Green industrial policies will be critical for developing countries to adapt to climate change, UN trade and development body UNCTAD said in a report...
Any End to This Suicidal War? (I) The Destruction of the Web of Life
MADRID, Oct 28 (IPS) – Can yet another dispendious world gathering find a way to halt the ongoing suicidal war on Nature, which is...
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In the children’s chapter book series Zoey and Sassafras, which my own two kids adore, young Zoey has to work out how to save...
What the Perseverance rover’s quiet landing reveals about meteor strikes on Mars
The lander was listening. On February 18, NASA’s InSight lander on Mars turned its attention to the landing site for another mission, Perseverance, hoping...
Assassin bugs tap spiders to distract them before a lethal strike
Assassin bugs live up to their name. The insects expertly stalk and feed upon other small invertebrates, jabbing them with a venomous proboscis. Some...
How well do you know the UN climate conference and the big issues under discussion? Here’s your chance to test your knowledge, with our...
PENANG, Malaysia, Oct 28 (IPS) – It is well-known that all the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) added together, even those that have been updated,...
Although the outcome of the latest meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was “a disappointment”, members must continue their vital work, the UN Special Envoy for the...
Victims of trafficking by terrorist groups are too often being punished instead of protected, a human rights expert warned the General Assembly this Wednesday. Read the full...
Transforming Food Systems To Defeat Hunger
ROME, Oct 27 (IPS) – Mario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)During October, the...
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