Earth is reflecting less light. It’s not clear if that’s a trend
The amount of sunlight that Earth reflects back into space — measured by the dim glow seen on the dark portions of a crescent...
Sid Perkins
Cubas Power Crisis Drives Home Need to Accelerate Energy Transition
HAVANA, Oct 14 (IPS) – With aging infrastructure and problems with fuel supplies, Cuba is facing a crisis in its electric power generation system,...
VIENNA, Oct 14 (IPS) – Will the World Bank walk away with $100 Billion IDA20 replenishment without “Walking the Talk” on disability? The World...
NEW YORK, Oct 14 (IPS) – “Now is the time for a stronger, more networked and inclusive multilateral system anchored in the United Nations,”...
Many developing nations remain unprotected against disaster, even though it is accepted that building community resilience has many benefits, beyond saving lives and livelihoods. Read the...
Paraguay’s failure to prevent the toxic contamination of indigenous people’s traditional lands by commercial farming violates their rights and their sense of “home”, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a...
More than 100 countries on Wednesday committed to develop, adopt and implement an effective post-2020 global framework, that aims to put biodiversity on a path to recovery, by 2030 at the latest. Read the full...
For the past seven decades, the cells of Henrietta Lacks, a Black American woman who died of cervical cancer, have saved countless lives, and made numerous scientific breakthroughs possible, such as the...
Although COVID-19 deaths continue to decline, vaccine inequity persists, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, again calling for greater support for developing countries. Read...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Read the full story, “WHO establishes new scientific...
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