Amnesty International expressed their concern, in light of the United Nations Secretary General’s remarks, about the situation in Yemen, South Sudan, and Syria. A ceasefire would, at least to a limited extent, give countries in conflict a little more room to put aggressive efforts into preparing for the potentially devastating impact of the virus. This
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25 March 2020
What does U.N. Secretary General’s Call for Ceasefire Mean for Countries in Conflict?
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25 March 2020
How fresh economics can tackle coronavirus and climate change
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Measures to ease the impact of coronavirus hold lessons for how we can fight the battle against climate change, argue Colin Hines and Rosamund Aubrey, while Carl Gardner looks at the future of our financial centres Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Larry Elliott correctly identifies the wartime scale of responses to
25 March 2020
Improving Development Impact
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Getting the measure of water in a southern Indian village. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS. By Daud KhanROME, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) Most developing countries have good policies, programmes and projects in place. Many of these have been prepared with assistance from development partners or international financing institutions such as the World Bank, the regional development banks,
25 March 2020
Djibouti Intensifies Awareness-raising Efforts Against FGM
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ICPD awareness-raising campaigns in rural Tadjourah and Ali Sabieh in Djibouti, organised by the Parliamentary Group of Population and Development (PGPD). Courtesy: PGPD. By Mantoe PhakathiMBABANE, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is still widely practised in the African country of Djibouti. Despite efforts by the government and development agencies to curb this
24 March 2020
Limited use of transformative adaptation in response to social-ecological shifts driven by climate change
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Climate change is increasingly driving fundamental shifts in ecosystems, land use, and human livelihoods. Because of these rapid shifts, some conventional adaptation strategies may have limited success in reducing the impact of climate change. In some circumstances, there will be a need for considering transformative changes as part of adaptation strategies that can provide long-term
24 March 2020
Covid-19 economic rescue plans must be green, say environmentalists
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Campaigners urge governments to tie any bailouts to aviation and cruise industries to requirements for climate action Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The economic rescue packages to deal with the impact of the coronavirus must also be green, a growing chorus of environmental campaigners have urged, concerned that hasty measures will
24 March 2020
The Guardian view on Europe’s green deal: stick to the plan
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The cost and impact of coronavirus will imperil necessary action on the climate emergency. Towns and cities must use their collective imaginations to make a difference Difficult and almost impossibly daunting as it may seem, the world is faced with not one but two existential crises and two races against time: the coronavirus and the
24 March 2020
Even at a time of crisis, we need long-term thinking for future generations | Letter
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Signatories including Caroline Lucas and Bambos Charalambous say it is essential to deal with coronavirus as a global emergency, but that we must also work harder to predict and prepare for existential risks. They are backing the wellbeing of future generations bill As we work to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, all of us – individuals,
23 March 2020
Fisherfolk Fix Both Food and Climate by Closing Fishing Grounds
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Sungai Nibung village chief Syarif Ibrahim (second from left) leads by example in planting mangrove trees in Kubu Raya regency, West Kalimantan province. By Kanis DursinJAKARTA, Mar 23 2020 (IPS) Samsul sounded very happy last Monday (Mar. 16) when recounting his experience of catching crabs worth more than $60 in a single day. “I hauled
23 March 2020
Air Pollution: A Problem We Can Solve in Our Lifetime
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By Shloka NathMUMBAI, India, Mar 23 2020 (IPS) Over the past few years, worsening air quality in India—and in north India specifically—has awakened policy makers and civil society to take urgent action. There have been some efforts to address air quality, specifically the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which was launched in January 2019 with