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Opinion: NGOs Still Leading the Global Debate on Climate
- Inter Press Service
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Dec 02 (IPS) - Civil society organizations, known as NGOs, have for decades used their non-government status to prod officials, politicians and business on climate issues. Veteran campaigners Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Oxfam, Kenya's tree planters, India's Chipko tree-hugging protectors and indigenous movements worldwide first raised the issues of protecting the Earth and its atmosphere.
Women Farmers Strive to Combat Climate Change in the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
ANSE-LA-RAYE, St. Lucia, Dec 02 (IPS) - In the Caribbean, some women find themselves on the frontline with the battle to mitigate climate change. Meet Dr. Krystal Cox. She is one of three girls who all studied medicine and got medical degrees.
Farmers Urge Solutions at Climate Change Talks
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Dec 02 (IPS) - Recognizing that agriculture plays a significant role in global warming, farmer associations say they want to offer solutions, and they're urging governments to include them in negotiations during the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in Paris.
Native Seeds Help Weather Climate Change in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
JIQUILISCO /SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador, Nov 30 (IPS) - Knife in hand, Domitila Reyes deftly cuts open the leaves covering the cob of corn, which she carefully removes from the plant – a process she carries out over and over all morning long, standing in the middle of a sea of corn, a staple in the diet of El Salvador.
“París Is Not the End of a Climate Change Process but a Beginning”
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 27 (IPS) - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says the climate summit in Paris "is not the end of a process but a beginning," and that it will produce "an agreement that, although insufficient with respect to the original goal, shows that people believe it is better to move ahead than to stand still."
Opinion: Ending Child Marriage - What Difference Can a Summit Make?
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Zambia, Nov 26 (IPS) - The long-awaited African Girls' Summit on Ending Child Marriage is here.
Did Argentina’s Elections Mark Start of Shift to the Right in South America?
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 24 (IPS) - Different degrees of economic problems are a common denominator in South American countries where governments that identify as leftist may start to fall, in a shift that began in Argentina and could continue among its neighbours to the north.
Not Yet Curtains for BRICs
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (IPS) - With Goldman Sachs folding up its haemorrhaging BRIC fund, is it curtains for the acronym that defined the investment bankers' fancy for emerging markets? It certainly appears so after China's stock market crash and a fast slowing economy triggered fears that the dragon will set off the next global recession.
Analysis: Are Young People the Answer to Africa's Food Security?
- Inter Press Service
Lusaka, Zambia, Nov 24 (IPS) - Are you young, energetic, creative, ambitious and need a job? Africa's agriculture sector needs you!
OPINION: Keep Family Farms in Business with Youth Agripreneurs
- Inter Press Service
IBADAN, Nigeria, Nov 23 (IPS) - Finding a way to allow youth to contribute their natural and ample energies to productive causes is increasingly the touchstone issue that will determine future prosperity.
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