News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 123
Why Greta Thunberg Is Wrong to Boycott COP27
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 03 (IPS) - Her recent announcement that she will not attend COP27 is understandable, but we still hope she’ll reconsider. By Prof. Felix Dodds and Chris Spence.
Solar Power Brings Water to Families in Former War Zones in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
SUCHITOTO, El Salvador, Nov 03 (IPS) - The need for potable water led several rural settlements in El Salvador, at the end of the 12-year civil war in 1992, to rebuild what was destroyed and to innovate with technologies that at the time seemed unattainable, but which now benefit hundreds of families.
Campaign for a Fossil Fuels Non-proliferation Treaty Gathers Steam
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 03 (IPS) - When it comes to moral endorsements, having the Vatican’s backing takes some beating. So the international campaign for a legally binding Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty took a huge step forward in July when Cardinal Michael Czerny, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, gave it his total support.
Early Coal Retirement: How about a Global Auction
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 02 (IPS) - Report after report highlights that we can only achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions required by the climate goals of the Paris Agreement if much of the existing coal power generation capacity is retired early. To this end, one concept that deserves greater consideration is conducting an auction for early retirement of coal power plants worldwide: a global coal retirement auction. This article sets out the broad outlines of how this global auction might operate.
Tackling Recurring Hunger Crises at the Horn of Africa - Beginning with Somalia
- Inter Press Service
URBANA, Illinois, USA, Nov 02 (IPS) - The statistics are stark. The crisis is unprecedented. Yet again, according to the United Nations, famine looms in Somalia, with hundreds of thousands already facing starvation. In addition, droughts, and catastrophic hunger levels have left over 500,000 children malnourished and at risk of dying. This is already nearly 200,000 more than the 2011 famine. Urgent immediate actions must be taken now, both to address the crisis in the short-term and long-term.
Mexican Environmental Prosecutor's Office Dodges Charges against Mayan Train
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 02 (IPS) - A beige line slashes its way through the Mayan jungle near the municipality of Izamal in the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatán. It is section 3, 172 kilometers long, of the Mayan Train (TM), the most important megaproject of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration.
Land Ownership Model Is Restoring Biodiversity, Empowering Communities in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Nov 02 (IPS) - When Mara Siana Conservancy came into operation in 2016, there was a single zebra and a topi (antelope) in the valley just outside the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The valley was also host to fewer than 150 elephants and 200 buffalos.
Farm-Kids-Turned-Scientists Give Back on the Climate-Crisis Front Line
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 31 (IPS) - Dr Alice Karanja knows from personal experience the tough choices the climate crisis is putting people before in the Global South. Choices such as whether to have a healthy diet or give your children an education. Choices such as whether to go hungry or allow your children to have any schooling at all.
A Tale of Cities
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - For decades, urban practitioners have failed to consider the needs of women in city decision-making and planning. Imagine being a young girl in a bustling metropolis.
Artisanal Miners Ruining Already Diminishing Forests in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
MAZOWE, Zimbabwe, Oct 29 (IPS) - With homemade tents scattered about, hordes of artisanal gold miners throng parts of Mazowe village in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central Province, where they have cut down thousands of trees to process gold ore.
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