News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 204
African Development Bank plans to Make the Continent a World leader in Renewables
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov 11 (IPS) - Africa, where close to half of its 1.2 billion have access to electricity, is set to become a world leader in renewable energy. As global business and development leaders met in Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the Africa Investment Forum (AIF), one of the key focuses of the deals being discussed was around sustainable, renewable energy.
UN Peacekeeping Should Not Violate Charter or Principles of Sovereignty of Member States
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (IPS) - Given the political, economic and social exigencies of contemporary peacekeeping, it is important that the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) remains engaged in the process.
Zimbabwe’s Inflation Makes it Hard to Keep Track of Cost of Living
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Nov 08 (IPS) - Stung by the country's spiralling inflation, Zimbabwe's government workers took to the streets this week for the first ever police-sectioned march demanding improved wages.
UN Agency for Palestinians in Crisis as Chief Quits
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 07 (IPS) - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees was in "crisis mode" on Wednesday after director Pierre Krahenbuhl resigned amid a misconduct probe over whether he fast-tracked his girlfriend into a top aid job, analysts said.
Urgent Need to Replace Competition with Cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin
- Inter Press Service
NUR-SULTAN CITY, Kazakhstan, Nov 07 (IPS) - The water resources in Central Asia's Aral Sea Basin support the lives and livelihoods of about 70 million people — a population greater than Thailand, France, or South Africa.
Europe’s Green Deal is Turning Red
- Inter Press Service
KIEL, Germany, Nov 06 (IPS) - Global temperatures are set to rise by a catastrophic 3°C by the end of the century unless we take major action. The next 10 years in particular are crucial.
The Fight for Bread Became a Fight for Freedom
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 05 (IPS) - My name is Alaa Salah. I am 22 years old and I grew up in Khartoum. Before the revolution, I was a student of architectural engineering. I did not grow up around politics, but in an ordinary middle-class family—my mother is a designer and my father owns a construction company.
Prepare to Win: Tsunami Awareness and Preparedness
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 05 (IPS) - Once considered rare in their occurrence, in the last 10 years tsunamis have struck nearly every year: from Samoa to Chile, and from Iceland to New Zealand.
Red Alert for Blue Planet and small island states
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 31 (IPS) - Barely a week passes without alarming news of the most recent scientific research into the global climate crisis compounding a growing sense of urgency, particularly the impact on small island states from rising sea levels and extreme weather.
Solar Tubewells Suck Water out of Sindh Desert
- Inter Press Service
Oct 25 (IPS) - Cheap and reliable solar technology has bolstered the use of tubewells in Sindh; but as groundwater is sucked out rapidly, life is under a grave threat
At the southern end of Pakistan's Sindh-Balochistan border near the Kirthar mountain range, Sindh's Kachho desert has witnessed an unprecedented surge in the use of solar-powered tubewells for groundwater extraction in agriculture.
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