Globally around 21% of young women were married before their 18th birthday – 650,000,000 girls and women alive today were married as children. Credit: United Nations. By Baher KamalMADRID, Nov 3 2021 (IPS) Imagine your child, your daughter, being genitally mutilated and, further on, sold or even handed over for free to an older man
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4 November 2021
Daughters of a Lesser God (I) 800 Million Girls Forced to Be Mothers
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3 November 2021
Biden says US ‘showed up’ at Cop26 and criticizes China and Russia no-show – live
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President: China and Russia made ‘big mistake’ by skipping talks Biden says Joe Manchin will vote for reconciliation package Democrats agree deal to lower prescription drug prices – Schumer Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email Even as Joe Manchin is indicating it will take a while for the Senate
3 November 2021
Obtaining Water, a Daily Battle in Argentina’s El Impenetrable Region
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Francisco Montes shows the cement tank where he collects rainwater in El Impenetrable. Scarce rainfall in the last two years has created serious trouble for the inhabitants of this four-million-hectare ecoregion, who are scattered around the Chaco region of northern Argentina. CREDIT: Daniel Gutman/IPS By Daniel GutmanGENERAL GÜEMES, Argentina , Nov 2 2021 (IPS) Next
2 November 2021
Queen tells Cop26 in video address it’s ‘time for action’ on climate
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British monarch urges world leaders to rise to challenge of ‘true statesmanship’ The Queen has expressed her hope that world leaders would “rise above the politics of the moment, and achieve true statesmanship” in tackling the climate crisis as she welcomed Cop26 delegates to Glasgow in a recorded video address. In a message played at
1 November 2021
Risky business: Why Sustainability is now Central to Mitigating Risk
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Sustainability risks are under the spotlight like never before, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown. Global Reporting Initiative share findings of a recent webinar on how companies can align sustainability and enterprise risk management, improving their accountability and transparency. Credit: GRI By Lany HarijantiAMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Nov 1 2021 (IPS) The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly
1 November 2021
Cop26 summit at serious risk of failure, says Boris Johnson
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UK PM says climate crisis talks at G20 over weekend only ‘inched forward’ The Cop26 climate summit is at serious risk of failure because countries are still not promising enough to restrict global temperature rises to below 1.5C, Boris Johnson has warned. In a blunt admission after two days of preliminary talks at the G20
31 October 2021
Coordination games vs prisoner’s dilemma in sustainability games: A critique of recent contributions and a discussion of policy implications
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Publication date: February 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 192 Author(s): Alessio Carrozzo Magli, Piero Manfredi
31 October 2021
COP26 – Commonwealth Chief Calls for “Highest Possible Ambition” at Climate Summit
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Patricia Scotland By External SourceOct 30 2021 (IPS-Partners) Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has called for all countries to deliver an ambitious and transformative outcome at the imminent UN Climate Change Conference COP26, while appealing for increased support for the smallest and most vulnerable nations. The Secretary-General will lead a delegation to the summit, to advocate
30 October 2021
‘It’s the protests which are giving me hope’: activists descend on Glasgow
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Campaigners from around the world are uniting to disrupt the Cop26 conference and put pressure on political leaders Thousands of protesters from around the world arrived in Glasgow on Saturday to demand urgent action on the escalating ecological emergency before the two-week Cop26 climate conference. Campaigners from scores of environmental justice, indigenous and civil society
28 October 2021
Climate Crisis Fuels Exodus to Mexico, Both Waystation and Destination
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Every day, dozens of migrants from Central America, Haiti and Venezuela come early in the morning to the offices of the governmental Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid in downtown Mexico City to apply for asylum. Mexico is overwhelmed by the influx of migrants, to whom it has begun to apply harsh restrictions. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy/IPS