Global Issues
News headlines for “Nature and Animal Conservation”, page 302
Developing Countries Take Lead at Climate Change Agreement Signing
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - An unprecedented 175 countries are expected to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement here Friday, with 15 developing countries taking the lead by also ratifying the treaty.
Small Island States Urge Rapid Implementation of Climate Agreement
- Inter Press Service
Soil and Pulses: Symbiosis for Life
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 21 (IPS) - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with Biodiversity International and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN (Rome based UN agencies ?) jointly organized a seminar on "Soils and pulses: symbiosis for life", providing a platform to stakeholders, including governments, research organizations, civil society and the private sector, to deliberate increased pulses production and consumption and its relation to higher productivity and fertility of soils. 2016 is the International Year of Pulses as declared by the United General Assembly.
Climate: Africa’s Human Existence Is at Severe Risk
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 21 (IPS) - "Africa's human existence and development is under threat from the adverse impacts of climate change – its population, ecosystems and unique biodiversity will all be the major victims of global climate change."
Latin America to Redouble Its Climate Efforts at New York Ceremony
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Apr 21 (IPS) - The countries of Latin America will flock to sign the Paris Agreement, in what will be a simple act of protocol with huge political implications: it is the spark that will ignite actions to curb global warming.
UN Chief Seeks Fast-Paced Ratifications for Climate Change Treaty
- Inter Press Service
Climate Change and the Middle East (II)<br> No Water in the Kingdom of the Two Seas—Nor Elsewhere
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 18 (IPS) - There is an oil producing country situated in the Gulf region, made of a cluster of islands. It is small, surface and population wise. But it holds the dubious privilege of ranking top of the list of 14 out of the 33 countries most likely to be water-stressed in the year 2040.
Climate Change (I)<br>Will the Middle East Become ‘Uninhabitable’?
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 18 (IPS) - This is not about any alarming header—it is the dramatic conclusion of several scientific studies about the on-going climate change impact on the Middle East region, particularly in the Gulf area. The examples are stark.
A Promising Start for a High Seas Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) - Delegates from 83 countries came together at the United Nations from March 28 to April 8 for the first in a series of landmark meetings on ocean protection. This Preparatory Committee will help forge an agreement to determine how nations move forward to protect the high seas—the 64 percent of the ocean that belongs to everyone but is governed by no one.
Interoceanic Canal Bogged Down in Nicaragua
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Apr 08 (IPS) - Nearly three years after Nicaragua granted a 50-year concession to the Chinese consortium HKND to build and operate an interoceanic canal, the megaproject has stalled, partly due to a severe drought that threatens the rivers and lake that will form part of the canal.
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