Biden Administration Takes ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Climate Position at ICJ
The Biden administration faced backlash from scientists, advocacy groups, and vulnerable Pacific islands on Wednesday for arguing before the United Nations' highest court that...
In Malawi, sex and mental health can be taboo topics. Not...
The weekly radio show “Spot On: Kalikonse Tikadziwe” takes on topics that are taboo in the village of Undi and throughout Malawian society. Today’s...
Heightened Insecurity in Sudan Threatens Nationwide Collapse
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Two women and a child...
Conservation Agriculture Transforming Farming in Southern Africa
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New Approaches Urgently Needed to Tackle Resurgent Social Crises
Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Financial Crisis, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Global, Headlines, Health, Inequality, TerraViva United...
North Carolina Town Sues Utility Giant Over ‘Decades of Deception’ on...
The town of Carrboro, North Carolina filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the utility company Duke Energy of carrying out a "knowing deception campaign concerning...
After Gaps in UN Agreement, National Laws Must Step Up To...
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The international carbon markets need recognition of community rights to be integrated in the national and international supporting regulations and guidance....
The end of an Eras tour approaches, marking a bittersweet moment...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After more than 150 shows across five continents over nearly two years, the global phenomenon that is Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour...
Where Nazis first won office, Germans are voting for right-wing extremists
Just down a thickly forested road from the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial here in the historic city of Weimar, a young mother wrangling her...
New UN aid chief vows ‘ruthlessness’ to prioritize spending as funding...
GENEVA -- The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency says it will be “ruthless” when prioritizing how to spend money, a nod...
Ladles of Love Launches ‘Feed the Future’ Campaign
NPO Ladles of Love has launched its biggest annual campaign yet, titled 'Feed the Future' and South Africa is invited to get on board....
Nigeria’s new listing tops trading volumes as shares soar
Housing and hospitality group Haldane McCall plc sees its listing on the Main Board of the Nigerian Exchange Limited as the route to raise...
‘Right Thing to Do’: FERC Delays Controversial LNG Export Terminal
Frontline communities along the Gulf Coast were granted a "temporary reprieve" last week when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission moved to pause its approval...
VML South Africa Brings Home Regional TikTok Ad Awards
VML South Africa has announced that it brought home awards in three categories at the inaugural regional TikTok Ad Awards for the Middle East,...
To end AIDS, communities mobilize to engage men and boys
Michael Onyango rises before dawn in his Nairobi apartment and catches a train eight hours east to Kilifi, a coastal town north of Mombasa....
How an App Transformed Farming for Rural Tanzanian Women
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Henkel SA Hosts Inaugural Sustainability Indaba
Henkel South Africa has hosted its inaugural Sustainability Indaba, highlighting that the commitment to a sustainable future has never been stronger. This event brought...
‘Quilombola Communities Live in Fear Because the Laws That Are Supposed...
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Dec 4 2024 (IPS) -...
Update on contested plan to open pharmacy in ‘much-needed’ location
Priesh Patel and his family have spent the last few months trying to set up a healthcare hub inside the High Street...
Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
MARRAKECH, Morocco -- Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the kinds of films...
Focus on Africa: IPBES Plenary Session Makes Inaugural Visit to Biodiverse...
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Springbok in Sossusvlei, Namibia. IPBES 11...
South Africa’s G20 Presidency in 2025: A Pivotal Moment for the...
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Lutfiyya Dean (center), head of the South African delegation...
Ugandan Disability Rights Mental Health Advocate Honored
(New York) – Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership...
‘The People Always Pay’: Report Details How LNG Tax Breaks Harm...
How do local communities lose out when governments invest in fossil fuel facilities instead of community needs? That's the question at the heart of...
Small Island States Urge International Court to Look Beyond Climate Treaties
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What Does The Ceasefire in Lebanon Entail For Gaza?
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A group of...
‘Monumental Victory for the Ocean’: Norway Halts Plans for Deep-Sea Mining
Environmental organizations cheered as Norway's controversial plans to move forward with deep-sea mining in the vulnerable Arctic Ocean were iced on Sunday.
The pause was...
‘Frontlines of a Crisis We Did Not Create’: Low-Lying Nations Make...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard arguments Monday in the largest climate case ever brought before it as a coalition of low-lying and...
Giving the Ocean a Fighting Chance Through the Great Blue Wall
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Credit: Great Blue WallVICTORIA, Seychelles,...
Resilience amid crisis: strengthening the HIV response for displaced communities in...
Ethiopia faces a triple crisis of conflict, climate change, and displacement that impedes the capacity to provide essential health and other humanitarian assistance to...
Confronting the Global Crisis of Land Degradation
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The 16th session of the...
Who are the Ultimate Winners in the World’s Ongoing Military Conflicts?
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Credit: US National ArchivesUNITED NATIONS, Dec 2...
Global celebrities unite behind UNAIDS’ call for world leaders to “take...
GENEVA, 1 December 2024 — This World AIDS Day (1 December), sixteen global celebrities, including Hollywood film star Luke Evans and singer-songwriter Sia of...
Embracing the feral in Kingston, Jamaica’s concrete jungle
‘A Feral Commons’ is a Global Co-Commission public art project spearheaded by the Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN) and led by Dubai-based Alserkal Advisory....
The Biggest Delegation at Plastic Treaty Talks? Plastic Industry Lobbyists
At the fifth and final session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to finalize a global plastics treaty in Busan, South Korea, one...
The COP29 is over, and so is the spotlight on Azerbaijan
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva.The 29th session of the United Nation's flagship climate summit, also known as COP (Conference of Parties), just wrapped up in...
Drought in Somalia is forcing thousands of climate refugees to Kenya’s...
A screenshot of an old woman at the Dadaab Refugee Camp from the documentary Radio Dadaab by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), used with...
Maine Becomes Latest State to Sue Oil Giants Over Climate Deception
Maine on Tuesday joined a group of eight other U.S. states that have sued major oil and gas companies for deceiving the public about...
Critics Call COP29 Climate Finance Draft ‘Slap in the Face’ by...
With the United Nations' annual climate summit scheduled to end Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan, green groups denounced the latest
draft finance deal, which would...
PrEP for her: Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines...
The only HIV prevention that Elena Felix knew of was condoms. But condoms were not something that she was able to make use of,...
‘Unacceptable’: Campaigners Decry Climate Finance Failures as COP29 Enters Final Hours
As the clock winds down at the UN climate summit taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, green groups are sounding the alarm Thursday following the...
Nearly 300 Green Groups Urge Biden to Block LNG Expansion Ahead...
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan draws to a close and the second presidency of Donald Trump approaches, nearly 300...
Climate emergency risks worsening AIDS epidemic, UN warns at COP29
Countries facing “triple funding crisis” of insufficient climate finance, insufficient HIV funding, and crippling debtGENEVA/BAKU, 21 November 2024—The climate crisis could disrupt HIV services...
Big Oil Tax Could Boost Global Loss and Damage Fund by...
A modest tax on the world's seven largest oil and gas companies could generate hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the...
Campaigners Demand ‘Biden Make a Final Stand’ for Climate Before Trump...
With the clock winding down on President Joe Biden's tenure and the dark cloud of Republican President-elect Donald Trump's imminent administration looming, activists rallied...
At COP29, Democrat Senators Vow to ‘Rise Up’ for Climate During...
A pair of Democratic U.S. senators pledged Saturday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to keep fighting for climate action during Republican President-elect...
Thousands March in London to Demand End of Fossil Fuels and...
Thousands of climate justice advocates took to the streets of London on Saturday to demand the U.K. government "end its reliance on fossil fuels,...
Exploring Mexican identity and the human soul through Marlene Pasini’s poetry
Photo of Marlene Pasini in an illustration by Global Voices. Photo used with permission.To talk about Marlene Pasini is to talk about a Mexican...
Grocer’s $440bn is Africa’s biggest IPO of 2024
Grocery chain Boxer has launched its share offer, aiming to raise between ZAR 8.0 billion ($440 million) and ZAR 8.5 bn ($467m). Although it...
‘We Need a Shift’: Climate Leaders Demand End of COP Dominated...
The crushing influence of petrostates and fossil fuel industry lobbyists has rendered the annual United Nations climate conference unfit to deliver the kinds of...
Trump Picks Big Oil Ally and Drilling Enthusiast Doug Burgum for...
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has chosen billionaire North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry and...
World’s Largest Coral Found in Pacific, Unharmed by Planetary Heating
Scientists announced on Thursday their discovery of the largest coral ever documented off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean...
US Plastics Industry Dumps Almost Half a Billion Gallons of Wastewater...
Amid fears over President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a government watchdog on Thursday called out the EPA for letting...
As Planet Heads Toward 2.7°C Rise, Tracker Warns Global Climate Action...
Existing policies and actions taken by world governments put the world on track for a median estimate of 2.7°C of warming by the end...
Newly Unearthed Docs Show Big Oil Knew of Climate Dangers as...
Documents uncovered from several academic and news archives shed light on what one climate disinformation expert on Tuesday called "one of the earliest and...
Critics Warn Trump EPA Pick Zeldin ‘Will Make Our Air and...
As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet
continued to take shape on Tuesday, climate and environmental campaigners expressed deep concerns about his pick to lead...
UN Climate Chief Warns Inaction on Emissions Will Deliver ‘Inflation on...
As he addressed world leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday, U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell made the...
‘We Don’t Give Up’: Climate Groups Resolute as Shell Wins Appeal...
Climate campaigners didn't sugarcoat their reactions to a Dutch court decision on Tuesday that overturned a landmark 2021 ruling ordering the oil behemoth Shell...
As Biden Adviser Speaks at COP29, Green Groups Say Act Before...
As the U.S. senior adviser to the president for international climate policy addressed the United Nations summit in Azerbaijan on Monday, green groups urged...
Climate Campaigners Demand COP29 Free of ‘False’ Finance Solutions
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference has been called the "climate finance" conference, with participants expected to establish a new annual target for...
‘Ready to Fight’ for Climate, Students Walk Out Over Trump
Students with the youth-led Sunrise Movement walked out of over 30 high schools and universities across the United States on Friday to stand against...
Advocates Urge Biden to ‘Secure His Climate Legacy’ by Acting on...
With just 75 days left before climate-denying Republican President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House to pursue his "Drill, Baby, Drill" energy agenda,...
2024 ‘Virtually Certain’ to Be Hottest Year on Record: EU Climate...
A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand...
Greta Thunberg Won’t Attend UN Climate Talks in ‘Yet Another Authoritarian...
When national delegates and civil society representatives gather in Baku, Azerbaijan next week for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, one prominent climate voice...
Who Should Pay for Climate Damage? Majority of the World Agrees:...
A multinational survey commissioned by Greenpeace International and published Monday revealed that a majority of respondents favor making fossil fuel companies pay for...
‘Unacceptable,’ Advocates Say as COP16 Ends Without Biodiversity Fund Deal
Officials at the international biodiversity conference that began in October were forced on Saturday to suspend talks without reaching an agreement on a key...
Company That Tracks Methane Leaks Says Crisis Worse ‘Than Ever Before’
The number of methane "super-emitters" detected by a satellite company has surged by approximately one-third over the past year, despite pledges from fossil fuel...
G20 commits to fighting the inequalities driving AIDS and other pandemics....
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 1 November 2024 — Ministers at the G20 Ministerial in Rio De Janeiro have made new commitments to tackle AIDS...
Transforming trauma into art through smoke and spirit: Congolese artist Géraldine...
Portrait of Géraldine Tobe ©Studio Vanssay. Photo courtesy of AFIKARIS Gallery, Paris.
“I needed to go beyond brushes and traditional painting. Smoke is unpredictable, creating...
‘The Window Is Closing’: Fears Grow That World Leaders Will Fail...
As a major international biodiversity summit approaches its Friday conclusion, environmental advocates fear that world leaders will not make the conservation and financial commitments...
Empowering youth to lead Togo’s HIV response
In Togo, youth and adolescents living with HIV are stepping forward to lead the response against the AIDS epidemic. Through resilience, determination, and a...
Options derivatives trading coming to Nairobi Securities Exchange
A big step forward for Kenya’s derivatives market NEXT, a part of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), as it moves to introduce options derivatives...
Report Details Record-Breaking Health Threats of Climate Crisis, Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Over $1 trillion spent each year on subsidizing fossil fuel production must be redirected to public health efforts, said the experts behind a new...