NAIROBI, Dec 2 (IPS) - The High-level United Nations Conference on
South-South Cooperation kicked-off here Tuesday, with U.N. Deputy
Secretary-General Asha Rose Migiro calling for practical
solutions and reinforced South-South and North-South partnerships
to address the demands of our “deeply interconnected
world.”
ESTORIL, Portugal, Dec 1 (IPS) - The hard-line stance taken by Brazil, Argentina and
most other Latin American countries has clashed with U.S. efforts
to push for international recognition of the elections organised
Sunday by the de facto regime in power in Honduras since the Jun.
28 coup.
NAIROBI, Nov 30 (IPS) - Countries from the South are assuming leading roles
in decisions on global issues ranging from economic recovery to
food security, climate change and HIV/AIDS.
PARK FALLS, Wisconsin, Nov 29 (IPS/IFEJ) - A paper mill that runs without fossil fuels and has
a neutral carbon footprint? That’s the goal for Flambeau
River Papers in Park Falls, Wisconsin, and the company is already
on its way, thanks to a switch to biomass fuel, plus a
biorefinery in the works.
VITERBO, Italy, Nov 28 (IPS) - вЂAngry’ is not the adjective that comes to mind
when you first meet Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei.
COPENHAGEN, Nov 26 (IPS) - The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of
the Bella Centre, in the Danish capital Copenhagen, is a world
away from the thronging canopy suspended over the tropical
forests of Uganda, or the Democratic Republic of Congo, or
Cameroon.
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (IPS) - As climate scientists defend their work from
sceptics in the aftermath of researchers’ emails being
stolen over the weekend, a new report hopes to provide an update
on science’s latest climate-related findings.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 23 (IPS) - It is normally a conference bringing together
leaders from Britain and its former colonies.
LADAKH, India, Nov 22 (IPS) - His is a classic case of a man’s fight against
nature in this trans-Himalayan
region of Ladakh, as he battles
climate change.
HAVANA, Nov 20 (IPS) - The impacts of climate change on human health will
require new approaches to development, based on mitigation and
adaptation programmes in line with policies that ensure equal
access to health care.
COPENHAGEN, Nov 20 (IPS/IFEJ) - Whether a new internationally binding treaty to
reduce greenhouse gases and
forestall climate change will be
signed next month remains to be seen. What is
clear though, is
that if there is a place in the world that deserves to be the
stage
where this treaty ought to be signed, it is the Danish
capital of Copenhagen.
HANOI, Nov 19 (IPS) - As Vietnam’s big cities are increasingly deluged by
floods, the infrastructure cannot keep up.
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 18 (IPS) - Women in developing countries are among the most
vulnerable to the effects of crisis - be that climate change,
food price hikes, the HIV/AIDS pandemic or the global recession.
It is becoming more commonplace to hear women’s testimony,
but are women’s voices heard when it comes to deciding on
solutions?