Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

Negotiating for Nature Tharanga Yakupitiyage Wildlife is being wiped out in an unprecedented rate, and it’s our fault. But a new deal could provide a new pathway forward. Concerned over the rate of biodiversity loss, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is calling for a new deal for nature and people in order to accelerate and integrate ... MORE > >

Q&A: Many African Countries Already Live the Future of 2°C Warmer Isaiah Esipisu As the United Nations climate conference nears an end, all eyes are on the negotiators who have been working day and night for the past two weeks to come up with a Rulebook for implementation of the Paris Agreement. However, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), climate change is also a ... MORE > >

Decoding Article 6 of the COP24 Climate Negotiations Sohara Mehroze Shachi It is close to curtain call for the United Nations’ Climate Conference in Katowice, Poland, with ministers from around the world negotiating the text for a “rulebook” to implement the historic 2015 Paris Agreement for climate action. Amidst the various issues being debated, one of the most ... MORE > >

Senior UN Official Resigns Undermining Sexual Abuse Charges Thalif Deen The UN’s heavily-hyped “zero tolerance” policy on sexual abuse is being ridiculed once again --– this time with the abrupt resignation of the head of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) who faced charges of sexual harassment and was the subject of an inquiry by the UN Office of ... MORE > >

Not Just the Big Guys Are Against the Compact Souleymane Brah Oumarou A few hours after the adoption of the United Nation’s Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Marrakech, a consortium of Moroccan human rights organisations—La Vie Campesina—held a sit in protest in front of Marrakech’s Grand Post Office. In the statement issued on December 11, the ... MORE > >

GCM Adoption: An Approval for Change or Business as Usual? Chahreddine Berriah The Global Compact on Migration is now official. But what next? To get a better idea, IPS spoke to journalists and representatives of civil society attending the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) conference to find out their views on what it might achieve when to comes to ... MORE > >

Final Thoughts as the Global Compact for Migration Starts its Own Long Journey Against the Odds Steven Nsamaza As the red carpets are rolled up in Marrakesh after two days of intense declarations and commitments by more than 160 countries, what are the smaller players in this global phenomenon taking back with them? During the final presentations concluding the two-day Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and ... MORE > >

Bamboo — the Magic Bullet to Rapid Carbon Sequestration? Isaiah Esipisu As thousands of environmental technocrats, policy makers and academics work round the clock to come up with strategies for mitigation and adaptation to climate change at the United Nations’ conference in Katowice, Poland, one scientist is asking Parties to consider massive bamboo farming as a ... MORE > >

Women’s Resistance, Inequality Marks 2018 Tharanga Yakupitiyage Despite the rise in women’s resistance, women’s rights continue to be sidelined and increasingly face blatant attacks, Amnesty International said. Marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Amnesty International launched its annual report reviewing the ... MORE > >

Study Shows How African Countries are Preparing for Green Development Isaiah Esipisu In order for African countries to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), they will require further human capacity building, and there must be involvement of the private sector from the start of the planning process. This is according to ... MORE > >

Communities Meet to Share and Discuss Experiences of Migration in Dakar IPS World Desk Communities in Senegal's capital, Dakar, have been meeting across the city to watch a 45-minute documentary film made by returnee migrants, with support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). IOM is running a unique Migrants as Messengers (MaM) programme in Senegal, Guinea and ... MORE > >

Water, an Environmental Product of Agriculture in Brazil Mario Osava For the first time in her life, retired physical education teacher Elizabeth Ribeiro planted a tree, thorny papaya, native to Brazil's central savanna. The opportunity arose on Nov. 28, when the Pipiripau Water Producer Project, which is being carried out 50 km from Brasilia, promoted the ... MORE > >