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The United Kingdoms, USAs and Russias Great Game: A History Lesson about War and Greed
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Nov 16 (IPS) - Like most armed conflicts the Ukrainian war intends to establish hegemony over a certain area, in rivalry with other usurpers. Russian propaganda pinpoints the US and EU as Russia’s main adversaries, while Ukraine is portrayed as a pawn in these nations’ international yearnings. Such a scenario is not new.
‘Bridges across digital divides’ needed to boost development, Guterres tells G20
- UN News
With the right national policies, digital technology can give “an unprecedented boost to sustainable development”, particularly for the poorest countries, the UN chief told the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
COP27 Fiddling as World Warms
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 15 (IPS) - The latest annual climate conference has begun in the face of a worsening climate crisis and further retreats by rich nations following the energy crisis induced by NATO sanctions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Copping out again The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is now meeting in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 to 18 November 2022.
Market Lords, Much More than a War, Behind World's Food Crisis
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Nov 11 (IPS) - While grain exports continue to regularly flow to world's markets since the July 2022 Turkey-brokered agreement between Russia and Ukraine to resume cereals and fertilisers shipments from both countries, food prices are still skyrocketing everywhere. How come?
Making the UN Charter a Reality: Towards a New Approach to Development Cooperation?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 10 (IPS) - We are living in a world where both our bilateral and multilateral achievements, consensuses on human rights and social justice, and our resolve to public good are being tested like never before.
The Paradox of Invisibility: Submarine Cables and the Geopolitics of Deep Seas
- Inter Press Service
BARCELONA, Nov 09 (IPS) - The recent incidents of sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the depths of the Baltic Sea, the authorship of which still raises doubts today, have reminded us that some of the key infrastructures that condition geopolitics, and our daily lives, are largely located deep under the sea.
‘10 gigatonne’ emissions boom leaves construction ‘off track’ for decarbonization by 2050
- UN News
The global building and construction boom has pushed the sector’s CO2 emissions to an all-time high of 10 gigatonnes, meaning that it is now “off track” to meet decarbonization pledges by 2050, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Wednesday.
Limits to Growth: Inconvenient Truth of Our Times
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 08 (IPS) - Ahead of the first United Nations environmental summit in Stockholm in 1972, a group of scientists prepared The Limits to Growth report for the Club of Rome. It showed planet Earth’s finite natural resources cannot support ever-growing human consumption.
COP27: ‘Zero tolerance for greenwashing’, Guterres says as new report cracks down on empty net-zero pledges
- UN News
While a growing number of governments and non-State actors are pledging to be carbon-free, the criteria for net-zero commitments can have loopholes wide enough to “drive a diesel truck through”, the UN Secretary-General decried as his expert group on the matter published its first report on Tuesday.
Biodiversity COP 15: Its Time to Decide on a Future
- Inter Press Service
MONTREAL, Canada, Nov 04 (IPS) - It is no secret that humankind’s past actions have accelerated the deterioration of ecosystems, negatively impacting our economies, societies, health, and cultures. It is estimated that humans have altered over 97% of ecosystems worldwide, to date. One million species are currently threatened with extinction (IPBES).
The writing on the wall is clear. Our planet is in crisis.
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