Paris has finally arrived. During the next two weeks, a massive conference centre in the outskirts of the French capital will play host to the ultimate United Nations conference and the single most important climate change event in decades. The [...] Read more »
In Botswana: Leaving the Corporate Office to Work the Land – and Finding Opportunity
Beauty Manake moves around these days with a “million dollar” smile on her face. The 31-year old woman from Botswana now runs a thriving vegetable and livestock farm, as well as an agribusiness consultancy group. But she hadn’t planned on being [...] Read more »
Native Seeds Help Weather Climate Change in El Salvador
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Paris Climate Summit Opens With Dire Warning
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 2015 (IPS)
When the climate summit opened in Paris on Monday, the mood was overwhelmingly pessimistic — largely about the current state of the global environment.
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On World AIDS Day 2015: HIV Orphans in India Struggle With the Disease and for Their Future
Already 15 million people are accessing life-saving HIV treatment, according to UNAIDS. New HIV infections have been reduced by 35 per cent since 2000 and AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 42 per cent since the peak in 2004. As the globe [...] Read more »
Child Marriages Will Increase Without Action, Warns UNICEF
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 2015 (IPS)
If current trends continue, the number of child brides in Africa could more than double by 2050, UN’s children fund (UNICEF) warned in a new report.
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Malawi Working to Improve Nutrition Sensitive Agricultural Production
In the last few years, Malawi has successfully managed to reduce infant and under five mortality. But reducing malnutrition, which affects an estimated 1.4 million children, continues to be a costly challenge for the country. A 2015 report by [...] Read more »
Traditional Seeds Keep Hunger Away in Drought-Prone Zimbabwe
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Ethiopia: The Biggest African Refugee Camp No One Talks About
On a sunny November day in Addis Ababa the courtyard of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) centre is packed with people—some attend a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reception clinic, others get essential supplies, while students [...] Read more »
Addressing Climate Change Through Sustainable Development
Jomo Kwame Sundaram is the Coordinator for Economic and Social Development at the Food and Agriculture Organization and received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of [...] Read more »
African Countries Feeling Exposed to Extreme Weather Changes
Extreme weather conditions, an impact of climate change faced by African countries despite contributing the least global emissions, is attracting the attention of many as the clock ticks towards the start of the 2015 United Nations Conference [...] Read more »
Seaweed Cultivation Ushers Waves of Change in the Sundarbans
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Zimbabwe’s Long Road in Ending Poverty and Hunger
Noel Bhizori has a permanent post at a traffic light in Bulawayo’s central business district where he sells mobile phone recharge cards at a busy intersection. “The profits are little but then this is the only means to earn a living I know,” [...] Read more »
“París Is Not the End of a Climate Change Process but a Beginning”
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Opinion: Ending Child Marriage – What Difference Can a Summit Make?
Samuel Musyoki is currently the Country Director of Plan International Zambia and the Chair for 18+ Ending Child Marriage in Southern Africa Programme.
By Samuel Musyoki
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