Hypothermia, dehydration, and 5,000 km on foot: Venezuelan migrants risk their lives for a better future

Venezuelans desperate to leave the economic crisis in their country are risking their lives in the hope of a better future, braving extreme weather, border crossing, and bandits along the way. Read the full story, “Hypothermia, dehydration, and 5,000 km on foot: Venezuelan migrants risk their lives for a better future”, on globalissues.org → find […]

Financing education, imperative for ‘peaceful, prosperous, stable societies’ – UN chief

Education systems around the world need “more, not less money” the UN chief told journalists on Saturday during a joint press stakeout on the Transforming Education Summit and the International Finance Facility for Education. Read the full story, “Financing education, imperative for ‘peaceful, prosperous, stable societies’ – UN chief”, on globalissues.org → find more fun […]

Reimagining Urban Agriculture With Vertical Farming

URBANA, Illinois, USA, Sep 16 (IPS) – Cities across the world including New Jersey and  California, a State that is home to a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, have continued to experience climate change linked extreme events including scorching temperatures, extreme heat events, heavy storms and flooding with devastating impacts on agriculture, food security,  and  food […]

Hypothermia, dehydration, and 5,000 km on foot: Venezuelan migrants risk their lives for a better future

Venezuelans desperate to leave the economic crisis in their country are risking their lives in the hope of a better future, braving extreme weather, border crossing, and bandits along the way. Read the full story, “Hypothermia, dehydration, and 5,000 km on foot: Venezuelan migrants risk their lives for a better future”, on globalissues.org → find […]

South Sudan: Extended roadmap for lasting peace deal, a ‘way point, not an end point’

Since 2018, the Revitalized Agreement between the key players in South Sudan’s long-running civil war has provided a framework for peace, the Head of the UN mission there, UNMISS, told the Security Council on Friday – “despite continued outbreaks of intercommunal violence”.  Read the full story, “South Sudan: Extended roadmap for lasting peace deal, a […]

Reimagining Urban Agriculture With Vertical Farming

URBANA, Illinois, USA, Sep 16 (IPS) – Cities across the world including New Jersey and  California, a State that is home to a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, have continued to experience climate change linked extreme events including scorching temperatures, extreme heat events, heavy storms and flooding with devastating impacts on agriculture, food security,  and  food […]