News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 170
New Report Calls for Improved Eating Habits in a World of Extremes
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Apr 13 (IPS) - With the two extremes of global hunger and obesity on the increase, a new report suggests a radical reset for food and nutrition to ensure the long-term sustainability of livelihoods and the environment.
Barilla Foundation Brings Health and Climate Together in New Double Pyramid
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 12 (IPS) - Following an extensive scientific review, the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN) is preparing to launch a new food systems model which incorporates nutrition and climate.
Farmers in Brazil Benefit as Biogas Replaces Firewood
- Inter Press Service
RÍO DE JANEIRO, Apr 12 (IPS) - "Biogas is worth gold to us, we can no longer live without it," Claudete Volkswey, a poultry farmer in the municipality of Toledo, in the southwestern state of Paraná, Brazil, said enthusiastically about the new source of energy that has allowed her to get a good nightâs sleep again, because she no longer has to get up to stoke the fire every two hours.
Overcoming COVID-19: World Leaders Must Finance a More Equal World to Beat Pandemics
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Apr 08 (IPS) - Leaders at this year’s World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings (April 5-11) will determine how best to recover from one of the biggest crises the institutions have faced since their founding in 1944—COVID-19’s impact and its economic aftermath.
Indonesias Climate Villages Where Communities Work Together to Mitigate Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Apr 07 (IPS) - Residents of Ngadirejo village in Sukaharjo regency, Central Java province, had often found themselves helpless when their wells dried up or water flooded through their homes. But thanks to a national campaign called Program Kampung Iklim, known by its acronym ProKlim, they now have solutions to this flooding that generally occurs because of a lack of adequate water catchments.
A Post-COVID-19 Recovery will not be Possible if Water, Sanitation & Hygiene are not High on the Agenda
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Apr 07 (IPS) - The UN is commemorating World Health Day April 7. This World Health Day, G20 finance ministers will meet in Rome, Italy, to discuss how they will build back from the pandemic. The global economy is and concerted effort, coordination and imagination is needed to enable not only a worldwide recovery but also to ensure that the world’s poorest people are not left behind.
On World Health Day, a Call for Equity, Justice & the End of Paternalism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 07 (IPS) - The United Nations is commemorating World Health Day April 7.The past year has forced many of us to address difficult truths about how we treat and take care of each other — among them is a reckoning with racism and injustice.
Getting to Better than Normal in a Post-COVID-19 World
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 06 (IPS) - Girls in Asia don't want to go back to normal – they want to go "back to better than normal", says Zara Rapoport, a delegate during an online seminar on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender.
Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 05 (IPS) - In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing dishes and clothes, and cooking, by means of rainwater harvesting systems (RHS).
Should the 2021 Climate Summit in Glasgow Still Take Place?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 01 (IPS) - Among the COVID-19 pandemic’s many damaging impacts, could a halt to international progress on environmental issues be added to the list?
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