NEW YORK, Nov 04 (IPS) – “Working together means we widen the number of like-minded actors towards a common good” –Dr. Azza Karam, Secretary-General...
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Although policies and planning for climate change adaptation are increasing, financing and implementation lag behind, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new...
Zimbabwes High-Risk Cross-Border Trade
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Nov 04 (IPS) – Thirty-six-year-old Thandiwe Mtshali* watched helplessly as her informal cross-border trading (ICBT) enterprise came to a grinding halt when...
At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days. Read the full story,...
COP26: ‘Not blah blah blah’, UN Special Envoy Carney presents watershed private sector commitment for climate finance
It’s ‘Finance Day’ at COP26, and the spotlight is on a big announcement: nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed on Wednesday to align...
Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has drawn strong condemnation from...
Human rights defenders in Afghanistan report that they are now enduring a “climate of fear”, threats, and becoming increasingly desperate over conditions in the country, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday. Read the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday approved an eighth vaccine against COVID-19, which follows a slight uptick in new cases globally. Read the full story, “Indian COVID-19 vaccine receives WHO...
Mayors of Mexico City, Bogotá, New Orleans, Freetown, Gaziantep and Barcelona joined other urban leaders, designers, activists and thinkers from around the world on Wednesday, to chart a new path for cities. Read the...
Daughters of a Lesser God (I) 800 Million Girls Forced to Be Mothers
MADRID, Nov 03 (IPS) – Imagine your child, your daughter, being genitally mutilated and, further on, sold or even handed over for free to...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now