The Boon and Bane of LDC Graduation: The Bangladesh Experience
SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (IPS) – Bangladeshis at the present time share a modicum of justifiable pride in the fact that the world merits this...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (IPS) – Ramu Damodaran is Chief, United Nations Academic ImpactLegends are the lodestars of history, the marriage of Sir Dorabji...
Is This The End of Myanmars Quasi-Democracy?
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 22 (IPS) – On February 1st, 2021 the military of Myanmar overthrew the country’s democratic government in a coup d’etat...
Q&A: UN Environment Assembly Kicks Off With a Call to Make Peace with Nature
NAIROBI, Feb 22 (IPS) – IPS interviews JOYCE MSUYA, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to find out what to...
Signs of a hidden Planet Nine in the solar system may not hold up
Planet Nine might be a mirage. What once looked like evidence for a massive planet hiding at the solar system’s edge may be an...
In Argentinas Chaco Region, the Forest Is Also a Source of Electricity
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 19 (IPS) – The forest is the main resource in the Chaco, a vast plain shared by Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay....
BHUBANESWAR, India, Feb 19 (IPS) – “Our war on nature has left the planet broken. This is senseless and suicidal. The consequences of our...
Yemen – Worst Famine World has Seen in Decades Predicted
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) – Yemen is heading towards the worst famine the world has seen in decades, the United Nations Security Council...
Money vs. Happiness
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 19 (IPS) – Subjective wellbeing and income are intricately linkedThe question whether the rich are more satisfied with their lives...
Color-coded radar maps reveal a patchwork of California wildfire destruction
Each year in California, thousands of wildfires ravage hundreds of thousands of hectares of land. Deciphering how well large swaths of vegetation recover over...
Yemen’s humanitarian crisis growing by the hour amid spike in displacement 
Nepal floods: ‘Apocalyptic’ destruction signals wider climate threat across Himalayas 
Haiti: Child malnutrition crisis worsens amid escalating violence 
The Connection Between Urbanization and Poverty: How Cities Can Reduce Poverty – Or Deepen It