WASHINGTON DC, Dec 09 (IPS) – Delegates from more than 190 countries are donning thick coats and winter boots to attend the long-delayed UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada—the land of caribou, beluga whales and wolverines.
Africa Fights Back Against Wildlife Poachers, but Drought is Devastating

London, Dec 09 (IPS) – Elephant populations are starting to recover in parts of Africa as law enforcement agencies and local communities turn the tide in their long-running battle against wildlife poachers and traffickers.
WASHINGTON DC, Dec
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 09 (IPS) – Delegates from more than 190 countries are donning thick coats and winter boots to attend the long-delayed UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada—the land of caribou, beluga whales and wolverines.
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Energy Efficiency Is Law in Chile but Concrete Progress Is Slow in Coming

SANTIAGO, Dec 08 (IPS) – The Energy Efficiency Law began to gradually be implemented in Chile after the approval of its regulations, but more efforts and institutions are still lacking before it can produce results.
COP15: Super Reefs Offer Hope for Ocean Recovery Ahead of Biodiversity Summit
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 09 (IPS) – Delegates from more than 190 countries are donning thick coats and winter boots to attend the long-delayed UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada—the land of caribou, beluga whales and wolverines.
SANTIAGO, Dec 08 (I
SANTIAGO, Dec 08 (IPS) – The Energy Efficiency Law began to gradually be implemented in Chile after the approval of its regulations, but more efforts and institutions are still lacking before it can produce results.

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Climate Change Meets Conflict Pushing Millions of Children in Ethiopia Out of School

Addis Ababa, Dec 08 (IPS) – A silent catastrophe is unfolding in Ethiopia on the backdrop of years of inter-communal conflict and the most prolonged and severe drought in recent years. High inflation and food insecurity in the drought-ravaged country is among the worst in the world.
Energy Efficiency Is Law in Chile but Concrete Progress Is Slow in Coming

SANTIAGO, Dec 08 (IPS) – The Energy Efficiency Law began to gradually be implemented in Chile after the approval of its regulations, but more efforts and institutions are still lacking before it can produce results.
ROME, Dec 07 (IPS)
ROME, Dec 07 (IPS) – Maximo Torero Cullen is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)This year’s Human Rights Day marks the 74th year since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an international document that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all people. The right to food became a legal obligation for countries to promote and protect as part of the economic, social and cultural rights in 1966.

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Corruption: Europe Doing Nothing – Part II

MADRID, Dec 07 (IPS) – “Western Europe and the European Union remains the highest scoring region in the world’s corruption index, progress has halted and worrying signs of backsliding have emerged.”
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