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Scientists warn of vastly higher impacts on billions of people’s livelihood and cost to the global economy by the accelerating losses in the world’s snow and ice regions, aka the cryosphere. Over 50 leading cryosphere scientists released an annual report on the status of the world’s ice stores on Tuesday (November 12) at the UN Climate ...
The World Depends on a Healthy Southern Ocean
1 day ago · A 2023 study found that ocean warming and acidification are impacting krill behavior and population dynamics in the Southern Ocean, including a southward migration toward colder waters. A drop in krill numbers not only threatens the region’s megafauna that depend on it, but also the global carbon cycle. It is estimated that the region’s ...
French-Speaking African Nations Bartering Natural Resources for …
4 days ago · Creating regional military forces to fight threats of terrorism will absolutely not require bartering the entire gold or diamond mines (natural resources) for the purchase of military equipment from external countries. Filipe Nyusi’s sentiments were about Russia’s security partnership with Africa, especially French-speaking African countries.
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By Peter Costantini. TUCSON, Arizona, US, Nov 4 2024 (IPS) - A small incident in the mounting mayhem of the 2024 elections crystalized the state of the dark art of politics in these United States. In Springfield, Ohio, a small midwestern industrial city, a woman named Anna Kilgore noticed that her cat, Miss Sassy, had been missing for a few days.
Sudan Faces Esclations in Famine, Humanitarian Law Violations
6 days ago · The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, said in a statement issued on October 26, that continued attacks on civilians and infrastructure are prohibited by international humanitarian law and must come to an end. “I think considering the nature of the violence, the level of impunity enjoyed by the RSF and the ...
COP29 Negotiators Urged to Define Financial Path for Children
4 days ago · BAKU, Nov 15 2024 (IPS) - Directly destroying schools and learning materials, climate shocks are increasingly taking away the right to education. A staggering 400 million students globally experienced school closures from extreme weather since 2022. As COP29 negotiations deepen, defining a sustainable financial path to learning for vulnerable children, particularly those caught up in crises ...
Middle East: Ceasefires are the Only Answer - Inter Press Service
6 days ago · OSLO, Norway, Nov 13 2024 (IPS) - “The shockwaves from Israel’s ongoing and indiscriminate warfare on Gaza and Lebanon are reverberating across this entire region. Neither the horrific assault on Israeli civilians on 7 October 2023, nor the indiscriminate missiles launched by militant groups from Lebanon, can justify the degree of ...
CGIAR Developing Farmers’ Resilience in the Face of Climate Shocks
3 days ago · Credit: CGIAR. BAKU, Nov 16 2024 (IPS) - As COP29 negotiations continue in Baku, agricultural leaders are pitching the need for climate-resilient and data-driven solutions to support marginalized farmers and low-income communities. In an exclusive interview with Inter Press Service (IPS), Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of the ...
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By Mohammad Rakibul Hasan. Global warming has far-reaching effects, and certain countries, particularly those with low lying coastal regions, are more vulnerable than others. Bangladesh, the largest delta in the world, is at the forefront of the global warming crisis. Its coastal areas are increasingly exposed to rising sea levels, natural ...
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By Umar Manzoor Shah. Anne Olhoff, Chief Climate Advisor at UNEP, underlined the urgent need for accelerated climate action ahead of COP29 in an exclusive interview with IPS. “The next six years are crucial—without accelerated action, we will miss the chance to …