The Right Policies Can Protect the Workers of Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 05 (IPS) – Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs,...
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Egypt prepares for flagship UN climate conference, in a year of unprecedented global weather shocks
Regional authorities in Egypt, the host country of the 2022 UN climate conference (COP27), are ramping up initiatives designed to improve the country’s environmental...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 05 (IPS) – There are many ways the UN can have a sizeable role in promoting the engagement and participation of...
Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil
FORTALEZA, Brazil, Sep 05 (IPS) – The increasing productivity with which humankind generates waste has gained at least one sustainable counterpart: the extraction of...
One third of Gaza Strip population in need of psychological and social support
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported an increase in the levels of mental disorders amongst the population of...
Dealing with the trauma of displacement in The Gambia
Thousands of Senegalese have been forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in The Gambia, after clashes broke out earlier this year, in...
Special Economic Zones: A Nod Towards Capitalism in Venezuela
CARACAS, Sep 03 (IPS) – Venezuela is preparing to replicate the experience of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), a mechanism with which more than 60...
Ukraine: ‘Physical integrity’ of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant ‘has been violated several times’
Further damage to the embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine “cannot” be allowed to happen, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency...
World food prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month but are still nearly eight per cent higher than a year ago, the UN...
Women lead marine restoration efforts in the UNESCO Seaflower Biosphere Reserve
Did you know that women represent just 38 per cent of all ocean scientists? A women-led community organisation in the Seaflower UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in...
COP31: New Research Ties Extreme Weather to Mental Health Challenges in Africa 
The brain’s fear center moonlights as the save button for memories 
Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science 
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support