlife Poachers, but Drought is Devastating
- Inter Press Service
London, Dec 09 (IPS) - Elephant populations are starting to recover in parts of Africa as law enforcement agencies and local communities turn the tide in their long-running battle against wildlife poachers and traffickers.
COP15: Super Reefs Offer Hope for Ocean Recovery Ahead of Biodiversity Summit
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 09 (IPS) - Delegates from more than 190 countries are donning thick coats and winter boots to attend the long-delayed UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada—the land of caribou, beluga whales and wolverines.
Energy Efficiency Is Law in Chile but Concrete Progress Is Slow in Coming
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Dec 08 (IPS) - The Energy Efficiency Law began to gradually be implemented in Chile after the approval of its regulations, but more efforts and institutions are still lacking before it can produce results.
We Indigenous Peoples are Rights-Holders, not Stakeholders
- Inter Press Service
Dec 08 (IPS) - After four failed rainy seasons, the land of the Maasai has withered. The worst drought in 40 years is a slow-motion storm of devastation in the Greater Horn of Africa, ruining the livestock, the communities, the Maasai way of life. Their cattle have been their greatest source of wealth and nutrition, but with grazing lands shriveled from the dry heat and their livestock emaciated, the entire region is in peril.
COP15: Shift in Societal Values Needed to Address Biodiversity Loss
- Inter Press Service
Montreal, Dec 07 (IPS) - Policymakers were encouraged to look at the economic and social aspects with the environmental elements of biodiversity losses to meet the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) targets.
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