News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 143
Can 70% of the World's Poor Celebrate International Women's Day?
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 07 (IPS) - The picture is gloomy: not only do women represent 70% of the 1.3 billion people living in conditions of poverty, but also up to 40% of the poorest households in urban areas are headed by women.
Changing a System that Exploits Nature and Women, for a Sustainable Future
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Mar 07 (IPS) - "Pachamama (Mother Earth) is upset with all the damage we are doing to her," says Hilda Roca, an indigenous Peruvian farmer from Cusipata, in the Andes highlands of the department of Cuzco, referring to climate change and the havoc it is wreaking on her life and her environment.
The Climate Change Shuffle: Deny, Delay, and Do Nothing
- Inter Press Service
International Women’s Day, 2022 - War, Want, Weather and Wellbeing: Where Are We Now?
- Inter Press Service
International Women's Day, 2022 - War, Autocrats and Fossil Fuels – Women on the Front Line
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Canada, Mar 04 (IPS) - For decades women’s demands for political and economic inclusion have placed them centre-stage in mass struggles against dictatorships across the world. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its indiscriminate attacks on civilians now put women’s movements firmly on the front line of war, autocrats and fossil fuels.
With One Million Species Endangered, the Web of Life Is at Risk of Extinction
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 02 (IPS) - These are not by any means just mere figures. It is about the risk of extinction of the whole life cycle. See what is at stake.
African Governments Urged to Support Plastic Pollution Solutions
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 01 (IPS) - Environmental experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, have urged African governments to take advantage of ‘circular plastic opportunities’ to lower greenhouse gas emissions and stop environmental degradation. They were speaking to IPS on the sidelines of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).
The Very Hungry Dragon: Meat-ing Chinas Self-sufficiency Targets for Dairy and Protein
- Inter Press Service
MELBOURNE, Australia, Mar 01 (IPS) - Food security has long been a high priority for the Chinese central government and has been linked to China’s national security in recent years. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently released a national five-year plan under which China will seek to maintain a target to produce 95 percent of the protein domestically until 2025: China aims to become self-sufficient in poultry and eggs, 85 percent self-sufficient for beef and mutton, 70 percent for dairy, and 95 percent self-sufficient in pork. These targets intersect with many of the Chinese central government’s current aims to meet the growing demand for protein and dairy, safeguard food security, and other major policies.
Pacific Islanders: Failure to Commit to 1.5 Degrees at COP27 will Imperil the World's Oceans
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 28 (IPS) - Oceans play a pivotal role in regulating the world’s climate and maintaining the conditions for human life on earth. And they are a crucial source of sustenance and economic wellbeing in many developing countries, including small island developing states. But Pacific Islanders are deeply concerned about the fate of the oceans if world leaders fail to secure the pledges needed to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 Degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels at the next COP27 climate change summit in November.
Mexico Needs a Mining Industry Model for the Energy Transition
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Feb 22 (IPS) - The debate in Mexico and at an international level is focused on certain minerals that are fundamental to the energy transition, such as cobalt, lithium and nickel. But there are other indispensable minerals that remain in the background.
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