The World is Burning. We Need a Renewables Revolution
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) – The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a livable planet lies in abandoning...
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Aid for Power in New Cold War
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 12 (IPS) – Long a means for powerful nations to influence developing countries, development finance has gained renewed significance...
Narrow Valuation of Nature is Widening Biodiversity Loss
Bulawayo, Jul 11 (IPS) – Nature has diverse values for different people, but it is poorly evaluated, and this is driving the global biodiversity...
The values that we ascribe to nature are vital parts of our cultures, identities, economies, and ways of life, all of which should be...
Although the UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni Government and Houthi rebels continues to hold, the key issue of road openings remains outstanding, while the...
World population to reach 8 billion this year, as growth rate slows
15 November 2022 is predicted to be the day that the global population reaches eight billion. The projection is revealed in the UN’s World...
Recalling Shinzo Abe with Respect
TOKYO, Jul 11 (IPS) – Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan, has died. It was a murder caused by a personal grudge...
Sri Lanka: UN chief calls for dialogue to ensure ‘smooth transition’ of power
Amid reports that Sri Lanka’s President has confirmed he will resign after his residence was stormed by thousands of protesters at the weekend, the...
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) – India and China, two Asian nuclear powers who are also longstanding rivals embroiled in the geo-politics of the...
The annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on Monday, details the devastating impact that various forms of conflict had on...
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief 
Rohingyas in Myanmar suffering ‘heartbreaking’ misery and cruelty 
As wars spread, the global food system unravels 
One million children in Afghanistan face deadly malnutrition