By Ida KarlssonSTOCKHOLM, Mar 11 2020 (IPS) There has been a significant increase in arms exports from the United States and France, according to a new report. The flow of arms to the Middle East has increased, with Saudi Arabia being the world’s largest importer. More than a third, 36 percent, of all weapons traded
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11 March 2020
More funds needed for new trees in England, say campaigners
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Government failing on pledge to plant 30,000 hectares by 2024, says Friends of the Earth Tree planting is one of the government’s key strategies for fighting the climate crisis, but ministers have got off to a slow start that shows little sign of speeding up, according to the latest figures: just £5.2m will be spent
11 March 2020
Current Laws Cannot Protect Zimbabwe’s Women from Sex Trafficking
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Victims say places like beauty salons have become hunting grounds for fixers, middlemen in sex and human trafficking. Courtesy: Ignatius Banda By Ignatius BandaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Mar 10 2020 (IPS) Similo Ntuli* looks like a ordinary, fashion-savvy woman in her twenties. As a hairdresser and beauty therapist in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, Ntuli has her finger
10 March 2020
Climate emergency: global action is ‘way off track’ says UN head
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Deadly heatwaves, floods and rising hunger far greater threat to world than coronavirus, scientists say The world is “way off track” in dealing with the climate emergency and time is fast running out, the UN secretary general has said. António Guterres sounded the alarm at the launch of the UN’s assessment of the global climate
10 March 2020
The United Nations, European Union and its Member States take strides to enhance their strategic partnership to help Kenya accelerate the attainment of the SDGs
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The Government of Kenya, the European Union & the United Nations unite to accelerate Kenya’s Big 4 development agenda and the SDGs. Credit: Barbara @EUinKenya By PRESS RELEASENAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 10 2020 (IPS-Partners) The United Nations, European Union and its Member States, and Government of Kenya met, for the first time, to explore ways they
10 March 2020
Radical Uncertainty: Capital Ideas Podcast
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John and Mervyn spoke with Matt Miller of Capital Ideas about Radical Uncertainty. Listen to the podcast here! The post Radical Uncertainty: Capital Ideas Podcast appeared first on John Kay.
10 March 2020
An Ambitious Year for Climate Action Is a Big Year for Women’s Empowerment
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By Frank Rijsberman and Ingvild SolvangMar 9 2020 (IPS) This year, the Paris Agreement’s effectiveness as a global response to the climate crisis is being tested as governments are preparing to submit more ambitious national targets for mitigation and adaptation. The combined ambitions of these targets should match the urgency to strengthening resilience and limiting
10 March 2020
Indian Ocean system that drives extreme weather in Australia likely to worsen with global heating
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Researchers believe the Indian Ocean Dipole is more clearly influenced by climate change than previously thought Indian Ocean surface temperatures that helped drive hot and dry conditions in eastern Australia last year were more clearly influenced by climate change than previously thought and are likely to worsen in future, researchers have found. Scientists studying a
9 March 2020
A social-ecological approach to estimate fisher resilience: a case study from Brazil
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Social-ecological systems (SESs), such as fishing communities, are human and biophysical subsystems that are intrinsically connected to one another and strongly depend on natural resources. That is why these human groups are usually the first to feel the effects of policies concerning fisheries and ocean governance and the most affected by them. These policies can
9 March 2020
Journalists Tell Slovakia’s PM-elect: ‘Thanks, but No Thanks’
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Igor Matovic, Slovakia’s prime minister-elect, wants to fund investigative journalists to act as corruption watchdogs on government and state bodies. Credit: Ed Holt/IPS By Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Mar 9 2020 (IPS) Plans announced by Slovakia’s prime minister-elect to fund investigative journalists to act as corruption watchdogs on government and state bodies have been dismissed as “a