Decision-making power is still held at the national and international level, often failing to (financially) enable local actors to lead climate action. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Anne JellemaCAPETOWN, South Africa, Nov 9 2022 (IPS) Imagine a world where the people hit hardest by climate crisis have a say in how to stop it. Imagine that…
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Map of the 1858 trans-Atlantic cable route. Credit: Wikipedia. By Manuel ManonellesBARCELONA, Nov 9 2022 (IPS) The recent incidents of sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the depths of the Baltic Sea, the authorship of which still raises doubts today, have reminded us that some of the key infrastructures that condition geopolitics, and…
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Leaders of the developing world demanded that wealthy nations spend vastly more to help vulnerable populations adjust to a warming planet, as a United Nations climate conference started with growing anger toward industrialized countries reluctant to pay for the consequences of climate change. “We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the…
Patrick Greenfield, Fiona Harvey, Nina Lakhani and Damian Carrington/Guardian UK 08 november 22 Mia Mottley warns of a billion refugees by the middle of the century unless governments act now to tackle crisis Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, has criticised industrialised nations for failing the developing world on the climate crisis, in a blistering…
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The search for energy diversification has taken a more frantic pace amidst the global energy transition debate. Unlike in the past when some countries were skeptical or outrightly ruled nuclear out in the Net Zero debate, it will be one of the options at COP27 in Egypt. The return to nuclear is this time being…
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The 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Almaty, Kazakhstan. By Azza KaramNEW YORK, Nov 9 2022 (IPS) In this year’s COP 27 two-weeklong summit in Egypt, which concludes November 18, a rough count indicates there will be 40 different sessions organised by, for, and about, religious engagements in/on climate change and…
The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. June 2022. Credit: CIAT/Neil Palmer By Alon Ben-MeirNEW YORK, Nov 9 2022 (IPS) The electoral defeat of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is a triumph for everyone who is concerned about the peril of climate change. Bolsonaro’s well-deserved defeat could help save the Amazon rainforest, which has been ravaged under his criminal…
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In Africa only 60% of the estimated TB cases have been diagnosed. All the other infections are hidden by poverty—and so the disease continues to spread. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Morounfolu OlugbosiJOHANNESBURG, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) The news in many parts of the world is that tuberculosis (TB) is reclaiming the title of the world’s…
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India’s population will likely overtake China’s population by 2023. Picture: Mumbai, India. Credit: Sthitaprajna Jena (CC BY-SA 2.0). By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, USA, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) Contrary to the often-cited hype and nonsense of some celebrities reported in the news media, the world’s population of 8,000,000,000 human beings is not going to collapse any time…
Miss World Brazil Letícia Frota and Pragnya Ayyagari, Miss Supranational India agreed that zero leprosy and campaigns to destigmatize the disease should not be sidelined because of COVID-19. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) Deep-rooted discrimination against persons affected by leprosy or Hansen’s disease has marginalized individuals and communities. As social…
