News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 6
Climate Groups Report 2025 Is Unlikely To Be Hotter Than 2024
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 (IPS) - On March 19, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) issued a report on the State of Global Climate in 2024, detailing the numerous heightened natural disasters that were a consequence of human-induced climate change. With the past three years having been recorded as the three hottest years in human history, climate scientists are optimistic that 2025 will see slightly cooler global temperatures.
Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide
- UN News
As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and girls remain excluded from the digital world – denied not only access to opportunity, but also the chance to shape their own futures.
AI lightens the workload – but risks remain, labour agency warns
- UN News
Artificial intelligence, robotics, and digitalization are rapidly reshaping how we work – but they’re a source of unexpected risks too.
Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO
- UN News
Teenage pregnancy remains the leading cause of death for girls aged 15 to 19, which countries could help prevent by allowing them to remain in school and ending child marriage, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
How Science Solutions Are Saving Africa’s Livestock and Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 22 (IPS) - Livestock are a lifeline for millions of farmers in Africa as a source of food and wealth. But devastating diseases are threatening the health and productivity of their animals.
Slave Trade: Gorée Island and the ‘Fragility of Freedom’
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, Apr 22 (IPS) - Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the challenges of passing on a painful past.
Trump Wants World to Subsidise US Empire
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 22 (IPS) - Donald Trump’s top economic advisor claims the President has weaponised tariffs to ‘persuade’ other nations to pay the US to maintain its supposedly mutually beneficial global empire.
Asia’s megacities at a crossroads as climate and population challenges grow
- UN News
Asia’s sprawling megacities – which are driving economic growth – face an uncertain future as rising temperatures, aging populations and unplanned urban development tests their resilience.
Hooves Vs. Habitats: Striking a Sustainable Balance Between Livestock and the Environment Is Crucial to Africa’s Future
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, Apr 18 (IPS) - In my country, Senegal, almost 70 percent of our land is used to graze livestock. Here and across Africa, pastoralists and livestock keepers sustain herding systems which are closely bound up with our landscapes and crucial to nationwide food security, economic growth, and ecological balance.
Bringing Resilience to the Table to Achieve Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 18 (IPS) - The global risk landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, posing significant threats to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As extreme weather, macroeconomic shocks, conflict, and other risks intensify and intertwine, they can create ripple effects that amplify existing vulnerabilities and put both human and development progress in peril.