News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 129
Special Economic Zones: A Nod Towards Capitalism in Venezuela
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Sep 03 (IPS) - Venezuela is preparing to replicate the experience of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), a mechanism with which more than 60 countries have tried to draw investment and accelerate economic growth, while under its avowedly socialist government a "silent neoliberalism" is gaining ground.
Transforming Girls Education, Changing The World
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 02 (IPS) - As we approach this year’s Transforming Education Summit, global leaders can and must prioritize expertise and mobilize political will to support efforts to ensure inclusive and quality education for all, especially girls. This is at the heart of Sustainable Development Goal 4 in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as the commitments made in the Charlevoix Declaration and the G7 Declaration on Girls’ Education.
From Worm Composting to Biofuels, the Caribbean Seeks Solutions to Seaweed Influx
- Inter Press Service
DOMINICA, Sep 02 (IPS) - In June 2022, swathes of matted, putrid seaweed took over the shores of beaches across the Caribbean. It was the worst seaweed influx reported since 2011, when ocean currents began depositing tons of the brown seaweed, known as Sargassum, across the region, leaving authorities grappling with the severe ecological and economic fallout.
Air Pollution Kills Millions Every Year: Action Needed
- Inter Press Service
Sep 02 (IPS) - Tarik, age 42, lives in a village adjacent to a decades-old coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the day we visited, Bosnian cities were some of the most polluted places on Earth. Describing the devastating health toll the air pollution took each year on the village’s older residents he voiced his fear for his aging parents, who had lived there for over 40 years: “The older people in this village are desperate. They put up with this air for months. They don’t get out, they don’t socialize, they can’t get groceries or medication. It’s a terrible existence.”
Monster Monsoon: “Pakistan and Its People Are Paying the Costs of What They Are Not Responsible For.”
- Inter Press Service
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sep 01 (IPS) - Pakistan has been going through the worst time of its recent history due to unprecedented colossal monsoon rains and devastating floods. The current floods would have been expected less than once a century, but climate experts claim that what we are seeing today is just a trailer of what’s in store for us if we don’t pay heed to climate change.
Latin America Looks to COP27: ‘The Time to See Ourselves Only as Climate Victims is Over’
- Inter Press Service
MÉXICO, Aug 31 (IPS) - Latin America is already one of the world’s regions hit hardest by the impacts of climate change. Extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, tropical cyclones and floods have caused scores of deaths and severe damage to crop production and infrastructure, as underlined in a recent regional report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Africa Should Trade its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy - UNECA
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Aug 31 (IPS) - Africa needs to trade in carbon credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, finance the transition to renewable energy, and boost economic development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says.
A Tale of the Spanish Neckties and Other Made-in-Europe Things
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Aug 30 (IPS) - Shortly before the 25 August approval by the Spanish Parliament of the government’s plan to save energy, the country’s right and far-right opposition parties revived their debate about an earlier suggestion of not wearing neckties in the Spanish Congress and Senate and other official institutions.
Argentina Seeks Elusive Investments to Fully Exploit Shale Gas
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 29 (IPS) - Argentina, which has one of the largest unconventional hydrocarbon deposits in the world, has been forced to import gas for 6.6 billion dollars so far this year.
There's no Stopping Renewable Power in Chile, but Community Energy Is Not Taking Off
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 25 (IPS) - Renewable energies, especially solar and wind power, are growing inexorably in Chile, driven by large companies. But community generation of alternative energy is not taking off, despite a law promoting it.
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