BRAZIL: ‘Resistance Is Intergenerational, and Art Is How Energy Gets Renewed’ By CIVICUS Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

BRAZIL: ‘Resistance Is Intergenerational, and Art Is How Energy Gets Renewed’ By CIVICUS Sep 28 2026 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the role of art in climate and rights struggles in the Brazilian Amazon with Tom Wheeler, executive director and co-founder of Treesistance. Treesistance is a platform operated by the Netherlands-based Sinchi Foundation that partners with Indigenous communities across four Brazilian states on cultural preservation and forest protection. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/brazil-resistance-is-intergenerational-and-art-is-how-energy-gets-renewed/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How_to_Protect_Coastal_Communities_From_TideRelated_Loss_and_Damage_in_Bangladesh_For_Pakistan_Risin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

The Global Leaders Network Pushes to Protect Women’s and Children’s Health By Shuli Wong Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

The Global Leaders Network Pushes to Protect Women’s and Children’s Health By Shuli Wong UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 2026 (IPS) - In the wake of the largest decline in global health financing on record, the Global Leaders Network (GLN) for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent Health convened a high-level meeting on September 22 to sustain political momentum for women and children’s health financing. The event, Financing for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health in a Time of Austerity, was co-hosted by the Governments of South Africa, Spain, and Tanzania, in addition to the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMMCH). Throughout the meeting, GLN members repeatedly called for a financing reset for women’s, children’s, and adolescent health (WCAH), warning that reduced global assistance and rising debt could reverse decades of progress. In 2025, official development assistance (ODA) fell to USD 174.3 billion, a 23.1 percent drop from 2024 and the largest annual decline on record. Simultaneously, the external debt in low- and middle-income countries reached a record USD 8.9 trillion, with debt-servicing costs remaining at a historic high. The reduction in assistance, with the increase in debt, has limited governments’ abilities to invest in essential services, leading to consequences for WCAH. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/the-global-leaders-network-pushes-to-protect-womens-and-childrens-health/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How_to_Protect_Coastal_Communities_From_TideRelated_Loss_and_Damage_in_Bangladesh_For_Pakistan_Risin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Rohingya Camps: Children in Frontline of Food Rationing Crisis By Mohammed Zonaid Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Rohingya Camps: Children in Frontline of Food Rationing Crisis By Mohammed Zonaid COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Sep 28 2026 (IPS) - For Mohammed Dullah, recent cuts in UN food rations for Rohingya and other refugees in Bangladesh are not just spreading hunger but also forcing them to save on basic needs such as schooling and healthcare for his children. “I was able to manage with my children somehow when I used to get $12 by going to work sometimes,” said Dullah, 59. “But since the reduction to seven dollars [per family member] a month, I can’t afford lots of basics anymore, like clothes, tuition fees, meat, or fish one or two times a month.” https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/rohingya-camps-children-in-frontline-of-food-rationing-crisis/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How_to_Protect_Coastal_Communities_From_TideRelated_Loss_and_Damage_in_Bangladesh_For_Pakistan_Risin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Pension Peril Among Populations By Joseph Chamie Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Pension Peril Among Populations By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Sep 28 2026 (IPS) - Dozens of government-funded pension programs providing benefits to hundreds of millions of men and women face growing fiscal strain and long-term sustainability challenges. These pressures are largely driven by rapid demographic transitions, including ageing populations, declining fertility, rising life expectancy, and shrinking workforces. Many state pension systems rely on current workers to finance benefits for current retirees. In countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United States, these systems face increasing financial pressure as the number of workers supporting each retiree declines, while retirees live longer and collect benefits for more years. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/pension-peril-among-populations/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How_to_Protect_Coastal_Communities_From_TideRelated_Loss_and_Damage_in_Bangladesh_For_Pakistan_Risin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

India Still Needs to Address Harmful Dark Skin Stereotypes By Kumkum Chadha Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

India Still Needs to Address Harmful Dark Skin Stereotypes By Kumkum Chadha NEW DEHLI, Sep 28 2026 (IPS) - As a young girl, Sarada Murlidharan cringed at the thought of going to school. It was not the studies but the taunts of ‘being black’ or having dark skin, where fair skin was considered preferential, that made her unhappy. It was not a one-off: it was there as a constant, often unsaid but equally piercing. She was not one of them but one apart, and that too in the negative sense. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/india-still-needs-to-address-harmful-dark-skin-stereotypes/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How_to_Protect_Coastal_Communities_From_TideRelated_Loss_and_Damage_in_Bangladesh_For_Pakistan_Risin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Overshoot of Paris Agreement and the Looming Super El Niño Drive Urgent Calls for Global Climate Action at UNGA 81 By Oritro Karim Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Overshoot of Paris Agreement and the Looming Super El Niño Drive Urgent Calls for Global Climate Action at UNGA 81 By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS, Sep 29 2026 (IPS) - The United Nations 2026 Climate Summit addressed critical strategies to mitigate the compounding impacts of the climate crisis and accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The summit brought together civil society actors, climate scientists, major energy producers and consumers, development experts, and world leaders on September 23 as part of the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the General Assembly (UNGA 81). https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/overshoot-of-paris-agreement-and-the-looming-super-el-nino-drive-urgent-calls-for-global-climate-action-at-unga-81/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How_to_Protect_Coastal_Communities_From_TideRelated_Loss_and_Damage_in_Bangladesh_For_Pakistan_Risin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Fragmented Policies Hold Back Agroecology Adoption in Africa’s Congo Basin By Isaiah Esipisu Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

Fragmented Policies Hold Back Agroecology Adoption in Africa’s Congo Basin By Isaiah Esipisu YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Sep 29 2026 (IPS) - Agricultural, land, forestry, environmental and trade policies in the Congo Basin remain compartmentalised at country levels, leaving proven agroecological models trapped at pilot stages due to a lack of advisory services, organic inputs, market outlets and sustainable financing. In a declaration made following the Second Congo Basin Convening on Agroecology held in Yaounde, Cameroon, in August 2026, experts and activists, as well as government representatives, observed that the Congo Basin does not end at the borders of its six countries. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/fragmented-policies-hold-back-agroecology-adoption-in-africas-congo-basin/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How_to_Protect_Coastal_Communities_From_TideRelated_Loss_and_Damage_in_Bangladesh_For_Pakistan_Risin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -