Prof Abiodun Williams says we must not forget that the international organisation has helped our understanding of the issues facing the environment There is a curious anomaly in Alice Bell’s otherwise illuminating article on climate change (Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored), 5 July). It makes no reference
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6 July 2021
The United Nations’ leading role in tackling the climate emergency | Letter
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6 July 2021
Agroecology as the Centrepiece of Sustainable Food Systems
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The most important goal of a food system or of agricultural production is to increase food production for our increasing population, but nutrition is essential. Produce stall in Harlem, New York. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS By Alison KentishUNITED NATIONS, Jul 6 2021 (IPS) In three weeks, the United Nations will bring together farmers, scientists, policymakers and
6 July 2021
USMCA Agreement: Towards a New Economic Relationship in North America?
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By Saul Escobar ToledoMEXICO CITY, Jul 5 2021 (IPS) The visit of the Vice President of the United States to Mexico on June 8 served to address various issues on the bilateral agenda . The media gave importance especially to the migration issue, but Mrs. Harris gave a prominent place , also , to the
5 July 2021
Small majority believe there is still time to avert climate disaster – survey
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Survey in 16 countries finds just over half of consumers believe their own behaviour can help A small majority of people believe there is still time to make a difference and slow global heating, a survey of consumer attitudes in 16 countries reveals. People aged 55 and over believe most strongly that their behaviour can
5 July 2021
US urges Australia to adopt ‘more ambitious climate goals’ as pressure mounts on Morrison to act
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Top US diplomat in Canberra says US and Australia have a shared obligation to protect the planet The top US diplomat in Australia has declared both countries need to set “more ambitious climate goals” and tackle the climate crisis “head on”, as international pressure mounts on the Morrison government to act. Mike Goldman, who is
4 July 2021
Modern Slavery: How Consumers Can Make a Difference
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Estimates reveal that there are 40.3 million people in slavery worldwide as part of a US$32 billion business. Credit: UN images. By External SourceJul 4 2021 (IPS) Few people want to buy products that involve the exploitation or enslavement of the workers who make them – but that’s exactly what most of us do on
3 July 2021
‘We thought it wouldn’t affect us’: heatwave forces climate reckoning in Pacific north-west
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Left-leaning states had focused on how global heating would affect others. Then the ‘heat dome’ arrived The record heatwave in the Pacific north-west is forcing a reckoning on the climate crisis, as many living in the typically mild region consider what rising temperatures mean for the future. A “heat dome” without parallel trapped hot air
3 July 2021
Families Search for Loved Ones Gone Missing in Post-War El Salvador
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One of the flyers pasted on a tree in the city of Sonsonate, in eastern El Salvador, which on Jun. 28 called for help to find Flor Maria Garcia, 33, missing since March. The next day, the young woman’s body was found in a vacant lot near Cojutepeque, the city in the centre of the
2 July 2021
Robust and Resilient Finance
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Support for this paper was gratefully received from the Korea Institute of Finance. Abstract The development and growth of the financial sector within the last 50 years has been justified on the grounds that new instruments and greater levels of trade result in a more efficient allocation of risk. The experience of the Great Financial Crisis
1 July 2021
Climate crisis is driving US heatwave, says Joe Biden – video
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The US president blamed the climate crisis for a record-breaking heatwave when he met governors from western states as fierce wildfires burn in northern California. ‘Climate change is driving a dangerous confluence of extreme heat and prolonged drought,’ Biden said. ‘Wildfires are not a partisan phenomenon. They don’t stop at a county or a state