Global Issues
News headlines for “Nature and Animal Conservation”, page 36
UN DESA Releases Report on Global Economic Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (IPS) - In the past few years, the world economy has made significant strides in mitigating inflation, unemployment, and poverty. Despite this, global growth has yet to regain its pace from before the pandemic. This can be attributed to a host of issues that are plaguing the world, including climate shocks, armed conflicts, and rising geopolitical tensions. These issues have disproportionately adverse effects on developing nations. It is imperative to come up with a solution that advances economic growth for all in order to get back on track with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
India: Protests Erupt Over Hazardous Waste Disposal of Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
PITHAMPUR, India, Jan 09 (IPS) - The local community of Pithampur, India, says the incineration of Bhopal gas tragedy waste is unsafe for their health and environment.An eerie calm prevails over Pithampur, a town 250 km (155 miles) away from Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This town witnessed widespread protests for three days last week following the transportation of large quantities of toxic waste from the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters in Bhopal.
Our Health is at Stake: The Solutions SIDS Need to Fight Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 08 (IPS) - Climate change is one of the most serious global threats to the future of the world’s population. Its impact extends far and wide, from the economy to governance to the very health and well-being of society.
Current Financing for Development Priorities Today
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 07 (IPS) - The forthcoming fourth United Nations Financing for Development conference must address developing countries’ major financial challenges. Recent setbacks to sustainable development and climate action make FfD4 all the more critical.
A Renewed Vision for Prosperity for Landlocked Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 03 (IPS) - Over 570 million people live in the world’s 32 Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), spanning across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. These nations face unique and complex development challenges. Their lack of direct access to the sea, geographical isolation, limited infrastructure, and difficulty integrating into global trade and value chains hinder sustainable development and progress.
Who Will Save Nigeria's Coastal City on the Brink of Extinction?
- Inter Press Service
AYETORO, Nigeria, Jan 02 (IPS) - In 2021, Ojajuni Olufunsho, a 53-year-old resident of Ayetoro, a town along the Atlantic coast, southwestern Nigeria, saw her home swept away by the encroaching sea. What was once a spacious 10-room house, a sanctuary for Olufunsho and her five children, was swallowed by the relentless force of rising sea waters.
This Year’s Three UN Summits Set the Stage for COP30 to Transform Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 24 (IPS) - This year has been a landmark one for climate and environment policy. Starting with the UN’s COP16 biodiversity talks in October, followed by the COP29 climate talks in November, and closing with the desertification COP16 in December, few years have offered such critical moments back-to-back.
Civil Society Trends for 2025: Nine Global Challenges, One Reason for Hope
- Inter Press Service
LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec 24 (IPS) - It's been a tumultuous year, and a tough one for struggles for human rights. Civil society’s work to seek social justice and hold the powerful to account has been tested at every turn. Civil society has kept holding the line, resisting power grabs and regressive legislation, calling out injustice and claiming some victories, often at great cost. And things aren’t about to get any easier, as key challenges identified in 2024 are likely to intensify in 2025.
Innovative Financing to Unlock Africa’s Blue Economy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 24 (IPS) - Securing new financing for global good has become more challenging than ever. Negotiations at the recently-concluded COP16 on Nature and Biodiversity failed to reach an agreement on establishing a fund to support the implementation of the Framework for Nature agreed in 2022 under the Montreal-Kunming agreement.
U.S. Wins Controversial Ruling in GM Corn Dispute with Mexico
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, MA., Dec 23 (IPS) - A tribunal of trade arbitrators has ruled in favor of the United States in its complaint that Mexico’s restrictions on genetically modified corn violate the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA). The long-awaited ruling in the 16-month trade dispute is unlikely to settle the questions raised by Mexico about the safety of consuming GM corn and its associated herbicide.
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