https://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/768 2021-04-21T03:56:30-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service UN News https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpghttps://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/21/276272021-04-21T05:51:27-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/woman-with-an-umbrella_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>MIDWAY, Utah USA, Apr 21 (IPS) - The writer holds physics M.S. and B.S. degrees from Georgia Tech and DePaul University and is the author of A Tale of Two Climates: One Real, One Imaginary. Preserving the beauty and wonder of our natural world for future generations should certainly be a goal everyone can get behind. While progress is often stymied by polarizing debates, clean air and water should be a priority for everyone.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/21/27627">Read the full story, “Earth Day 2021: Passing On a Cleaner World”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/20/276132021-04-20T06:09:20-07:00

<p>BOSTON and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 (IPS) - Since the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was launched in 2006, yields have barely risen, while rural poverty remains endemic, and would have increased more if not for out-migration.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/20/27613">Read the full story, “Another False Start in Africa Sold with Green Revolution Myths”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/275902021-04-15T13:57:37-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/10-12-2020_UNDP_Mongolia.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p> The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to “an even more unequal world”, the Deputy UN chief said on Thursday, speaking at the closing session of the Financing for Development (FfD) Forum, with many lower-income countries now seeing development gains reversed.   </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/27590">Read the full story, “‘Inequality virus’ threatens ‘catastrophe for all’ unless crisis can be overcome together”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/275832021-04-15T12:29:56-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/Map-austerity-2021_-629x390.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>NEW YORK and NAIROBI, Apr 15 (IPS) - Last week Ministers of Finance met virtually at the <a href="https://meetings.imf.org/en/2021/Spring" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Spring Meetings</a> of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to discuss policies to tackle the pandemic and socio-economic recovery.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/27583">Read the full story, “Global Austerity Alert: Looming Budget Cuts in 2021-25 and Alternatives”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/275812021-04-15T09:03:04-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/Hydrophone-launch_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>NEW YORK, Apr 15 (IPS) - Travel and economic slowdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to brake shipping, seafloor exploration, and many other human activities in the ocean, creating a unique moment to begin a time-series study of the impacts of sound on marine life.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/27581">Read the full story, “Studying Marine Lifes Brief Break from Human Noise”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/275862021-04-15T08:40:28-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/Activist-Nodeep-Kaur-Speaking-at-Farmers-Rally-at-the-Kundli-Manesar-Palwal-Expressway-in-Haryana_-629x472.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>NEW DELHI, India, Apr 15 (IPS) - On 12 January this year, somewhere in the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, 24 year old Dalit activist Nodeep Kaur was arrested by the Haryana police for protesting outside a factory. During the lockdown in 2020, Nodeep joined a local workers’ rights organization called Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS) in the Kundli Industrial Area in Haryana. In January Nodeep was accused of allegedly manhandling management and staff of an industrial area during a protest and also assaulting the police team.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/27586">Read the full story, “Peoples Leader: A Dalit Woman Becomes The Voice of Farmers In India”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/275852021-04-15T07:54:18-07:00

<p> The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the African Union (AU) Commission, launched a new continent-wide framework on Thursday, to boost trade and improve food security.  </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/27585">Read the full story, “New UN-backed framework to boost agricultural trade between African nations”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/14/275702021-04-14T05:36:43-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/family-in-Tuvalu_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - Millions of lives lost. Trillions of dollars in economic damage. Over 120 million more people pushed into extreme poverty. The human and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is almost unimaginable – a once-in-a-century catastrophe.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/14/27570">Read the full story, “COVID-19 Teaches Us to Better Manage Global Systemic Risks”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/13/275592021-04-13T05:30:25-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/anaya-katlego-CXKk4zU7anE-unsplash-629x405.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Apr 13 (IPS) - With the two extremes of global hunger and obesity on the increase, a new report suggests a radical reset for food and nutrition to ensure the long-term sustainability of livelihoods and the environment.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/13/27559">Read the full story, “New Report Calls for Improved Eating Habits in a World of Extremes”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/13/275602021-04-13T05:12:23-07:00

<p>SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 13 (IPS) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-economy-tax-explainer-idUSKBN2BU0E7" rel="noopener" target="_blank">urged</a> all governments to support a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 21%. The US is working with other G20 nations to get other countries to end the “thirty-year race to the bottom on corporate tax rates”.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/13/27560">Read the full story, “Only Multilateral Cooperation Can Stop Harmful Tax Competition”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>