Global Issues
News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 180
Indigenous Farmers Harvest Water with Small Dams in Peru's Andes Highlands
- Inter Press Service
AYACUCHO, Peru, Jun 29 (IPS) - A communally built small dam at almost 3,500 meters above sea level supplies water to small-scale farmer Cristina Azpur and her two young daughters in Peru's Andes highlands, where they face water shortages exacerbated by climate change.
How Deforestation Helps Deadly Viruses Jump from Animals to Humans
- Inter Press Service
Jun 26 (IPS) - The coronavirus pandemic, suspected of originating in bats and pangolins, has brought the risk of viruses that jump from wildlife to humans into stark focus.
Sweden-Costa Rica: Same Paths on Climate Change, Different on COVID-19
- Inter Press Service
ROME/SANTIAGO, Jun 24 (IPS) - The lack of a coordinated international response had led to varying results worldwide in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Two countries that have long coordinated their response to global goals like promotion on democracy, human rights and environmental issues, Sweden and Costa Rica highlight how public policy matters. While with their similar approaches to climate change the two walk together, their different approaches to COVID-19 have reaped disparate results, and death tolls.
Unlawful Use of Force by Police at Protests Across the US
- Inter Press Service
BUFFALO, New York, Jun 23 (IPS) - Police forces across the United States have committed widespread and egregious human rights violations in response to largely peaceful assemblies protesting systemic racism and police violence, including the killing of Black people.
Latin America's Potential Green Hydrogen Economy
- Inter Press Service
LA JOLLA, California, Jun 22 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic and crisis has led to increasing attention and clamor to redouble efforts toward an energy transition that would help the world reduce C02 emissions. In many countries of the region, how to manage hydrocarbons, but with an eye on the energy transition has only been accentuated. We believe clean hydrogen is part of that broader policy and reconstruction debate.
Why Rwanda is a Great Green Growth Investment
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Jun 17 (IPS) - In its effort to accelerate Rwanda's green growth development initiative, its local businesses encouraged their Italian counterparts to invest in the East Africa region.
We Should Not Aim to Return to Normal
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 12 (IPS) - The world before COVID-19 looks very attractive right now. In light of the disease, mass unemployment and social distancing, a return to pre-pandemic normality seems appealing. Yet we should remember what normal was.
Why Rwanda is a Great Green Growth Investment
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Jun 11 (IPS) - In its effort to accelerate Rwanda's green growth development initiative, its local businesses encouraged their Italian counterparts to invest in the East African country.
We Need to Slow down and Reconnect with Our Ocean for the Future of the Planet
- Inter Press Service
Jun 08 (IPS) - Stuart Minchin, is Director-General Pacific Community (SPC)COVID19 has brought the world to a halt. The devastating impact of the global pandemic on people's lives and the world's economy is a jarring and historic turning point for all of us but it is also an opportunity to re-think many of our practices.
How a Global Ocean Treaty Could Protect Biodiversity in the High Seas
- Inter Press Service
Jun 08 (IPS) - Oceans cover 70 per cent of the Earth's surface. But, because many of us spend most of our lives on land, the 362 million square kilometres of blue out there aren't always top of mind.
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