NEW YORK, Jun 28 (IPS) – As the global gathering for gender equality, the Generation Equality Forum, kicks off in Paris on June 30,...
Why Pacific Island Nations, like the Federated States of Micronesia, need Climate Change Finance for Food Security Now
SYDNEY, Australia, Jun 28 (IPS) – Robby Nena is one of the many farmers and fishermen on the frontline of climate change in the...
These beetles walk on water, upside down, underneath the surface
Being quite small, insects can have a very different relationship with the water-air interface than larger animals do. Surface tension allows for insects like...
Towards an Equal Future in Parliaments
NEW YORK, Jun 28 (IPS) – In elections last October in Georgia, women’s share of seats in parliament went up by nearly seven percent,...
An ecologist’s new book gets at the root of trees’ social lives
Finding the Mother TreeSuzanne SimardKnopf, $28.95 Opening Suzanne Simard’s new book, Finding the Mother Tree, I expected to learn about the old growth forests...
A proposed ‘quantum compass’ for songbirds just got more plausible
Scientists could be a step closer to understanding how some birds might exploit quantum physics to navigate. Researchers suspect that some songbirds use a...
The trillion dollar climate finance challenge (and opportunity)
It’s overwhelmingly accepted that climate change is a very significant threat to humanity and while there are countless solutions to tackling what has been...
Three employees of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) agency have been killed by unknown attackers in the restive Tigray region of Ethiopia, drawing swift condemnation from UN Secretary-General António...
The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have announced plans to launch a $1 billion fund to boost access to renewable energy in developing...
The imminent closure of the last cross-border aid lifeline to northwest Syria must be postponed beyond the 10 July deadline, UN humanitarians said on...
Why the UN General Assembly still matters 
UN Crime Congress: Technology is transforming crime – and the response to it 
Surviving the summer 
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak