News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 124
Will The Lettuce Outlast All This?
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Oct 27 (IPS) - No. No lettuce, no matter how British it may be, could outlast such a steady depletion of the very foundation of life.
How China Can Retire Coal Early in Pakistan and Elsewhere Through the BRI
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Oct 26 (IPS) - With COP 27 approaching, pressure is mounting on wealthy countries to increase their support to poorer ones in the face of climate change. The recent floods in Pakistan have amplified this issue. China, as the world’s second largest economy, will similarly face increasing pressure to help other developing countries on climate.
Broken Relationship with Nature Exposed as Global Wildlife Population Plummets
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Oct 25 (IPS) - Home to a variety of iconic and rare animal and plant species, freshwater lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and the expansive Indian Ocean coastline, Kenya’s place as a biodiversity hotspot has never been in doubt.
Climate Change Brings New Pest & Disease Pressures Previously Unimaginable
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Oct 25 (IPS) - In temperate zones lie most of the world’s richest countries, which have also been up till now the world’s major breadbaskets, in meeting international grain, oilseed and livestock product needs.
Indian Village Unlocks Treasure of Organic, Indigenous Farming
- Inter Press Service
Jhargram, India, Oct 24 (IPS) - At Jhargram, a far-flung village in India’s West Bengal state, a group of farmers sit together in one of the open fields. They debate, deliberate, and confabulate about the marketing strategy they should use when selling their harvest on the open market.
Public Development Banks Cant Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Oct 21 (IPS) - A coalition of civil society organisations is demanding public development banks (PDBs) to take radical and innovative steps to tackle human rights violations and environmental destruction. No project funded by PDBs should come at the expenses of vulnerable groups, the environment and collective liberties, but should instead embody the voices of communities, democratic values and environmental justice.
Developing Countries Battle Climate Change, While the Wealthy Make Frozen Pledges: Will COP27 Usher a New Era?
- Inter Press Service
Cairo, Oct 20 (IPS) - The countdown to the UN Climate Summit COP27, which will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to November 18, has begun.
Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
HAMILTON, Canada, Oct 20 (IPS) - Global progress has been staggeringly inadequate against Sustainable Development Goal 6, “clean water and sanitation for all.”
According to the latest SDGs progress assessment, 2 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water, 3.6 billion lack sanitation services, and 3 billion lack basic hygiene services.
Are Climate Summits a Waste of Time?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (IPS) - Next month, the latest annual United Nations climate extravaganza, COP27, will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Last year it was in Glasgow. Next year it will be held in (drum roll please) … Dubai!
Gabons Environment Minister Reflects on Conservation Successes, Future Challenges
- Inter Press Service
Libreville, Oct 18 (IPS) - Over the past few years, Gabon has been successful in its forest conservation efforts. The country has also been able to work hard to achieve the goal of limiting the rise in global temperatures to the 1.5-degree target. Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea, and Environment, Lee White, talks to IPS Correspondent Francis Kokutse:
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