Environment

Innovative Business Models, Critical for African Governments to Unlock Carbon Markets

By Aimable Twahirwa
With current efforts to boost Africa's carbon credit production by 2030, experts believe the commitments will require Governments to switch from a voluntary to a compliance market by generating renewable energy for a portion of national and regional electricity supplies.

Wrecked by Climate Change, Farmers in Kashmir Shift to Lavender Cultivation

By Umar Manzoor Shah
Mohammad Subhan Dar diligently tends to some bright purple plants on a four-acre farm in Bijbehara, a hamlet south of Kashmir’s capital, Srinagar. As you draw nearer, you’ll be mesmerized by the sight of sprawling lavender fields, where about 10 to 15 farmers, including Dar, prepare for a promising harvest.

Wanted: A New Local Oversight Structure to Achieve SDGS, Climate Action & Biodiversity Preservation

By Simone Galimberti
The links between Agenda 2030 and SDGs, including climate action and biodiversity preservation are clear and straightforward. Yet, leveraging them, and bringing them to together in a unified framework, remains extremely challenging.

Peru Faces Challenge of Climate Change-Driven Internal Migration

By Mariela Jara
Nearly 700,000 people have migrated internally in Peru due to the effects of climate change. This mass displacement is a clear problem in this South American country, one of the most vulnerable to the global climate crisis due to its biodiversity, geography and 28 different types of climates.

Nature Doesn’t Know Borders: Collaboration for Conservation in Cyprus

By Abigail Van Neely
Along the 180-kilometer-long buffer zone separating the north and south of Cyprus, there is a surprising sign of unity: recycled ammunition boxes no longer hold bullets. They are home to baby birds.

Zimbabwe’s Food Security Ambitions in El Niño’s Crosshairs

By Ignatius Banda
Zimbabwe is riding a wave of food security assurances after what officials said was last year’s bumper grain harvest, but recent El Niño forecasts could test the country’s agriculture production ambitions.

Navigating Challenges of New City Development for Nusantara, Indonesia’s Future Capital

By Omar Sidique, Diani Sadiawati and Diandra Pratami
Many nations are engaged in ambitious urban planning endeavors and the creation of new capital cities. Nusantara, Indonesia, is the latest in a series of modern cities that have sprung up across Asia.

Don’t Count on PPP Solutions

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram
In recent years, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have spread rapidly. While usually profitable for the private partners, PPPs have generally not served the longer-term public interest.

Pemex Exploits Fossil Fuels with Money from International Banks

By Emilio Godoy
At the entrance to the municipality of Paraíso, in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, there is a traffic circle that displays three things that are emblematic of the area: crabs, pelicans and mangroves.

Why Floods ‘Beyond Our Imagination’ Hit Nepalese Himalayan Town

By Tanka Dhakal
When a flash flood descended on a Himalayan community in the Mustang district in Nepal, it shocked the residents, climate change experts, and disaster risk management. Anil Pokharel described it as "beyond our imagination." He has experienced many disasters as the Chief Executive at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority for the Government of Nepal.

Alarm Bells are Ringing at Halfway Point of the 2030 Agenda

By Oli Henman
The world is now half way to 2030 but the ambitious goals agreed in 2015 including the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are under threat, action is urgently needed.

Beyond Words: The Urgent Call for the US to Address Global Inequality Through Climate Action

By Abby Maxman
With its global representation, one would expect the UN General Assembly to touch on many diverse issues. And it does. But talks have repeatedly come back to one unifying call: if we want to save ourselves, our planet, and our future, we must act now.

UN Meets on Effective Responses to Loss and Damage Ahead of COP28

By Joyce Chimbi
African countries are increasingly in the eye of deadly climate-induced disasters. Recent devastating extreme events include intense shattering earthquakes in Morocco, followed shortly by catastrophic floods in Libya this September that left 11,300 people dead, according to Libya’s Red Crescent.

The Ocean Offers Rich Solutions for Climate Change

By Wavel Ramkalawan
For the people of Seychelles, the ocean is more than just a source of livelihood. It is also a way of life. About 80% of our homes and infrastructure are located along the coast and those homes and infrastructures are impacted by the ocean in various ways.

The Bitter-Sweet Sides of Uganda’s Oil and Gas Development

By Wambi Michael
French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are moving with pace in the development of oil and gas projects with a potential investment portfolio estimated at more than USD 15 billion. IPS looks at the project's human rights record for the compensation of affected communities.

Why Root Crops Are the Future of Food Security in Africa

By Hugo Campos
Despite the dominance of the “Big Three” cereal crops and a steady rise in meat consumption, an overlooked food sector is projected to become ever more central to Africa’s food security and rural economic growth between now and 2050.

Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram
The growing and changing material requirements for new technologies have triggered natural resource scrambles for strategic minerals, generating dangerous rivalries fought out in the global South.

With Hope and Courage, They Inspire Us

By Yasmine Sherif
“My dream is to become a teacher,” says 13-year-old Alia. A small glimmer of hope can be traced in her beautiful, almond-shaped, brown eyes. Together with her mother, siblings and aunt, Alia has fled the conflict in Sudan to Chad. With extraordinary courage to survive, she made the harrowing journey at night across checkpoints, threatened by guns and militia roaming around in the dark. While her eyes are still hollow from the flight, I see that sparkle for a split second: she still has hope.

We Must Act to Bridge the Gap Between Words and Deeds

By Patricia Scotland
In today's increasingly interconnected world, marked by grave economic, environmental, and security crises that transcend global boundaries, it's abundantly clear that our interdependence is an undeniable reality.

Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile’s Arid North

By Orlando Milesi
The reuse of treated wastewater in vulnerable rural areas of Chile's arid north is emerging as a new resource for the inhabitants of this long, narrow South American country.

Halfway to 2030: Our 5 Asks at the SDG Summit

By Bibbi Abruzzini and Marie L'Hostis
At the UN SDG Summit in New York, the Forus global civil society network is calling for decisive action on SDG implementation. Clearly, as we hit the midpoint towards the "finish line" of the Agenda 2030, progress is stagnating.
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