Global Issues
News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 11
Four Years Later, Still No Clarity: WHO Report Highlights Gaps in Global Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, August 14 (IPS) - More than four years since Covid-19 upended the world, the question of how it began remains unanswered. Did SARS-CoV-2 originate from animals to humans naturally, or did it accidentally escape from a laboratory? The World Health Organization’s latest report offers little new clarity and raises serious concerns about international cooperation and scientific transparency.
Fiji’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Aims To Restore Trust and Peace After Decades of Political Crises
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, August 14 (IPS) - Fiji, a nation located west of Tonga in the central Pacific, is renowned for its natural beauty and beach resorts. But for 38 years it has endured a political rollercoaster of instability with four armed coups that overturned democratically elected governments and eroded human rights.
Bending the Curve: Overhaul Global Food Systems to Avert Worsening Land Crisis
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, August 13 (IPS) - Current rates of land degradation pose a major environmental and socioeconomic threat, driving climate change, biodiversity loss, and social crises. Food production to feed more than 8 billion people is the dominant land use on Earth. Yet, this industrial-scale enterprise comes with a heavy environmental toll.
Four Ways Asia Can Strengthen Regional Health Security Before the Next Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Philippines, August 13 (IPS) - In an interconnected world when infections can circle the globe in hours, cooperation in preparing for pandemics is essential. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted just how vulnerable countries are when surveillance is fragmented, laboratory networks are underfunded and underequipped, and vaccines are not dispersed equitably.
Women in Sudan are Starving Faster than Men; Female-Headed Households Suffer
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, August 12 (IPS) - The food crisis in Sudan is starving more day by day, yet it is affecting women and girls at double the rate compared to men in the same areas. New findings from UN-Women reveal that female-headed households (FHHs) are three times more likely to be food insecure than ones led by men.
From Conflict to Climate Crusade, Refugees Lead the Charge in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
KAKUMA, Kenya, August 11 (IPS) - For 18-year-old Lionel Ngukusenge, a refugee from Burundi, where he was forced into hiding because of a repressive regime, he has found another foe to contend with at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya: climate change.
Landlocked Developing Countries to Start ‘New Decade of Delivery’
- Inter Press Service
AWAZA, Turkmenistan, August 8 (IPS) - As the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) concludes today (Friday, August 8) in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with the adoption of the Awaza Political Declaration and the formal endorsement of the Awaza Programme of Action (2024–2034), there is optimism that LLDCs are finally at the dawn of a new era.
Haiti Faces a ‘Critical Turning Point’ Amid Escalated Violence and Funding Cuts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, August 7 (IPS) - The humanitarian situation in Haiti has deteriorated significantly in the past few weeks, with the United Nations (UN) underscoring a growing list of abuses committed by armed groups, including killings, kidnappings, and sexual violence. The gap between the vast scale of needs and the supply of available resources has widened, leaving millions of Haitians in dire need of humanitarian support.
Landlocked Nations Form New Bloc to Confront Climate Crisis and Inequity
- Inter Press Service
AWAZA, Turkmenistan , August 6 (IPS) - “The term ‘negotiation’ must be understood in ethical context… When an arsonist comes and burns down my house and then asks me to negotiate so I can rebuild my house, that becomes the paradox.”
Landlocked Developing Countries’ Group to Negotiate Way Out of Agricultural Catastrophe
- Inter Press Service
AWAZA, Turkmenistan, August 6 (IPS) - Agriculture is a critical sector in landlocked developing countries, as more than half (55 percent) of the population is employed in the agriculture sector – significantly higher than the global average of 25 per cent. As such, the deterioration of food security in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) is an unfolding catastrophe.
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