IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath’s fireside chat with Washington Post columnist Heather Long on the findings of a new Staff Discussion Note (SDN) by the Fiscal Affairs Department, which explores the role fiscal policy can play in maximizing the opportunities of AI, as well as containing the risks. Credit: IMF Opinion by Era Dabla-Norris, Ruud de Mooij (washington dc) …
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Amanda Hernández and Nicole Cecilia Delgado, co-directors of La Impresora. Credit: courtesy of La Impresora by SWAN – Southern World Arts News (san juan / paris) Wednesday, June 19, 2024 Inter Press Service SAN JUAN / PARIS, Jun 19 (IPS) – On meeting Amanda Hernández, one is immediately struck by her infectious energy and her generous sharing of information about Puerto …
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At a camp for internally displaced people in Bokkos. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (kaduna, nigeria) Wednesday, June 19, 2024 Inter Press Service KADUNA, Nigeria, Jun 19 (IPS) – Lami Kwasu, a farmer in the village of Kafanchan in Kaduna State, north-central Nigeria, was at home one evening in October 2020 when the sound of sporadic gunshots filled the air. …
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Nyando climate-smart villages are home to a mix of technologies tailored to boost farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change, manage risks and build resilience. These technologies will in turn improve livelihoods & incomes. Credit: S.Kilungu (CCAFS) Opinion by Inga Jacobs-Mata – Maya Rajasekharan – Namukolo Covic – Mose (pretoria, south africa) Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South …
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Opinion by Palitha Kohona (colombo, sri lanka) Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Inter Press Service COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jun 18 (IPS) – Today Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the environmental threats they confront require our urgent attention —and the global spotlight needs to be trained deliberately and maintained consistently on their concerns, in particular, climate change, marine biological diversity loss and …
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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, June 17, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) – When the 193-member UN General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution, back in September 2015, the goals were highly ambitious: to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, eliminate inequalities, protect human rights, promote gender empowerment and ensure economic, social and environmental development—and much more. The …
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Mr. Thiaw spoke to UN News ahead of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, marked annually on 17 June Ibrahim Thiaw: Desertification is happening at the local level as much as it is global. Unless we address this at the local level, we will never be able to actually control it at the global level. Global policies and …
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Opinion by Francine Pickup (united nations) Monday, June 17, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) – 58 percent of respondents to a worldwide survey believed that their political system has been captured by an elite that is corrupt, obsolete, and unreformable. Corruption thrives in environments characterized by weak governance, where transparency, accountability, and public decision-making are compromised by …
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“There has been a very clear intensification of the war over the past couple of months,” said Denise Brown, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine. “On my last trip to Ukraine two weeks ago, there were 12 sirens during the day and 12 explosions. There’s a constant disruption to daily life in the city of Kharkiv,” she told journalists …
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“Every second, around four football fields of healthy land are degraded,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “The security, prosperity and health of billions of people rely on thriving lands supporting lives, livelihoods and ecosystems, but we’re vandalising the Earth that sustains us.” Desertification, land degradation and drought are currently among the most pressing environmental challenges. United for land The Day’s …
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