Although women and girls account for a far smaller share of total homicides than men, they bear by far the greatest burden of intimate partner/family‐related homicide, and intimate partner homicide. Source: UNODC report By Fairuz AhmedNEW YORK, Feb 7 2020 (IPS) “I soiled my pants, I could feel the wetness seeping into my waistband, my
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7 February 2020
Do I Need Permission to Breathe? – A Migrant Woman’s Story
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7 February 2020
Bumblebees’ decline points to mass extinction – study
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Populations disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter, scientists say Bumblebees are in drastic decline across Europe and North America owing to hotter and more frequent extremes in temperatures, scientists say. A study suggests the likelihood of a bumblebee population surviving in any given place has declined by 30% in the course of a
7 February 2020
Humanity under threat from perfect storm of crises – study
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Climate, extreme weather, biodiversity, food and water crises could lead to ‘systemic collapse’ The world is facing a series of interlinked emergencies that are threatening the existence of humans, because the sum of the effects of the crises is much greater than their individual impacts, according to a new global study. Climate breakdown and extreme
6 February 2020
Vegetables Rot in Food Markets across Zimbabwe While Half the Population Faces Food Insecurity
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Vegetable vendors in Zimbabwe. While the country is experiencing massive food shortages, many vendors say they are forced to throw rotting vegetables away as people don’t have the money to purchase their goods any longer. Credit: Michelle Chifamba/IPS By Ignatius BandaBULAWAYO, Feb 6 2020 (IPS) Piles and piles of rotting vegetables at food markets situated
6 February 2020
A Humanitarian Response to the Crisis in Zimbabwe
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Location: Mt Hampden, 30km outside Harare The water-shortage crisis has worsened recently due to the drought. Children are missing school twice a week. Women are being abused at water sources. Children and women are walking up to 2 kilometres to access water. Credit: Lovejoy Mtongwiza (Twitter: @LJaymut10), award-winning Zimbabwe-based photojournalist. By Craig DubeHARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb
6 February 2020
PM under pressure to appoint COP 26 head as Gove tipped for job
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Experts warn ongoing vacancy is damaging the UN climate summit’s prospects of success Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to appoint a new president of the UN climate summit, with Michael Gove emerging as the most hotly tipped choice in Westminster, as experts warned the continuing power vacuum was damaging the prospect of success at
6 February 2020
India’s Outdoor Workers on the Frontlines of Climate Change
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Agricultural, construction, mining and other outdoor workers are facing highest productivity loss from extreme heat. Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS By Manipadma JenaNEW DEHLI, Feb 5 2020 (IPS) Last June when more than half of India was reeling under daily temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius, Nursing Behera’s 11-month-old son burned both his legs when a pot of
6 February 2020
Put Caroline Lucas in charge of COP 26 | Brief letters
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Lucas for COP 26 | Fuel tax shortfall | Pro-Brexit economists | Marmalade | Earwig jam Following the sacking of Claire O’Neill as president of the forthcoming climate change talks in Glasgow, and her subsequent criticism of Boris Johnson (COP 26: Cameron was asked by PM to take over – but he said no, 5
5 February 2020
World Drains Away Valuable Energy, Nutrients & Water in Fast-Growing Wastewater Streams
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Though most developed countries treat sewage, treatment levels do not generally remove nutrients from the wastewater that is discharged. One exception is the state of Maryland (U.S.) where all major sewage treatment plants are required to upgrade to enhanced nutrient removal technologies that will remove most of the nutrients from the wastewater. Credit: Chesapeake Bay
5 February 2020
Perceptions of deforestation in the Argentinean Chaco: Combining Q-method and environmental justice
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Publication date: May 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 171 Author(s): Elena Zepharovich, M. Graziano Ceddia, Stephan Rist