 | Don’t “Whitewash” Khashoggi’s Murder Tharanga Yakupitiyage In the midst of international outrage over the alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, human rights groups have called for a United Nations investigation into the incident. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without ... MORE > > |
 | Africa Remains Resolute Heading to COP 24 Friday Phiri In December 2015, nations of the world took a giant step to combat climate change through the landmark Paris Agreement. But African experts who met in Nairobi, Kenya at last week’s Seventh Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA VII) say the rise of far-right wing and ... MORE > > |
 | UN Vote on Palestine a Humiliating Defeat for US & its Envoy Thalif Deen Nikky Haley, the vociferously anti-Palestine US Ambassador to the United Nations, warned member states last year she will “take down names” of those who vote against American interests in the world body—perhaps with the implicit threat of cutting US aid to countries that refuse to play ball with ...MORE > > |
 | For the Survival of the Nile and its People Maged Srour Running through eleven countries for 6,853 kilometres, the Nile is a lifeline for nearly half a billion people. But the river itself has been a source of tension and even conflict for countries and territories that lie along it and there have been rumours of “possible war for the Nile” for years ... MORE > > |
 | Parliamentarians to Assess Population & Development Funding 24 Years After Historic Conference Thalif Deen When international parliamentarians-– both from the developed and developing world— meet in Canada next week, the primary focus would be to assess the implementation of a landmark Programme of Action (PoA) on population and development adopted at a ground breaking UN conference, led by the UN ... MORE > > |
 | Developing Countries Losing Out To Digital Giants Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury A new United Nations report warns that the potential benefits to developing countries of digital technologies are likely to be lost to a small number of successful first movers who have established digital monopolies. Jomo Kwame Sundaram According to the Trade and Development Report 2018 ... MORE > > |
 | Caribbean Nations Pay Steep Price for Climate Change Caused by Others Daniel Gutman Although their contribution to global warming is negligible, Caribbean nations are bearing the brunt of its impact. Climate phenomena are so devastating that countries are beginning to prepare not so much to adapt to the new reality, but to get their economies back on their feet ... MORE > > |
 | Q&A: Using Data to Predict Internal Displacement Trends Carmen Arroyo This year the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) noted that 2017 saw the highest number of displacements associated with conflict in a decade-11.8 million people. But this is not a situation that is going to be resolved any time soon, says the organisation which has been reporting on ... MORE > > |
 | OPED - Zero Hunger: Our Actions Today Are Our Future Tomorrow José Graziano da Silva Just three years ago, in September 2015, all United Nations Member States approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The eradication of hunger and all forms of malnutrition (Sustainable Development Goal number 2) was defined by world leaders as a cardinal objective of the Agenda, a sine ...MORE > > |
 | Rural Migration: An Opportunity, Not A Challenge Tharanga Yakupitiyage While it can be a challenging issue, migration must be seen as an opportunity and be met with sound, coherent policies that neither stem nor promote the phenomenon. A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) examines rural migration and urges countries to ...MORE > > |
 | VIDEO - World Food Day: World Hunger is on the Rise Again IPS World Desk According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), over 820 million people are currently suffering from chronic undernourishment across the globe. The reasons for the surge are complex, but are attributed to increasing conflict, economic slowdowns and the rise in extreme ... MORE > > |
 | Helping Ethiopia Achieve Green Growth and Avoid Industrialised Nations’ Environmental Mistakes James Jeffrey As Ethiopia undergoes a period of unprecedented change and reform, the Global Green Growth Institute(GGGI) is partnering with the Ethiopian government to try and ensure this vital period of transition includes the country embracing sustainable growth and avoiding the environmental mistakes made by ... MORE > > |
 | Students Go Green to End Global Energy Poverty Busani Bafana In Africa, over 640 million people – almost double the population of United States – have no access to electricity, with many relying on dirty sources of energy sources for heating, cooking and lighting. While not offering a solution to the electricity gap in Africa, Brian Kakembo Galabuzi, a ... MORE > > |
 | Latin America Backslides in Struggle to Reach Zero Hunger Goal Orlando Milesi For the third consecutive year, South America slid backwards in the global struggle to achieve zero hunger by 2030, with 39 million people living with hunger and five million children suffering from malnutrition. "It's very distressing because we're not making progress. We're not doing well, ... MORE > > |
 | Indonesia Unveils Low Carbon Development Framework Kanis Dursin Indonesia is convinced that low carbon development and a green economy are key to further boosting economic growth without sacrificing environmental sustainability and social inclusivity. Low carbon development, also called low emission development strategies or low carbon growth plans, refers ... MORE > > |
 | Rwanda Leverages Green Climate Fund’s Opportunities to Fast-Track Sustainable Development Aimable Twahirwa In a move to achieve its green growth aspirations by 2050, Rwanda has placed a major focus on promoting project proposals that shift away from "business as usual" and have a significant impact on curbing climate change while attracting private investment. The latest report published by the ... MORE > > |
 | Kenyan Women Turning the Tables on Traditional Banking and Land Ownership Miriam Gathigah It was less than eight months ago that Mary Auma and her three children, from Ahero in Kenya’s Nyanza region, were living in a one-room house in an informal settlement. Ahero is largely agricultural and each day Auma would go and purchase large quantities of milk and resell it – earning only a 10 ...MORE > > |
 | Latin American Rural Women Call for Recognition and Policies Mariela Jara Rural women in Latin America play a key role with respect to attaining goals such as sustainable development in the countryside, food security and the reduction of hunger in the region. But they remain invisible and vulnerable and require recognition and public policies to overcome this ... MORE > > |
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