ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 14 (IPS) – The shift away from fossil fuels is made more difficult by the powerful, often overlooked role of national oil companies. These companies are deeply embedded in their countries’ economies and political systems.
ANTALYA, Türkiye & NAIROBI, November 13 (IPS) – Plans to build waste incineration plants across Africa risk undermining efforts to curb methane emissions, zero-waste campaigners have warned, as world leaders and climate negotiators gather in Antalya, Türkiye, for the COP31 climate summit.
UNITED NATIONS, November 12 (IPS) – On October 30, the 45th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR-45) concluded in Hobart, Australia. After another year of negotiations without a consensus reached on Antarctic marine protection measures or krill fishing regulations, conservation groups are urging consumers and retailers to boycott all krill products.
ANTALYA, Türkiye & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, November 12 (IPS) – Floods. Extreme heat. Droughts. African communities have experienced it all and more.
BENGALURU, India, November 12 (IPS) – Four years after Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, the human cost of the war keeps rising. Even though the global public eye is primarily glued to the progress of the conflict itself, its geopolitical implications and territorial bargaining, the millions of Ukrainian women and children experience the burden of this war that changed their lives and future forever.
For millions of women around the world, violence is not a distant threat.
It is a reality experienced in homes, communities, workplaces and increasingly, online.
ANTALYA, Türkiye, November 11 (IPS) – Gabriel Sheunopa Manyangadze holds a placard reading “No nuclear spin, let renewables win” as a campaigner leads protesters against nuclear energy in Africa at the United Nations climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.
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NEW YORK, November 11 (IPS) – The United Nations knows how to announce a milestone. What interests me, after a career that has included working inside UNICEF and UNDP and evaluating institutions from outside them, is what happens between the announcement and the working day.
Read the full story, “Before We Declare Gender Bias Dead, Read the Footnotes”, on globalissues.org →
ANTALYA, Türkiye , November 10 (IPS) – More than one in three women and girls worldwide – at least 1.5 billion – live in climate hotspots, where high exposure to climate hazards, insecure jobs and deep gender inequality collide, according to a new UN Women fact sheet on “Gender Equality in the Age of Climate Crisis”. UN Women warns that while 73 per cent of countries recognize the climate risks facing women and girls, just over one in three address them comprehensively.
ANTALYA, Türkiye, , November 10 (IPS) – Africa’s transition to clean energy received a potential boost at COP31 with the announcement of a new international financing coalition, co-chaired by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank from 2027.
