News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 155
Data Drought in the Global South
- Inter Press Service
HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada, Sep 27 (IPS) - In 2020, every human on Earth created an average of at least 1.7 megabytes of data per second, collectively amassing 2.5 quintilliondata bytes. Some 90% of the world’s total data was created in the last two years alone.
Rural Water Boards Play Vital Role for Salvadoran Farmers
- Inter Press Service
LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador, Sep 27 2021 (IPS) - After climbing a steep hill along winding paths, you reach a huge water tank at the top that supplies peasant farmer families who had no water and instead set up their own community project on this coastal strip in central El Salvador.
‘Building Back Better’: Jordan’s Road to Green Economic Recovery
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Sep 24 (IPS) - For the first time in decades, Jordan’s economy contracted in 2020. COVID-19 took a heavy toll on the economy, and it was concerning for the country, particularly because Jordan had managed to grow at an average rate of 2%, despite regional and international shocks to its economy amounting to 44% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the past decade.
Scientific Panel’s Scoping Report Instructive for Global Food Systems Transformation
- Inter Press Service
DOMINICA, Sep 24 (IPS) - On September 10th, on a sweltering summer afternoon, three fishers drove a van around the residential community of Castle Comfort in Dominica, blowing forcefully into their conch shells – the traditional call that there is fresh fish for sale in the area.
On the Verge of Change
- Inter Press Service
OTTAWA, Canada, Sep 23 (IPS) - Current food systems are no longer fit for the 21st century. Inequitable distribution, poor nutritional habits, and climate change are three issues breaking down our global food systems today, forcing us to look for solutions to transform them. Food aid – very much part of our global food systems – needs to be responsive to the challenges that lie ahead.
Climate Finance Can Transform Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sep 22 (IPS) - September 23, 2021 is the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit, convened to mobilize the highest-priority transformations needed to end hunger through the sustainable production and distribution of food. Transforming food systems to ensure food security for all has never been so urgent.
Nurturing a New Generation of Food Leaders
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, KENYA, Sep 22 (IPS) - Food security experts have raised an alarm that with as many as 811 million people the world over or 10 percent of the global population going hungry, the world is off-track to ending hunger and malnutrition.
The UN Food Systems Summit and Some Issues of Concern
- Inter Press Service
LETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 21 (IPS) - Why is the UN holding a Food Systems Summit? Two issues that need discussion at the international leadership level are: Long before the Covid crisis was upon us, the number of hungry people in the world was increasing. Why? What is the cause of this disturbing trend? And, can a country really claim to be food secure, unless it produces or can buy enough food to feed its population and its people can access sufficient quantities to keep themselves fit and healthy? Disquietening questions as extreme weather begins to show the destructive power that climate change will have on the planet and its people.
How Jamaica got Youth Climate Action Engagement Right
- Inter Press Service
DOMINICA, Sep 21 (IPS) - When the NDC Partnership, the alliance which helps governments to determine and achieve their climate goals, held its first-ever Global Youth Engagement Forum in July, several segments were underpinned by Jamaica’s model of engaging young people and sustaining youth interest in climate initiatives.
Food Experts’ Expectations for Global Food Systems Transformation
- Inter Press Service
DOMINICA, Sep 20 (IPS) - Dubbed ‘the People’s Summit, the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) hopes to put the world back on a path to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, through food systems overhauling. From the tempered to the extremely optimistic, experts in various food system sectors share their expectations of transformation.
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