News headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 44
Clean Energies Underpin Self-Sustainable System at Cuban Farm - VIDEO
- Inter Press Service
TAGUASCO, Cuba, Dec 12 (IPS) - The combined use of clean energies allows Finca del Medio, a farm in central Cuba, to practice a unique system of family farming production that guarantees self-sufficiency based on permaculture, agroecology and care of the environment.
Africa's Negotiators Urged to Leverage on African Science at COP28 High Table
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Dec 11 (IPS) - African scientists and researchers are concerned that the data shows that the continent is being cornered by the spiraling effects of climate change, that the real impact of climate devastation is yet to unfold, and that the region is on the cusp of more severe and catastrophic consequences.
U.S. Misuses Trade Agreements to Undermine Food Sovereignty
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, MA., Dec 11 (IPS) - The dispute mounted by the U.S. government over Mexico's policies to restrict the use of genetically modified corn is the latest example of the misuse of a trade agreement to impede social programs in Mexico and other countries. The U.S. government has been doing this for years.
Farm to Fork: COP28 Provides RoadMap to Fix Africa's Broken Food Systems - IFAD
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Dec 10 (IPS) - In the absence of sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is becoming too hot to farm in Africa. Confronted by extreme, intense, and frequent climate events such as record-breaking prolonged dry spells, current agriculture and farming systems are ill equipped to adapt to or alleviate climate change.
Emerging Climate Finance Infrastructure to Match Africa's Green Bankable Solutions
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Dec 06 (IPS) - Although long profiled as the face of climate change, a high-risk continent with a pipeline of unbankable green projects, there are areas where Africa is leading the world. The 1987 accidental discovery of the first deposit of natural hydrogen during a water drilling campaign in Bourakebougou village, Mali, is today proving that Africa can export viable green solutions.
Electrifying Cooking: Decarbonizing Africa's Electricity Grid Towards Net Zero
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Dec 05 (IPS) - Across the African continent, many first-born children in poor and vulnerable households do not go to school as they spend their school days collecting biomass fuel. The regional average of the amount of time spent collecting firewood is 2.1 hours, robbing women and girls in particular of hundreds of hours in a year and crippling their capacities to engage in learning and productive activities.
Why the UN COP28 Climate Talks Must Serve Farmers to Achieve a Just Transition
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Dec 05 (IPS) - Food and agriculture is a top agenda item at UNFCCC COP28, as the world considers how to tackle the climate impacts of what we eat and how we produce it. The stage has been set for COP28 to be a “food COP”, but for commitments to translate to action, it must also be a “farmers’ COP”.
Ten African Countries to Benefit From USD 100 Million Released by Green Climate Fund
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Dec 05 (IPS) - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has announced the release of USD 100 million at the ongoing United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 28th Conference of Parties (COP 28) in Dubai, UAE, to support 10 African countries in adapting food loss reduction solutions.
Pacific Leaders Announce Largest Conservation Effort in History
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Dec 04 (IPS) - Pacific people live at the nexus of oceans, climate, and food systems, and the interaction of climate and ocean is raising sea temperatures and threatening habitats and resources vital to the region’s sustenance, Palau’s President Surangel Whipps, Jr., said at the launch of an effort to protect and rejuvenate the region's ecosystems and empower communities through to the year 2050—in what is considered to be the biggest single conservation effort in history—Unlocking Blue Pacific Prosperity.
Why Agroecology Should Be Considered as Key for Climate Negotiations
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, Dec 02 (IPS) - Students of St Denis Libolina Primary have used agroecology farming techniques to transform the entire school garden and any free space into food forests and gardens for different vegetable varieties, legumes, and herbs.
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