Warning: Climate Crisis Is Now the Single Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity
MADRID, Apr 05 (IPS) – While the world’s top scientists and experts continue their arduous work to finally submit to politicians at the 27th...
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US Migration Policy Is Enriching Cartels at the Busiest, and Most Dangerous, Part of the US-Mexico Border
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 05 (IPS) – Adam Isacson is Director for Defense Oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America“The migrants try to organize...
Deepening Stagflation: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 05 (IPS) – The world is sailing into a perfect storm as key leaders seem intent on threatening more...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Apr 05 (IPS) – On the battleground that has become African wildlife conservation, rural communities find themselves in the middle...
Perils of Hunger, Food Insecurity in Southern Africa- Challenges & Opportunities
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 05 (IPS) – Food systems are under severe stress around the world now. The thresholds of tolerance are already exceeding...
8 reasons not to give up hope – and take climate action
Although once again the scientific community has made clear this week that we are not doing enough to limit global warming to the crucial...
Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO
An astonishing 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air that exceeds internationally approved limits, with negative health impacts kicking in at...
Bucha killings raise ‘serious’ questions about possible war crimes: Bachelet
Senior UN officials have echoed the Secretary-General’s call for an independent investigation into the killing of scores of civilians in the Ukrainian town of...
Palm Oil for Biodiesel in the Amazon: Sustainable Fuel or Deforestation Risk?
MANAUS, Brazil, Apr 04 (IPS) – Oil palm, known as dendezeiro in Brazil, can produce up to ten times more vegetable oil per hectare...
Although more than 160 States have signed a landmark convention on banning landmines, more action is still needed to protect people from these “abhorrent...
Who should set the rules for AI? The UN is pushing for a safer digital future 
Bangladesh Must Face Its Quiet Crisis of Internal Displacement 
ETHIOPIA: ‘Reporting on Abuses Shouldn’t Be Treated as a Threat to National Interest’ 
UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights