News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 69
Smallholder Farmers Gain Least from International Climate Funding
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 14 (IPS) - Smallholder farmers from the Global South benefit from a grossly disproportionate 0.3% of international climate finance despite producing a third of the world's food and despite holding the key to climate-proofing food systems.
Time to Convert Climate Change Rhetoric into Action, Says WFP's Gernot Laganda
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, INDIA, Nov 14 (IPS) - 'If you ask what climate justice is, then the litmus test for climate justice is at the local level. So, climate justice needs to be judged by how many people are protected from climate-vulnerable conditions that they have no hand in creating.' – Gernot Laganda, Director of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
It is crucial to narrow the gaps and ensure that climate finance goes to where people are most vulnerable, says Gernot Laganda, Director of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)—especially as the most fragile states only receive USD 2.1 per capita while non-fragile states receive USD 161.
‘Taking Palestine Back to 2005’ — UN Warns of Socioeconomic Impacts of Gaza War
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (IPS) - One month into the war in Gaza, Palestine has already seen major setbacks in development that will have severe ramifications for the people of Palestine that will impact any future efforts toward its economic recovery.
Healthcare Crisis Follows Deadly Earthquake in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nov 10 (IPS) - Emergency health services are grappling with the enormous challenge of providing essential care to individuals affected by a deadly earthquake that claimed the lives of at least 153 and around 400 people wounded in western Nepal.
Israels Military Is Part of the U.S. War Machine
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Nov 09 (IPS) - The governments of Israel and the United States are now in disagreement over how many Palestinian civilians it’s okay to kill. Last week -- as the death toll from massive Israeli bombardment of Gaza neared 10,000 people, including several thousand children -- top U.S. officials began to worry about the rising horrified outcry at home and abroad. So, they went public with muted misgivings and calls for a “humanitarian pause.” But Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear that he would have none of it.
Arms Suppliers to Israel & Hamas Should Face War Crime Charges - But Will They?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 09 (IPS) - The killings of thousands of civilians in the ongoing Middle East conflict are largely the result of an uneven battle—a nuclear-armed Israel, equipped with some of the most sophisticated American weapons systems, fighting a rag-tag militant group, Hamas.
High Prevalence of Undetected Hypertension Found in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Nov 07 (IPS) - Since her childhood, Parveen Begum, 52, has been adding extra salt while eating her meals. However, she did not know that this contributed to high blood pressure.
Where Do We Go Once the Israel-Hamas War Ends? - PART II
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 07 (IPS) - There are five measures the Israeli government, along with the US and Saudi Arabia, should put in place to move the peace process forward.
First, Israel must limit its ground invasion to northern Gaza, as a large-scale war will inevitably inflict massive destruction and thousands of casualties on both sides, especially Palestinian civilians, and put the lives of the hostages at a much greater risk.
Where Do We Go Once the Israel-Hamas War Ends? - Part I
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 06 (IPS) - Since the 1967 Six Day War, many efforts have been made to reach a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians through mediation conducted by an impartial mediator, face-to face negotiations, international conferences, offering incentives, back-channel talks, interim agreements (in particular the Oslo Accords), and occasionally by an influential party exerting pressure on both sides, especially the US.
Commonwealth Civil Society Offers Ministers Crucial Recommendations for Gender Equality Advancement
- Inter Press Service
SAINT LUCIA, Nov 03 (IPS) - Amid fears that global shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic have eroded progress toward gender equality, the Commonwealth Foundation has created an online platform that takes civil society’s recommendations for the empowerment of women and girls directly to policymakers.On August 22, 2023, Women's Affairs Ministers from the Commonwealth huddled in a room at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, they were meeting in person.
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