Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

Red Alert for Blue Planet and Small Island States Farhana Haque Rahman Barely a week passes without alarming news of the most recent scientific research into the global climate crisis compounding a growing sense of urgency, particularly the impact on small island states from rising sea levels and extreme weather. Latest findings suggest that several hundred ... MORE > >

VIDEO: Solar Cookers Produce More Than Food for Mexican Women Emilio Godoy The sun's rays are also used to cook food and thus replace the burning of firewood and gas, improve the health of local residents and fuel the energy transition towards the use of renewable sources - the objectives of an enterprise in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Sponsored by the ... MORE > >

Mother Earth’s Café Dares Climate Crises in India Manipadma Jena The sun has barely risen when Phlida Kharshala shakes her 8-year-old grandson awake. He hoists an empty cone-shaped bamboo basket on his back, sets the woven strap flat across his forehead and off they go into the wilderness. By the time they reach the V-crossing at Mawpat Circle, mothers are ... MORE > >

UN Turns to Global Investors for Billions Needed for its 2030 Development Agenda Thalif Deen A Republican US Senator of a bygone era was once quoted as saying “a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.” And, not surprisingly, at the UN, when it comes to the implementation of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the financial targets keep ... MORE > >

Industrial Policy Still Relevant Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury Industrial policy refers to the promotion of new investments and technology by governments to encourage the growth and development of specific economic sectors. However, scepticism persists about the feasibility and desirability of using industrial policy, especially of the ability to ‘pick ... MORE > >

Climate Change to Further Escalate Violence in Western Africa Rabiya Jaffery Nearly 50 million people in west Africa rely on agriculture and livestock for their livelihood but the land available for pastoral use has been rapidly shrinking. While a part of this is because of growing population, climate change has also been a major contributor to this, says George ... MORE > >

Beyond the Headlines: the Development Story Behind Irregular Migration Achim Steiner Last week, a too-familiar human tragedy captured news headlines. 39 people were found dead inside a shipping container on an industrial estate in Essex in Southeast England; 31 men and 8 women whose individual identities, for now, remain anonymous, as authorities begin to investigate one of ... MORE > >

Nutrition - the Best Investment for a Developing Africa Busani Bafana There is evident correlation between countries with high levels of children under five years of age who are stunted or wasted and the existence of political instability and/or frequent exposure to natural calamities, experts say. But current food systems in Africa are not addressing nutrition ... MORE > >

World Closer Than Ever to Seeing Polio Disappear for Good In a “historic achievement for humanity”, two of three wild poliovirus strains have been eliminated worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday, following the conclusion by a group of experts that WPV3, type three of the disease, has been eradicated completely. The ... MORE > >

World’s Spreading Humanitarian Crises Leave Millions of Children Without Schools or Education Thalif Deen As massive protests escalated worldwide last month, millions of children walked out of schools to demonstrate against the lackadaisical response – primarily from world leaders --to the ongoing climate emergency resulting in floods, droughts, typhoons, heat waves and wildfires devastating human ... MORE > >