News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 2
As Global Demand for Gold Grows, UN Mercury Head Warns Toxic Fumes Put Women in a Motherhood Dilemma
- Inter Press Service
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 5 (IPS) - Ask any woman miner in the Katoro goldfield in Tanzania’s northern Geita region, and she will tell you that she touches toxic mercury with her bare hands when extracting gold from crushed ore.
UN Climate Resolution: Time to Protect Activists
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, June 5 (IPS) - Ahead of World Environment Day, the UN General Assembly made a vital commitment to protect people from climate impacts, adopting a resolution on the climate change obligations of states. The resolution follows up on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion issued last year, which found that states have a legal duty to prevent activities that cause environmental harm. Most states voted for the resolution despite a concerted campaign by the Trump administration to block it.
Tanzanians Seek Stronger GEF Support to Cushion Vulnerable Communities
- Inter Press Service
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 5 (IPS) - In the opulent conference halls of Samarkand, far from the drought-hit fields of East Africa, Tanzanian delegates have warned that unless global climate finance is directed to rural communities, environmental destruction will only accelerate, deepening the vulnerability of those least responsible for the crisis.
At GEF’s Eighth Assembly, Uzbekistan Signals New Role as Donor
- Inter Press Service
SAMARKAND, June 4 (IPS) - In a significant policy shift symbolising rising environmental ambition, Uzbekistan on Thursday announced that it will become a donor of international environmental funding to the Global Environment Facility (GEF), as the Eighth GEF Assembly opened in the historic city of Samarkand.
From War Zones to Global Environment Talks, Communities Seek Faster Green Finance
- Inter Press Service
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 4 (IPS) - For three decades, Iffat Rachid Edriss walked Lebanon’s coastline with a clear purpose: protecting the sea she loves.
Governments Falling 90 percent Short of Climate Adaptation Finance Needs
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 3 (IPS) - Governments are falling 90 percent short of adaptation finance targets and leaving people in climate-vulnerable communities drastically under-equipped to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change, Oxfam warns ahead of Bonn climate talks (8-18 June).
Filipino Indigenous Leader Takes Ancient Wisdom to the Global Stage
- Inter Press Service
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 3 (IPS) - Every year, when dark clouds gather above the dense forests of the Philippines, 56-year-old Mini Baeyens, of the Aplay Kankanaey tribe, vigilantly watches the sky.
GEF Approves Adaptation Funds Strengthen Resilience in Vulnerable Countries
- Inter Press Service
SAMARKAND, June 2 (IPS) - Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Niue, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sudan, and Togo will receive over USD 67 million in new funding to help strengthen resilience.
Increased Rates of Deaths, Displacement and Diesel Amid New Ceasefire Escalations in Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, June 2 (IPS) - Last week on May 28, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) issued an evacuation order to Lebanese civilians ordering them to move north of the Zahrani River, approximately 25 miles from the Israeli border, and roughly 20 percent of the Lebanese territory. These new escalations bring the displaced population to more than 1.3 million people, including more than 300,000 of those people being children. 1.3 million people represents approximately 1/4th of the nation’s population of 5.3 million.
Bhutan’s WTO Path: Learning from the Global South
- Inter Press Service
THIMPU, Bhutan, June 2 (IPS) - Bhutan’s decision to restart its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) comes at an important junction. Since graduating from Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2023, the country is entering a new phase of development, which requires stronger competitiveness, deeper global engagement and greater economic resilience.
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