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Monthly Archives: September 2022
HAVANA, Sep 23 (IPS
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Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh
KHULNA, Bangladesh, Sep 23 (IPS) – Like many other women in Bangladesh’s salinity-prone coastal region, Lalita Roy had to travel a long distance every day to collect drinking water as there was no fresh water source nearby her locality. Read the full story, “Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh”, on globalissues.org → […]
Cuban Innovator Uses Sunlight to Create a Model Sustainable Space
HAVANA, Sep 23 (IPS) – After making a model for a solar heater, installing solar panels and creating a device to dehydrate food with the help of the sun, Félix Morffi is turning his home into a space for the production and promotion of renewable energies in Cuba. Read the full story, “Cuban Innovator Uses […]
LONDON / EDINBURG,
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Demark rallies wealthy nations to back ‘climate solidarity’, boost financing for hard-hit poor countries
Collectively, “we must address…the fundamental imbalances in the world we share,” Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Thursday, calling for global “climate solidarity” to support vulnerable countries that have suffered “loss and damage” from climate change. Read the full story, “Demark rallies wealthy nations to back ‘climate solidarity’, boost financing for hard-hit poor countries”, […]
Why Investing in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Pays Off
LONDON / EDINBURG, Sep 23 (IPS) – As the devastating images of flooding in Pakistan went round the world and the country declared a state of emergency, some 4,000 miles away in Stockholm, delegates had just arrived for World Water Week – an annual focal point for global water issues. Read the full story, “Why […]
LIMA, Sep 22 (IPS)
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Barbados Prime Minister Motley calls for overhaul of unfair, outdated global finance system
Mia Amor Motley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, urged world leaders to “use the power of the pen” and impose natural disaster and pandemic clauses in developing countries’ debt, as well as remove the current barriers to accessing financial assistance from multilateral development banks. Read the full story, “Barbados Prime Minister Motley calls for overhaul […]
Inequality in Peru’s Education Sector Deepens in Post-Pandemic Era
LIMA, Sep 22 (IPS) – “When the pandemic hit, I stopped studying, just when it was my last year of school…My parents couldn’t afford to pay for internet at home,” said Rodrigo Reyes, 18, one of the nearly 250,000 children who dropped out of school in 2020. Read the full story, “Inequality in Peru’s Education […]