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,...
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Elections in Catalonia: What Now?
MIAMI, Feb 18 (IPS) – The recent result of the elections for the Parliament of Catalonia has presented a mixture of repetition of certain...
Pacific Islanders Turn to Local Economies to Drive Post-pandemic Recovery
CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 18 (IPS) – While Pacific Island countries have, so far, been spared a catastrophic spread of COVID-19, their economies have been...
The UN: From the Sublime to the Hilarious
MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb 18 (IPS) – The United Nations is an institution mired in politics focusing primarily on military conflicts, civil wars, economic sanctions,...
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Feb 18 (IPS) – Camila Corradi Bracco handles Content Development & Program Delivery at Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)*Since the launch of...
Suu Kyi Appears in Closed-Door Court Session Without Lawyer as Protests Continue
BANGKOK, Feb 17 (IPS) – Myanmar’s top generals have begun the process to prevent Aung San Suu Kyi – the country’s popular civilian leader –...
Leveraging AI to Fight Climate Change
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (IPS) – Partners of the 2021 ‘AI for the Planet’ summit say big data, artificial intelligence and digital technology can...
NEW YORK, Feb 17 (IPS) – Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU. He...
Successful Crop Innovation Is Mitigating Climate Crisis Impact in Africa
IBADAN and MEXICO CITY, Feb 17 (IPS) – Martin Kropff, Director General, CIMMYT and Nteranya Sanginga, Director General, IITA17 February – African smallholder farmers...
India Glacier Disaster: In a Warming World is there no Less Lethal Way to Power Development?
BHUBANESWAR, India, Feb 16 (IPS) – On Sunday morning, Feb. 7, as most of the working-class in India’s Himalayan State of Uttarakhand went about...
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