News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 210
Fairer Fashion Begins with Better Access to Water & Toilets For Workers in Clothing Supply Chains
- Inter Press Service
HONG KONG, Sep 10 (IPS) - Last year, WaterAid and HSBC launched a programme that delivers essential water, sanitation and hygiene services (known collectively as WASH) to apparel factories and nearby worker communities in Bangladesh and India.
India Promotes South-South Cooperation, but Key Questions Unaddressed
- Inter Press Service
Sep 10 (IPS) - At his speech at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) summit in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised South-South cooperation and technology solutions, but issues of land ownership dog the ongoing negotiations.
The Costs of Heightened Conflict in the Himalayas
- Inter Press Service
Sep 10 (IPS) - As a series of conflicts in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region come into sharp focus, sidelining local populations, the long-term environmental costs may leave the region degraded, poor and desperate.
Civil Society Urges Inclusive, Resilient & Sustainable Urban Areas of the Future
- Inter Press Service
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, USA, Sep 09 (IPS) - The United Nations held its first major international conference in one of America's mountain states, bringing scores of civil society organizations (CSOs) to discuss ways on making "cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable by 2030."
Desertification Costs World Economy up to 15 trillion dollars - U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 07 (IPS) - Forest fires, droughts and other forms of land degradation cost the global economy as much as 15 trillion dollars every year and are deepening the climate change crisis, a top United Nations environment official said Friday.
Women in Politics: Adornments and Witches
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Sep 04 (IPS) - Some world leaders try to prove their alpha male status by presenting attractive and submissive wives as tokens won in virile scrambles with other potent stags.
A recent example of such puerile machismo was exposed in a twitter battle between the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and his French equivalent Emmanuel Macron.
Since taking office in January, Mr Bolsonaro has railed against what he considered to be foreign meddling in Brazilian environmental politics. Wild fires raging in the Amazonian rain forest have generally been blamed on a rampant deforestation said to be endorsed by Bolsonaro´s regime.
Achieving Global Consensus on How to Slow Down Loss of Land
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Sep 04 (IPS) - Expectation are high, perhaps too high, as the 14th Conference of the Parties (CoP 14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) now into the third day of its two-week session being held outside the smog-filled Indian capital of New Delhi.
Animal Welfare: Where Does India Stand?
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, India, Sep 03 (IPS) - We have the potential to lead the world in animal welfare, but the tendency to look at the issue in a vacuum has prevented this movement from being taken seriously.
Why Governments Must Prioritise Sustained Tobacco Control Investment in Low- & Middle-Income Nations
- Inter Press Service
OTTAWA, Sep 02 (IPS) - Trends in global consumption of cigarettes haven't improved since the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came into force, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) earlier this summer.
Is the UN’s High Seas Treaty Heading Towards Troubled Waters?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 02 (IPS) - The world's high seas, which extend beyond 200 nautical miles, are deemed "international waters" to be shared globally-- but they remain largely ungoverned.
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