In Sudan Children are facing climate and conflict challenges at the same time. Photo: JC Mcllwaine/Flickr by Tanka Dhakal (baku) Sunday, November 17, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 17 (IPS) – As the world grapples with ongoing armed conflicts, from Ukraine to Gaza, advocacy for a more proactive approach to understanding and effectively responding to the needs of children affected …
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This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. After topping the charts for three weeks, Sony’s Venom: The Last Dancetook a tumble this weekend, thanks to the arrival of Amazon’s twice as expensive family entertainer Red One. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, Red One …
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Alab Mirasol Ayroso making her speech during the Youth Action in the hallways of COP29, Baku. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (baku) Sunday, November 17, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 17 (IPS) – “We cannot rely on capitalistic logic to serve our fight for liberation. More investments will not build houses after floods because it’s not profitable. Corporations will …
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Protesters at COP29 call for climate justice. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Isaiah Esipisu (baku) Saturday, November 16, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 16 (IPS) – African environmental activists at the ongoing climate summit (COP29) in Baku have called on climate financiers to stop suffocating poor countries with unbearable loans in the name of financing climate adaptation and mitigation on the …
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Jagadish Vasudev, known widely as Sadhguru, at COP29. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (baku) Saturday, November 16, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 16 (IPS) – A sudden flurry of activity as Jagadish Vasudev, known widely as Sadhguru, emerges from an interview room in the COP29 media centre. It’s early days of the conference and there is an energy and …
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Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR). Credit: CGIAR by Umar Manzoor Shah (baku) Saturday, November 16, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 16 (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 …
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In the United States, in 2024 alone, there have been 24 climate change associated events with losses exceeding $1 billion each. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, us) Friday, November 15, 2024 Inter Press Service This is particularly alarming considering how many countries, including the United States, were negatively and economically impacted by climate change associated disasters this year, …
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Whaia with her daughter Moana at COP29. Credit: Aishwarya Bajpai/IPS by Aishwarya Bajpai (baku) Friday, November 15, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 15 (IPS) – Kaitiaki! Whaia says she is at COP29 to bring indigenous wisdom to influence policy and to provide guardianship (kaitiaki) of the climate negotiations. Whaia, who now lives in Aotearoa, New Zealand, was raised as an …
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by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, November 14, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (IPS) – As winter approaches, the ongoing airstrikes and bombardments on Lebanon has threatened the lives and livelihoods of civilians across the country and neighboring regions, which has resulted in skyrocketing death tolls and levels of displacement. Since hostilities escalated in September, Lebanon has seen …
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Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell superimposed on a dramatic poster displayed at the CARICOM Pavilion at COP 29. Credit: Aishwarya Bajpai/IPS by Aishwarya Bajpai (baku) Thursday, November 14, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 14 (IPS) – “Though I come from a ‘no worries’ island, climate change is deeply worrisome for us,” Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told IPS in …
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