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OPINION: Now Is the Time to Tackle Malnutrition and Its Massive Human Costs
- Inter Press Service
ROME/GENEVA, Nov 13 (IPS) - The scourge of malnutrition affects the most vulnerable in society, and it hurts most in the earliest stages of life. Today, more than 800 million people are chronically hungry, about 11 percent of the global population.
How a Small Tribe Turned Tragedy into Opportunity
- Inter Press Service
PICHAVARAM, India, Nov 13 (IPS) - When the Asian tsunami washed over several Indian Ocean Rim countries on Boxing Day 2004, it left a trail of destruction in its wake, including a death toll that touched 230,000.
Braving Dust storms, Women Plant Seeds of Hope
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) - In the world's largest refugee complex – the sprawling Dadaab settlement in Kenya's North Eastern Province – women listen attentively during a business management workshop held at a hospital in one of its newest camps, Ifo 2.
How SADC is Fighting Wildlife Crime
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Nov 12 (IPS) - "We are underpaid, have no guns and in most instances are outnumbered by the poachers," says Stain Phiri, a ranger at Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve — a 986 km reserve said to have the most abundant and a variety of wildlife in Malawi — which also happens to be one of the country's biggest game parks under siege by poachers.
U.N. Chief Eyes Upcoming Summits to Resolve Development Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 (IPS) - The continued widespread economic recession - aggravated by the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa - is threatening to undermine the U.N.'s highly-touted post-2015 development agenda.
Kenya on the Right Economic Path But Challenges Abound
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 11 (IPS) - Each year on Dec. 10, Lucy Mwende and her two children hop aboard a night bus and travel to the white sandy beaches and warm waters of Kenya's Indian Ocean, some 441 km from the capital, Nairobi.
Why Are G20 Governments Subsidising Dangerous Climate Change?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Nov 11 (IPS) - Just a week after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gave its starkest warning yet that the vast majority of existing oil, gas and coal reserves need to be kept in the ground, a new report reveals that governments are flagrantly ignoring these warnings and continuing to subsidise exploration for fossil fuels.
Fishing for Peace in Korea
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (IPS) - Environmental problems, by their nature, don't respect borders. Air and sea pollution often affect countries that had nothing to do with their production. Many extreme weather events, like typhoons, strike more than one country. Climate change affects everyone.
As TPP Trade Talks Miss Third Deadline, Opponents Claim Momentum
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (IPS) - For the third year in a row, government negotiators for 12 Pacific Rim countries have missed an internal deadline to reach agreement on a controversial U.S.-led trade deal.
A Fair Climate Treaty or None at All, Jamaica Warns
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov 10 (IPS) - As the clock counts down to the last major climate change meeting of the year, before countries must agree on a definitive new treaty in 2015, a senior United Nations official says members of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) "need to be innovative and think outside the box" if they hope to make progress on key issues.
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