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Saving the Ocean – Act Now!
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, September 24 (IPS) - Like so many problems besetting the world, the existential threats facing small island states are all too obvious. Island nations are surrounded by the sea, and they depend on it for their livelihood and for their security. The sheer power of the sea can never be tamed but islanders have learnt to work with it and in doing so, there has always been a productive balance. But this balance, however, has been cast aside – the relationship has broken down. Our mighty ocean is in poor shape.
Toxic Air in Tanzania’s Port City Threatens Millions, Researchers Warn
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania , September 24 (IPS) - On a hot afternoon in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam’s bustling commercial hub, the air is a swirling mix of diesel exhaust, charcoal smoke and dust kicked up by the shuffle of feet. Traders tie handkerchiefs over their noses to deter haze from drifting into their throats and lungs.
From Fishers to Forest Keepers: Women and Communities Reviving India’s Mangroves
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, September 24 (IPS) - As the climate crisis intensifies, long-term adaptation strategies have become urgent. Among the most effective nature-based solutions are mangroves—resilient coastal forests that protect communities, preserve biodiversity, and capture carbon.
Sinking islands, vanishing forests: World leaders call for urgent climate action
- UN News
From the rainforests of Central America to low-lying atolls in the Pacific and drought-stricken plains in Africa, leaders came to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday with a common message: climate change is no longer a distant threat, but an immediate danger demanding bolder global commitments.
New national climate plans unveiled at high-level summit ahead of COP30 conference
- UN News
From accelerating the move to clean energy to planting trees, leaders from more than 120 countries presented new national climate action plans and pledges during a meeting on Wednesday as part of the high-level week of the UN General Assembly.
Shipping faces ‘stormy seas’ as trade slows and costs rise
- UN News
Global maritime trade is entering a period of fragile growth, rising costs and mounting uncertainty, the UN trade and development body (UNCTAD) warned on Wednesday.
Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30
- UN News
Floods in South Asia, wildfires across North America, and record-breaking heat in Europe have underscored what scientists have warned for years: climate change is escalating faster than the political response. Against this backdrop, the UN Secretary-General is holding a climate summit during the high-level week of the General Assembly, pressing nations to raise their climate pledges ahead of November’s UN climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.
UN80 – Is it time for the Re-emergence of the Global Ministerial Environment Forum?
- Inter Press Service
KNAPSTAD, Norway, September 22 (IPS) - “We shall have to do more with less” was the summary message from a meeting in Oslo, Norway, this spring (2025), where the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Espen Barth Eide and Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General for Policy at the UN and Chair of UN80, both spoke about UN80 and the necessity to reform the UN.
UN ‘high seas’ treaty clears ratification threshold, to enter into force in January
- UN News
A landmark UN treaty to safeguard marine biodiversity on the high seas has now met the required 60 ratifications for entry into force, clearing the way for it to take effect in January 2026.
To Sanctify Bigotry: The Case of Charlie Kirk
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 19 (IPS) - On September 11, Charlie Weimers, a Swedish Member of the European Parliament and active within the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, rose up during a Parliamentary session and asked for a minute of silence to honour the memory of Charlie Kirk, who the day before had been shot and killed during a political meeting at the Utah Valley University in the U.S.
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