Climate Finance for Locally-Led Climate Solutions Needs a New Focus
CAPETOWN, South Africa, Nov 09 (IPS) – Anne Jellema is CEO of HivosImagine a world where the people hit hardest by climate crisis have...
This child was treated for a rare genetic disease while still in the womb
A toddler girl is flourishing after receiving treatment for a rare genetic disease. In a first for this disease, she received that treatment before...
The Paradox of Invisibility: Submarine Cables and the Geopolitics of Deep Seas
BARCELONA, Nov 09 (IPS) – The recent incidents of sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the depths of the Baltic Sea, the...
Greenland’s frozen hinterlands are bleeding worse than we thought
Sea level rise may proceed faster than expected in the coming decades, as a gargantuan flow of ice slithering out of Greenland’s remote interior...
Some harlequin frogs — presumed extinct — have been rediscovered
Across Central and South America, one group of bejeweled frogs is making a comeback. Harlequin frogs — a genus with over 100 brightly colored...
COP27: Bolsonaros Defeat is a Triumph for Climate Change Advocates
NEW YORK, Nov 09 (IPS) – The electoral defeat of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is a triumph for everyone who is concerned about the peril...
COP27: Religious Multilateralism: An Endangered Species in the Age of Triple Planetary Crises
NEW YORK, Nov 09 (IPS) – In this year’s COP 27 two-weeklong summit in Egypt, which concludes November 18, a rough count indicates there...
UAE President’s vision that supports world’s efforts to address climate change
The efforts being made around the world to address the effects of climate change have the support of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin...
This ancient Canaanite comb is engraved with a plea against lice
Engraved into the side of a nearly 4,000-year-old ivory comb is a simple wish: Get these lice out of my hair. This faint inscription,...
Developing countries at COP27 call for ‘climate justice’ in the form of adaptation and loss and damage funds
The second day of COP27’s Climate Implementation Summit saw world leaders raise their voices for concrete action, particularly on adaptation and the thorny issue...
Frankenstein in Charge: Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s Gaza Plan 
Malawi Bets on Battery Storage to Climate-Proof Its Fragile Power Grid 
UN Special Rapporteur Urges the Protection of Children’s Rights Amid Deepening Conflict and Digital Threats 
Nicaragua: End of the Electoral Illusion