Building Back Greener in Africa
African leaders highlight the opportunity for a triple dividend: reduced risk, increased resilience and strengthened recovery.ISTANBUL, Jul 7 2020 (IPS)...
Month: September 2024
Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Small Island Developing States
Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UN Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)An undersea restaurant in the...
Covid-19 Cannot Be Defeated by a Divided World
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 16 2020 (IPS) - Announcing an independent evaluation of the global Covid-19 response on 9th...
Transforming the Global Economy or Parachuting Cats into Borneo?
Lawrence Surendra is a Chemical Engineer and Environmental Economist and a former staff member of UN-ESCAP and Council Member of...
Disregarding Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Shudarson Subedi is past president of the National Federation of the Disabled, Nepal, an Australian Award Global Alumni member and...
Water Graves: Nightmare for Mexican Fishermen
MEXICO CITY, Feb 4 2021 (IPS) - All of Erizo s nightmares are the same. Since his return from the...
Reduce Military Spending – the Much-Needed Response to Violence Against Women
Maria Victoria (Mavic) Cabrera Balleza is Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Global Network of Women PeacebuildersThe United Nations is conducting...
Developing Country Solidarity Needed to Overcome Pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Jul 6 2021 (IPS) - As rich countries have delayed contagion containment, including mass vaccination, in...
Inclusive Education to Break the Cycles of Poverty
Street Library in Mayotte, July 2016. Credit: François Phliponeau/ATD Fourth World - Centre Joseph Wresinski NEW YORK, Oct 15 2021...
‘COVICANE’ – How One Caribbean Country is Coping with the Hurricane Season during COVID-19
Dominican Farmer and Vendor Ayma Louis has COVID restrictions and the hurrricane season to contend with. Credit: Alison Kentish (IPS)DOMINICA,...