Global Issues
News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 10
From COP28 to Belém – Climate Security is Health Security
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - Around the world, the climate crisis is fast becoming the biggest public-health threat of the century. Extreme heat now kills more Europeans than any other natural disaster. Floods in Asia displace millions and contaminate water supplies. Mosquito-borne diseases once confined to the tropics are appearing in southern Europe and the United States.
Africa has a Debt Crisis: Momentum from G20 in South Africa can Help Find Solutions
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, South Africa, November 20 (IPS) - The end of South Africa’s G20 presidency does not mean the end of its ability or responsibility to promote the issues it prioritised during 2025. It can still advocate for action on some of these issues through its further participation in the G20 and in other international and regional forums.
What’s at stake in the COP30 negotiations?
- UN News
As climate talks in Belém enter their final stretch, negotiators are working on three fronts: technical details, ministerial consultations, and Presidency-led discussions. Behind the jargon and complex frameworks lie fundamental choices for more than 190 countries – choices that could shape how the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, is turned into real-world action.
UNICEF: 20% of world’s children still trapped in extreme poverty
- UN News
More than 19 per cent of children worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving on under $3 a day, according to a new UNICEF report.
Security Council’s veto power is ‘poster child’ of global gridlock, says Baerbock
- UN News
General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock warned on Thursday that repeated deadlock in the Security Council has become the “poster child” for wider global gridlock, undermining trust in multilateral institutions.
AI and anonymity fuel surge in digital violence against women
- UN News
What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of fear.
Civil Society Warns of New Land Grabs as World Bank Pushes for Tenure Reforms in Africa
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, November 19 (IPS) - As the COP30 negotiations intensify in Belém, Brazil, civil society organizations and research experts have called out major financial institutions for promoting foreign interests in controlling Africa’s land by formalizing land tenure and seeking to convert Africa’s land into industrial farms or carbon markets.
The Uneven Race of Mexican Protected Areas against Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico, November 19 (IPS) - Ezequiel Sánchez, a 63-year-old Mexican fisherman, owes everything to the sea. “My life, my work, my family,” he says, pointing around his office, which is located just a block from the ocean in Puerto Morelos town, in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
AI and the Future of Learning
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, November 19 (IPS) - “Sometimes the best way to grasp a concept,” says Chris Folayan, co-founder and executive officer of Luma Learn, “is to learn it in your native language.”
In the Amazon, a school becomes a beacon of climate resilience
- UN News
The boat ride from Belém to Barcarena is a journey through shimmering waterways and emerald forest, where the Amazon meets the Atlantic in a sweep of beauty. But beneath the postcard-perfect scene, climate change is quietly rewriting the rules of life.
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