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Monthly Archives: November 2022
COP27 closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief
After days of intense negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters. “This COP has taken . I welcome the decision to establish a fund […]
COP27: Historic Loss and Damage Fund Takes COP27 to the Edge
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov 20 (IPS) – After a tense impasse and many hours of negotiations, almost 200 countries struck a deal to set up a loss and damage fund to assist nations worst hit by climate change – a demand considered not-negotiable by the developing countries. Read the full story, “COP27: Historic Loss and […]
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Peruvian Women Still Denied Their Right to Abortion
LIMA, Nov 18 (IPS) – No woman in Peru should have to die, have her physical or mental health affected, be treated as a criminal or have an unwanted pregnancy because she does not have access to abortion, said Dr. Rocío Gutiérrez, an obstetrician who is the deputy director of the Manuela Ramos Movement, a […]
COP27: The Pacific Region is Under threat: We Must Act Now to Mobilise Climate Finance
Sharm El-Sheikh, Nov 18 (IPS) – The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) – 14 small island developing nations in the Pacific Ocean – comprise one of the most exposed and vulnerable regions to climate change and natural calamities. The region did not cause this climate crisis; the crisis stemmed from heavy carbon emissions by developed countries. […]
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Peruvian Women Still Denied Their Right to Abortion
LIMA, Nov 18 (IPS) – No woman in Peru should have to die, have her physical or mental health affected, be treated as a criminal or have an unwanted pregnancy because she does not have access to abortion, said Dr. Rocío Gutiérrez, an obstetrician who is the deputy director of the Manuela Ramos Movement, a […]
COP27: The Pacific Region is Under threat: We Must Act Now to Mobilise Climate Finance
Sharm El-Sheikh, Nov 18 (IPS) – The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) – 14 small island developing nations in the Pacific Ocean – comprise one of the most exposed and vulnerable regions to climate change and natural calamities. The region did not cause this climate crisis; the crisis stemmed from heavy carbon emissions by developed countries. […]
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