Although once again the scientific community has made clear this week that we are not doing enough to limit global warming to the crucial...
It doesn’t have to be this way. The world already has the know-how and tools to dramatically reduce emissions from fossil fuels — but...
Senior UN officials have echoed the Secretary-General’s call for an independent investigation into the killing of scores of civilians in the Ukrainian town of...
MANAUS, Brazil, Apr 04 (IPS) – Oil palm, known as dendezeiro in Brazil, can produce up to ten times more vegetable oil per hectare...
LONDON, Apr 04 (IPS) – With the economy in freefall and basics such as food and fuel in dangerously short supply, there is mounting...
Although more than 160 States have signed a landmark convention on banning landmines, more action is still needed to protect people from these “abhorrent...
A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher in human history,...
KATHMANDU, Apr 04 (IPS) – When Canada and Nepal are used in the same sentence it’s usually because the former is supporting development efforts...
Lucknow, India, Apr 04 (IPS) – Pooja Shukla, 25, a socialist candidate, has lost her maiden elections to the provincial parliament in Uttar Pradesh...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 04 (IPS) – India began its journey as an independent nation in 1947 with fresh memory of the Bengal Famine of...