Global Issues
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Closing the US$1.5 trillion Gap: How FDI can Help Achieve SDGs in Asia & the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, September 16 (IPS) - Over the past two decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) has been the single largest and most stable source of external development capital in Asia and the Pacific (see Figure).
Mexico Experiments With Residential Solar Panels, But They Are Still Insufficient
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO, September 15 (IPS) - Over the past four months, Mexican researcher Nicolás Velázquez has paid around US$23 for electricity, thanks to the photovoltaic system installed in his home in the northern city of Mexicali.
Inside Africa’s Big Bet on Youth to Feed the Continent and Who’s Actually Getting Funded
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, September 15 (IPS) - Winnie Wambui leans forward on the panel stage, microphone in hand, scanning the room until she spots a raised hand.
AI Governance: Human Rights in the Balance As Tech Giants and Authoritarians Converge
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 15 (IPS) - Algorithms decide who lives and dies in Gaza. AI-powered surveillance tracks journalists in Serbia. Autonomous weapons are paraded through Beijing’s streets in displays of technological might. This isn’t dystopian fiction – it’s today’s reality. As AI reshapes the world, the question of who controls this technology and how it’s governed has become an urgent priority.
South-South Cooperation: Innovation and Solidarity for a Better Tomorrow
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, September 15 (IPS) - As the United Nations commemorated the UN Day for South-South Cooperation last Friday, we are reminded that solidarity among the countries of the Global South is not just a matter of history or principle, but a proven pathway to building a fairer, more sustainable future.
80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports
- UN News
School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity,” according to the World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Cindy McCain.
Banks Embed Climate Risk, Gender and Sustainability in Finance Products
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, September 9 (IPS) - As climate shocks intensify across East Africa, from failed rains in Kenya’s arid north to devastating floods in Tanzania’s coastal belt, the region’s banks are emerging as unlikely but powerful players in the resilience race.
North Worsens Tropical Catastrophe
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, September 9 (IPS) - Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have risen over the last two centuries, with current and accumulated emissions per capita from rich nations greatly exceeding those of the Global South.
Do We Need a Pacific Peace Index?
- Inter Press Service
Globally, there is a 0.36% deterioration in average levels of peacefulness, as more countries are increasing their levels of militarisation against the backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions, increasing conflict, and rising economic uncertainty.
50 Years On: Lebanon’s Civil War, Feminist Peacebuilding, and the Fight Against Silence
- Inter Press Service
BENGALURU, India, September 8 (IPS) - This year marks half a century since the start of Lebanon’s civil war in 1975 – a conflict that lasted 15 years, killed over 150,000 lives, and resulted in as many as 17,000 missing. Decades later, the legacy of that war is still everywhere: in the silence of classrooms without history books, in families who never knew what happened to their missing loved ones, and in violence made mundane in all parts of society.
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