Global Issues News Headlines for “Nature and Animal Conservation”

COP31: New Research Ties Extreme Weather to Mental Health Challenges in Africa

2026-11-12T09:54:40-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, November 12 (IPS) - Floods. Extreme heat. Droughts. African communities have experienced it all and more.

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I Sustain My Accusation

2026-11-12T06:56:29-08:00

GENEVA, November 12 (IPS) - This is the final article in a four-part series with related titles, highlighting the responsibility of mainstream media and religious leaders for the world’s current appalling state and the calamities that may await future generations if proper measures are not taken in time. When megalomania is given a “human face,” historical facts are distorted, acts of aggression are whitewashed, unlawful wars are portrayed as vehicles of “democracy, human rights, and morality,” other people’s intelligence is undermined and mocked, bias overshadows international norms, and religion becomes an instrument of bigotry, I sustain my accusation:

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Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights

2026-11-12T06:16:56-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 12 (IPS) - The world cannot claim to protect the climate and nature while opening Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ territories to industrial activities that threaten their rights, livelihoods and ways of life. Yet governments increasingly recognize these communities’ contributions to climate and biodiversity protection while authorizing mining, oil drilling, industrial agriculture and infrastructure projects that can undermine the very territories they safeguard.

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COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy

2026-11-11T13:05:44-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 11 (IPS) - Gabriel Sheunopa Manyangadze holds a placard reading “No nuclear spin, let renewables win” as a campaigner leads protesters against nuclear energy in Africa at the United Nations climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.

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1.5 Billion Women and Girls Live in Climate Hotspots, as UN Women Urges Stronger Action at COP31

2026-11-10T18:06:31-08:00

ANTALYA, Türkiye , November 10 (IPS) - More than one in three women and girls worldwide – at least 1.5 billion – live in climate hotspots, where high exposure to climate hazards, insecure jobs and deep gender inequality collide, according to a new UN Women fact sheet on “Gender Equality in the Age of Climate Crisis”. UN Women warns that while 73 per cent of countries recognize the climate risks facing women and girls, just over one in three address them comprehensively.

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Without Action, Climate Change Could Push Women Further Behind by 2050, CGIAR Warns

2026-11-10T11:44:08-08:00

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe &, November 10 (IPS) - Fetching water was once a back-breaking daily reality – one that Nomuhle SibandaMpofu will never forget.

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Serbia’s Student Movement: From Protest to Power

2026-11-09T09:30:51-08:00

LONDON, November 9 (IPS) - On the night of 25 October, tens of thousands filled the streets of Belgrade and other cities, as they’d so often done in protest over the past two years. But this time they came out to celebrate. In that day’s National Assembly election, Student List, a slate of political newcomers, defeated Aleksandar Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), in power since 2012. The student-led movement behind the protests, which rose up against corruption, has given Serbia the opportunity for a democratic reset.

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Drought Cripples Dairy Farmers in Maharashtra in ‘Off the Charts’ Weather Year

2026-11-09T07:34:51-08:00

PUNE, India & ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 9 (IPS) - Dairy farmer Sagar Pawar has to buy water and fodder at inflated rates to feed his brood of two buffaloes, three Guernsey cows and a calf. He lives in the Solapur district, which is already drought-prone, but now has to deal with the impacts of a strong El Niño as well.

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Why Geohazards Must Be Part of the Pacific’s Resilience Agenda

2026-11-06T10:26:40-08:00

BANGKOK, Thailand, November 6 (IPS) - For years, global discussions of disaster risk in the Pacific have been dominated by climate change. Rising seas, intensifying cyclones and coastal erosion have rightly captured international attention. This focus, while warranted, should be complemented by greater recognition of geohazards, which are just as consequential and in many cases, more immediately devastating. Addressing this gap requires a more coordinated approach, supported by sustained investment and stronger partnerships, to foster cooperation and strengthen resilience across the Pacific.

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Kenya’s Civil Society Calls on COP31 Climate Negotiators To Draw From Grassroots

2026-11-06T06:41:32-08:00

NAIROBI, November 6 (IPS) - As the world prepares for the 31^st United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, Kenya’s priorities for the negotiations are being shaped by lived experiences of communities who are on the frontline of the climate crisis.

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