SUCHITOTO, El Salvador, Nov 03 (IPS) – The need for potable water led several rural settlements in El Salvador, at the end of the 12-year civil war in 1992, to rebuild what was destroyed and to innovate with technologies that at the time seemed unattainable, but which now benefit hundreds of families. Read the full […]
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Why Greta Thunberg Is Wrong to Boycott COP27
NEW YORK, Nov 03 (IPS) – Her recent announcement that she will not attend COP27 is understandable, but we still hope she’ll reconsider. By Prof. Felix Dodds and Chris Spence. Read the full story, “Why Greta Thunberg Is Wrong to Boycott COP27”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow now !
WASHINGTON DC, Nov
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A Beacon of Light in Dark Times: the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders
DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov 02 (IPS) – Before she was murdered in Honduras in 2016, the Lenca Indigenous woman and human rights defender Berta Cáceres poignantly said: “They are afraid of us because we are not afraid of them.” Read the full story, “A Beacon of Light in Dark Times: the Dublin Platform for Human Rights […]
Early Coal Retirement: How about a Global Auction
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 02 (IPS) – Report after report highlights that we can only achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions required by the climate goals of the Paris Agreement if much of the existing coal power generation capacity is retired early. To this end, one concept that deserves greater consideration is conducting an auction […]
WASHINGTON DC, Nov
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A Beacon of Light in Dark Times: the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders
DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov 02 (IPS) – Before she was murdered in Honduras in 2016, the Lenca Indigenous woman and human rights defender Berta Cáceres poignantly said: “They are afraid of us because we are not afraid of them.” Read the full story, “A Beacon of Light in Dark Times: the Dublin Platform for Human Rights […]
Early Coal Retirement: How about a Global Auction
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 02 (IPS) – Report after report highlights that we can only achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions required by the climate goals of the Paris Agreement if much of the existing coal power generation capacity is retired early. To this end, one concept that deserves greater consideration is conducting an auction […]
Nairobi, Nov 02 (IP
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Oil Exporters Make Markets, Not War
CARACAS, Nov 01 (IPS) – The decision to cut oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies as of Nov. 1 comes in response to the need to face a shrinking market, although it also forms part of the current clash between Russia and the West. Read the full story, […]