Nicaragua: New law heralds damaging crackdown on civil society, UN warns
Under the guise of preventing money-laundering and cutting off terrorist financing, a new law in Nicaragua further restricts the functioning of civil society, “contrary...
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UN joins faith-based initiative for shift towards climate-responsible finance
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) joined religious leaders and others on Monday in signing a landmark joint appeal for climate-responsible finance “as a moral...
Zimbabwe’s Press Freedom, One Step Forward, Three Steps Backward
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, May 09 (IPS) – For international journalist Jeffery Moyo, doing his job could land him in prison if Zimbabwe authorities have their...
High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: Land
The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), kicked-off on Monday, in the Ivorian capital....
Opacity Surrounds Fossil Fuels in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, May 09 (IPS) – In the northern Mexican state of Coahuila the current situation of coal, used mainly to generate electricity, is...
Soil Microbes Derived Products Could Be an Alternative to Expensive Agricultural Fertilizers
URBANA, Illinois, USA, May 09 (IPS) – Around the world, commercial fertilizer prices are soaring, pushing farmers and countries into a frenzy. In addition,...
Food and People
PORTLAND, USA, May 09 (IPS) – People require food, with more people requiring more food and less people requiring less food. Despite that self-evident...
Today is the Time for Transformation
NEW YORK, May 09 (IPS) – “I first think about my children. They are why we were forced to leave – because our children...
NEW YORK, May 09 (IPS) – Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, a retired professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at New York...
Moldova: ‘A small country with a big heart’
Chisinau in spring – the chestnut trees are in bloom, music pours from sidewalk cafés, and young people are everywhere. Although it seems peaceful...
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support 
Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights 
I Sustain My Accusation 
‘The War Must Stop’: Nobel Peace Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Urgent Need to Protect Ukraine’s Women and Children