Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 5
If COP30 Fails, It Won’t Be North vs. South, but Power vs People
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 21 (IPS) - Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon River, was always going to be a symbolic host for the UN COP30 climate summit, but the mood here has gone far beyond symbolism.
The Rising Threat of Digital Abuse: Women’s Vulnerability in the Age of AI and Online Harassment
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, November 21 (IPS) - As the digital landscape continues to expand and integrate into various aspects of daily life, humanitarian experts have raised concerns about the associated risks, particularly as artificial intelligence (AI), online anonymity, and the absence of effective monitoring frameworks heighten the potential for abuse and harassment. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by digital abuse, facing heightened risks, with nearly half of them worldwide lacking effective legal protections.
The UN General Assembly, Over Burdened with Repetitive Resolutions, Aims at Revitalization
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, November 21 (IPS) - The 193-member General Assembly (GA), the UN’s highest policy-making body, has long been the repository for scores of long-winded outdated resolutions accumulated over several decades– and lying in cold storage.
Evaluation Finds Food Systems Programs Deliver Results but Warns of Missed Transformation Chances
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, D.C & SRINAGAR, November 21 (IPS) - A new independent evaluation of the Global Environment Facility’s food systems programs says they are delivering strong environmental and livelihood gains in many countries but warns that a narrow focus on farm production, weak political analysis, and shrinking coordination budgets are holding back deeper transformation.
UN decries ‘truly horrific’ massacres in DR Congo
- UN News
Seventeen civilians, including women in labour and patients receiving care, were slaughtered inside a Catholic Church-run health centre in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week.
Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF
- UN News
Ongoing attacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza continue to kill and maim people of all ages in the shattered enclave despite an agreed ceasefire, UN agencies said on Friday.
‘Future Shaped by Ocean-Based Innovations Within Reach’
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - The oceans are a fundamental part of Earth’s climate system, regulating it by absorbing and storing vast amounts of solar heat, redistributing that heat around the globe through currents, and absorbing a significant portion of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions—yet scientific research into them remains underfunded.
COP30: Urgent Financing to Transform Agrifood Systems
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, November 20 (IPS) - Climate change is no longer a future threat; it is a reality that is reshaping agrifood systems and compromising global food security. Its impacts are evident in both the quantity and quality of food, affecting agricultural yields, water availability, pest emergence, disease spread, and fundamental processes such as pollination. Even changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentration are altering crop biomass and nutritional value.
Sidelined—Quilombos Fight on for Health of World’s Largest Rainforest
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - Just 30 minutes from where the UN climate negotiations are unfolding in the port city of Belém, Afro-descendant communities are engaged in a fierce struggle for the full recognition and legal titling of their ancestral territories—critical as their security and livelihoods are compromised by businesses wanting to set up contaminating landfill sites and drug cartels.
Beyond Buzzwords: COP30’s Opportunity to Deliver on Sustainable Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - The language of agricultural sustainability changes like the seasons – from “climate-smart” to “regenerative,” “agroecological,” and “nature-positive.” Each term reflects good intentions, but the growing list risks duplication, confusion and delay.
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