Wind turbines overlooking Vyas Chhatri, traditional architecture of Jasalmer district in Rajasthan. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Athar Parvaiz (new delhi) Monday, November 04, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI,…
Read more Is India Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Fast Enough To Achieve Its Emission Targets?Residents pose behind the sprinkler that irrigates an alfalfa field thanks to the energy generated by a photovoltaic panel installed on Fanny Lastra’s property in Mirador de Bío…
Read more Small Farmers Reap Growing Benefits From Solar Energy in ChileOpinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 22 (IPS) – New institutional economics (NIE) has received another…
Read more Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional EconomicsOpinion by Danielle Nierenberg (baltimore, maryland usa) Monday, October 14, 2024 Inter Press Service BALTIMORE, Maryland USA, Oct 14 (IPS) – World Food Day 2024 World Food Day seems…
Read more When Will World Food Day be a Day to Actually Celebrate?The iconic Chinese fishing nets along the Kerala coast offer a picturesque scene that draws tourists from around the world. However, the fishworkers that have used them for…
Read more With Climate Change, Government Apathy, Who Should Kerala’s Fishworkers Turn To?Illicit financial flows. Credit: IPS Opinion by Khalid Saifullah (new york) Friday, October 04, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 04 (IPS) – Khalid Saifullah, Fellow, Save Bangladesh…
Read more To Put a Stop to Siphoning off Money, Start with DataAchieving the goal of tripling renewables generation capacity by 2030, and more broadly decarbonizing the global electricity system, requires active SPCU involvement. Credit: Bigstock. Opinion by Leonardo Beltran,…
Read more Tripling Renewables Powered by State-Owned Power Companies and Utilitiesby Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, September 19, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) – In early September, Typhoon Yagi, a deadly tropical cyclone, hit Southeast…
Read more Typhoon Yagi Devastates Southeast AsiaOpinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 11 (IPS) – Marginalised and dominated economically by the Global…
Read more The Global South in the New Cold WarOpinion by Saifullah Syed (rome) Friday, August 23, 2024 Inter Press Service ROME, Aug 23 (IPS) – The student movement in Bangladesh demanding reform of the quota system for…
Read more Things Can Only Get Better for BangladeshOpinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Friday, August 16, 2024 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug 16 (IPS) – During the first half of the 20th century, antisemitism was…
Read more Origins of the Gaza Catastrophe – Part 1Ships await their turn to cross the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: Emilio Godoy / IPS by Emilio Godoy (panama) Friday, August 09, 2024…
Read more Hydrogen from Renewables or Fossil Fuels? The Panamanian QuestionMichelle Mokone (Left) & Morongwe Mokone (right). Credit: UN magazine Opinion by Mkhululi Chimoio (united nations) Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (IPS) –…
Read more How Access to US Market Changed Fortunes of two South African SistersA police officer walks after using tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration over police killings of people protesting against Kenya’s proposed finance bill in Nairobi, June…
Read more The IMF is Failing Countries like Kenya: Why and What can be Done About it?Seayeen Aum promotes ecotourism in the remote province of Ratanakiri, in Cambodia’s northeast. Credit: Kris Janssens/ IPS by Kris Janssens (phnom penh) Friday, June 28, 2024 Inter Press Service…
Read more Cambodia at a Tipping Point: Authenticity Makes Way for ProgressOpinion by Palitha Kohona (colombo, sri lanka) Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Inter Press Service COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jun 18 (IPS) – Today Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the…
Read more Sustainable Development of 39 Small Island Developing States No Time to WaitThe distinctive boats used by fishworkers in Andhra Pradesh, India. Their unique design, with a curvy end and flat middle, enables stability in the waters of Andhra Pradesh,…
Read more Explainer: What You Need to Know About Climate Change and Blue CarbonOpinion by Carolina Galvani, Monique Mikhail (washington dc) Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, May 29 (IPS) – Last week, the World Bank Group released a…
Read more To Tackle Climate Crisis, the World Bank Must Stop Financing Industrial LivestockOpinion by Achim Steiner, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (united nations) Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) – Small island developing states (SIDS) are scattered…
Read more Small Island Developing States can be Nature-Positive Leaders for the WorldCredit: IMF Opinion by Danny Bradlow (pretoria, south africa) Monday, May 13, 2024 Inter Press Service During its G20 presidential year, South Africa will host a summit of heads…
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