UN Environment Assembly opens, sets sites on ending plastic pollution
Delegates were looking to advance a global agreement on plastic pollution, among a series of draft resolutions on biodiversity and health, green economy, and...
Inflation Targeting Voodoo
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 01 (IPS) – All over the world, people expect policies by central bankers trained in economics to have a...
Before It Kills, War Whispers
ROME, Mar 01 (IPS) – A small yellow puppet hangs from the butt of a gun. The eyes and shorts of the figure that...
The Very Hungry Dragon: Meat-ing Chinas Self-sufficiency Targets for Dairy and Protein
MELBOURNE, Australia, Mar 01 (IPS) – Food security has long been a high priority for the Chinese central government and has been linked to...
Will Russia Follow USSR Expelled from League of Nations for Invading Finland in a Bygone Era?
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 01 (IPS) – The Russian Federation, condemned worldwide for invading a founding member of the United Nations– and violating the UN...
Protecting Workers & Enabling a Green Recovery from COVID-19
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 01 (IPS) – The writer is UN Assistant Secretary General and Director, UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support2022 is a...
African Governments Urged to Support Plastic Pollution Solutions
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 01 (IPS) – Environmental experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, have urged African governments to take advantage of ‘circular plastic opportunities’ to...
Africa’s fynbos plants hold their ground with the world’s thinnest roots
Some plant roots draw a line in the sand — literally. In South Africa, you can move between cool, green forest and sunbaked shrubland...
How omicron’s mutations make it the most infectious coronavirus variant yet
In November, a new coronavirus variant took the world by storm. Omicron has since caused an unprecedented wave of infections, striking about 90 million...
Why kitchen sponges are the perfect home for bacteria
Ask bacteria where they’d like to live, and they’ll answer: a kitchen sponge, please. Sponges are microbe paradises, capable of housing 54 billion bacteria...
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