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News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 174
Water Security in Jordan is Crucial to Maintaining Stability in the Country
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Jordan, Oct 01 (IPS) - Jordan is one of the driest countries in the world, raking the fifth most water-stressed nation in an analysis by the World Resources Institute.
A 10-Year-Old Commitment to Biodiversity Misses Virtually All of its Targets
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) - The coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed the lives of over one million people worldwide and destabilized the global economy, also upended the UN's ambitious socio-economic goals, including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.
From Pledges to Policy and Practice: Moving Nature to the Heart of Decision-Making
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Colombia, Sep 30 (IPS) - This week, Heads of State and Government from 64 countries announced one of the strongest pledges yet to reverse the loss of biodiversity and nature's contributions to people by 2030. Advancing from powerful pledges to concrete policy and action, however, means that nature must be moved to the heart of global, national and local decision-making. It's time for nature to be reintegrated into everything we do.
Community Hydropower Dam Illuminates Life in Salvadoran Villages
- Inter Press Service
CAROLINA, El Salvador, Sep 30 (IPS) - Ermelinda Lobos's life has improved substantially since she and the rest of the people in her small village, hidden in the mountains of northeastern El Salvador, worked hard to build a mini hydroelectric plant and become self-sufficient in energy.
Q&A: How Fast Fashion Sits at the Crucial Intersection of Environmental & Gender Justice
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (IPS) - Racism "keeps the global north oblivious to the effect of fast fashion addiction on the global south" say environmental and gender justice experts.
Intercontinental Energy Forum to Discuss Post-Covid Challenges
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Sep 25 (IPS) - The economic recovery after the covid-19 pandemic, renewable energy, the gas situation, regulations and investment; mobility and transport, as well as new technologies and the progress of the Paris Agreement will be discussed at the Madrid Energy Conference from 28 September to 2 October.
‘Leave No one Behind’: How Inclusive is World Leaders’ Call to Climate Action?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - Wrapping up Climate Week at the United Nations General Assembly, global leaders called for climate action that may be "ambitious but achievable" and called for climate measures that would "leave no one behind". But some climate activists remain concerned about how this can be achieved.
Ecology is Economy - 'We Need an Integrated Approach Between Lives and Livelihoods'
- Inter Press Service
GUWAHATI, India, Sep 25 (IPS) - We usually think of livelihoods and lives separately, however, it is now time to imagine a more integrated approach.
Scientists Draw up Guidelines to Help Agri-food Companies Align with 2030 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
AMURU, Uganda/NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 23 (IPS) - In Amuru district, 47 kilometres from Gulu town in northwestern Uganda, the Omer Farming Company has proven that it is possible to farm on thousands of acres of land using methods that conserve the environment and its biodiversity.
Bending the Curve on Biodiversity Loss Requires Nothing Less than Transformational Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - The UN will be hosting the first-ever Biodiversity Summit – remotely – on September 30.
A spate of reports on biodiversity – the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystems, the Living Planet Report, the Global Forest Resources Assessment Report and the Global Biodiversity Outlook- paint a stark picture for the world's biodiversity.
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