News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 73
Terrorism, humanitarian crises threaten stability of West Africa: UN deputy chief
- UN News
Rapidly evolving global political, social, environmental and security challenges risk undermining peace and economic development across West Africa, the UN deputy chief said on Friday, reiterating the importance of a multilateral and inclusive response.
Europe Can Reap Sizable Energy Security Rewards by Scaling Up Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 05 (IPS) - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered Europe’s worst energy crisis since the 1970s and put energy security back at the top of the policy agenda.
Policymakers reacted swiftly by securing alternative natural gas supplies, improving energy efficiency, and expanding renewables.
The Dilemma for Small Island Developing States: Recovery or Development?
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 03 (IPS) - “We are facing unenviable decisions, between the recovery of today or the development of tomorrow”. These were the words of Fiam? Naomi Mata?afa, of Samoa at the opening of the 4th International Conference on Small Islands Developing States (SIDS4).
SIDS go forward with ‘new sense of hope, solidarity and determination’
- UN News
The roadmap towards achieving resilient prosperity for small island States adopted on Thursday in Antigua and Barbuda “marks the beginning of a new journey” and a decade of delivery for their citizens and the world, said the UN Deputy Secretary-General on Thursday.
To Tackle Climate Crisis, the World Bank Must Stop Financing Industrial Livestock
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, May 29 (IPS) - Last week, the World Bank Group released a new report that highlights the urgent need to drastically reduce GHG emissions to address the climate crisis and calls on countries to act. However, while the World Bank’s acknowledgment of the damaging climate impacts of industrial agriculture is a crucial step forward, it’s simply not enough.
More climate funding needed to ‘transition from rhetoric to decisive action’
- UN News
Climate action taken so far to help fund efforts in cash-strapped small island developing States (SIDS) “does not measure up to what has been said” in the wake of COP28 in Dubai last year.
Global unemployment set to decline slightly this year: UN labour agency
- UN News
Global unemployment numbers will fall modestly this year, but unequal access to jobs is still a problem worldwide, particularly for women in poorer countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report published on Wednesday.
Small Island Developing States drowning in debt and ‘running on empty’, warns Guterres in Antigua
- UN News
International financing is the fuel for sustainable development, but small island States are “running on empty” - drowning in debt and rising sea levels due to climate change and through no fault of their own.
UN hub reaches remote Pacific islanders: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
- UN News
The communities of thousands of tiny Pacific islands are the frontline gamechangers tackling the climate crisis, and a hub based in Micronesia now hosts more than a dozen UN agencies that together are helping address some of their most pressing needs as they battle existential threats like rising sea levels.
Small Island Nations Demand Urgent Global Action at SIDS4 Conference
- Inter Press Service
ANTIGUA, May 27 (IPS) - The once-in-a-decade SIDS Conference opened in Antigua and Barbuda today, with a clear message: the world already knows the challenges that SIDS face—now it’s time for action.“This year has been the hottest in history in practically every corner of the globe, foretelling severe impacts on our ecosystems and starkly underscoring the urgency of our predicament. We are gathered here not merely to reiterate our challenges, but to demand and enact solutions,” declared Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Brown at the opening of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States on May 27.
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