News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 67
Biomass Could Help Power Africa’s Energy Transition
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 11 (IPS) - As fuel, firewood remains the dominant source of energy in Uganda. It has a long history of being unsustainably harvested, leading to severe depletion of the country's forest cover. But with new technology, biomass is now cleaning up its act.
Climate Change Leaves Kashmir’s Economy High and Dry
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, May 10 (IPS) - Trudging barefoot on his two-acre piece of land, 57-year-old Mukhtar Ahmad has little hope of growing any crops this year due to the sudden dry spell that has struck Kashmir's winter.
WFO Calls for Farmer-Centred Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 09 (IPS) - Over 600 delegates representing at least 570 million farms scattered around the world gathered in Zambia from May 4-7 under the umbrella of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) to discuss climate change, land tenure, innovations and capacity building as four pillars on which to build agricultural development.
Farmers Can Weather Climate Change – With Financing
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 06 (IPS) - Merian Kalala, a farmer in Solwezi, capital of the North-Western Province of Zambia, knows firsthand that climate change is posing massive problems for agricultural productivity.
No Farmers, No Food — True But Not Enough
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, May 06 (IPS) - Agriculture is the primary sector of all economies. It is the sector responsible for granting food and nutrition security to all human beings. Consequently it is responsible for social stability and health. And it provides work opportunities to families, men, women and youth, and largely contributes to the country Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
An Inclusive and Sustainable Approach to Rural Electrification in India: Case of Decentralized Renewable Systems
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, May 06 (IPS) - The Declaration of 2014- 2024 as the ‘Decade of Sustainable Energy for All' by the United Nations (UN) is a clear manifestation of the importance attached to energy in the process of development. Setting ‘Universal Access to Energy' as one of the goals of UN's ‘SE4All' initiative is reiteration of the fact that access to energy constitutes an essential ingredient in the process of economic development of any country. This underscores the complex and inextricable link that exists between energy and sustainable development.
Farmers Hold Keys to Ending Poverty, Hunger, FAO Says
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 05 (IPS) - With recent data showing that 793 million people still go to bed hungry, ending hunger and poverty in 15 years is the next development challenge that world leaders have set for themselves.
The Waves of the Pacific Are on Chile’s Energy Horizon
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 04 (IPS) - Chile, a country with 6,435 km of Pacific Ocean coast line, could find in wave and tidal power a solution to its need to diversify its energy mix.
New Generation Aims to Plug Africa's Research Deficit
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, May 04 (IPS) - The tonnes of uncollected garbage piling up on the streets of her home in Cairo was a brain wave for Sherien Elagroudy.
Opinion: Unnoticed, We Are Close to Destruction of Our Planet
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 21 (IPS) - On the 17th of April, Italians were called to vote in a national referendum, on the extension of licenses to extract petrol and gas from the seas. The government, the media and those in the economic circles, all took a position against the referendum, claiming that 2000 jobs were at a stake. The proponents of the referendum (among them five regions), lost. Italy is following a consistent trend, after the Summit on Climate Change (Paris December 2015), in which all countries (Italy included) took a solemn engagement to reduce emissions.
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