Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO
An astonishing 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air that exceeds internationally approved limits, with negative health impacts kicking in at...
8 reasons not to give up hope – and take climate action
Although once again the scientific community has made clear this week that we are not doing enough to limit global warming to the crucial...
A UN report says stopping climate change is possible but action is needed now
It doesn’t have to be this way. The world already has the know-how and tools to dramatically reduce emissions from fossil fuels — but...
Bucha killings raise ‘serious’ questions about possible war crimes: Bachelet
Senior UN officials have echoed the Secretary-General’s call for an independent investigation into the killing of scores of civilians in the Ukrainian town of...
Palm Oil for Biodiesel in the Amazon: Sustainable Fuel or Deforestation Risk?
MANAUS, Brazil, Apr 04 (IPS) – Oil palm, known as dendezeiro in Brazil, can produce up to ten times more vegetable oil per hectare...
LONDON, Apr 04 (IPS) – With the economy in freefall and basics such as food and fuel in dangerously short supply, there is mounting...
Although more than 160 States have signed a landmark convention on banning landmines, more action is still needed to protect people from these “abhorrent...
UN climate report: We’re on fast track to disaster, warns Guterres
A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher in human history,...
School Feeding Is Now the Worlds Largest Social Safety Net
KATHMANDU, Apr 04 (IPS) – When Canada and Nepal are used in the same sentence it’s usually because the former is supporting development efforts...
Youth Icon’s Fight for Rights Among India’s Destitute
Lucknow, India, Apr 04 (IPS) – Pooja Shukla, 25, a socialist candidate, has lost her maiden elections to the provincial parliament in Uttar Pradesh...
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes 
‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts 
Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns