Sustainable Energy Key to COVID-19 Recovery in Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Feb 22 (IPS) – The past year is one that few of us will forget. While the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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The Boon and Bane of LDC Graduation: The Bangladesh Experience
SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (IPS) – Bangladeshis at the present time share a modicum of justifiable pride in the fact that the world merits this...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (IPS) – Ramu Damodaran is Chief, United Nations Academic ImpactLegends are the lodestars of history, the marriage of Sir Dorabji...
Is This The End of Myanmars Quasi-Democracy?
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 22 (IPS) – On February 1st, 2021 the military of Myanmar overthrew the country’s democratic government in a coup d’etat...
In Argentinas Chaco Region, the Forest Is Also a Source of Electricity
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 19 (IPS) – The forest is the main resource in the Chaco, a vast plain shared by Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay....
BHUBANESWAR, India, Feb 19 (IPS) – “Our war on nature has left the planet broken. This is senseless and suicidal. The consequences of our...
Yemen – Worst Famine World has Seen in Decades Predicted
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) – Yemen is heading towards the worst famine the world has seen in decades, the United Nations Security Council...
Money vs. Happiness
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 19 (IPS) – Subjective wellbeing and income are intricately linkedThe question whether the rich are more satisfied with their lives...
Q&A: Tigray – the Fighting will Continue & Exacerbate Civilian Suffering
BONN, Germany, Feb 19 (IPS) – While Ethiopia’s federal government may have administrative control of the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, and other main cities in...
Switzerland Buys itself Good Sustainability Scores at the Expense of Other Countries
GENEVA, Feb 19 (IPS) – Carole Küng is Co-Director of the Biovision-affiliated network Sustainable Development Solution Network Switzerland (SDSN). The network mobilises research institutes,...
Breaking the silence over sexual violence against men and boys in war 
AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights 
Mysteries of the commonplace 
Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger