By Martha KatsiHARARE, Zimbabwe, Jan 27 2020 (IPS) Steven Seremwe, who is 57 years old, was retrenched from his job as an administrator at Lake Shore Missions in 2012. He decided to focus on farming, and he started growing various crops—white maize, sugar beans, and sweet potatoes, among others—for consumption and sale. “I have always
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27 January 2020
Biofortified Crops Improve Farmers’ Livelihoods in Zimbabwe
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27 January 2020
When economics prevails over genocide
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Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf is pictured during the ruling at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands on January 23, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS/EVA PLEVIER By Tasneem TayebJan 27 2020 (IPS-Partners) (The Daily Star) – Two days after the Interna-tional Court of Justice (ICJ) approved emergency “provisional measures” asking Myanmar to stop persecution of
27 January 2020
‘Chuffed to be chosen’: participants attend first UK climate assembly
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Sir David Attenborough thanked the 110 people gathered in Birmingham for giving up their time On the 16th floor of Birmingham’s Park Regis hotel, glass walls provide sweeping views of the city skyline, along with a long backlog of cars on the motorway outside – but transport is just one of many issues the 110
26 January 2020
Inequality makes climate change much harder to tackle | Larry Elliott
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What Davos didn’t face up to is that we can’t expect poor people to make all the sacrifices For those perched at the top of the mountain, the view is perfectly clear. Climate change is the issue of the moment and has to be tackled without delay. Governments, companies and individuals are all going to
26 January 2020
The week in podcasts and radio: Drilled; Discovery – Ecological Grief
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Climate crimes and other misdemeanours make for vital, if anxiety-inducing, listening Drilled | Critical Frequency Discovery: Ecological Grief (BBC World Service) | BBC Sounds Continue reading…
26 January 2020
Education Cannot Wait Interview with Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown
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By External SourceJan 24 2020 (IPS-Partners) As the world marks the second International Day of Education on 24 January 2020, Education Cannot Wait’s Director, Yasmine Sherif, interviewed one of today’s most prominent and passionate advocates for the global movement to ensure education for all. In his role as UN Special Envoy for Global Education and
26 January 2020
Amnesty’s musical appeal for education of Rohingya and host community children
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By Star Online ReportJan 24 2020 (IPS-Partners) Amnesty International released a music video today on the occasion of the International Day of Education to encourage people of Bangladesh and around the world to support education for Rohingya children and those of host communities in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi hip-hop lyricist and musician Mahmud Hasan Tabib and child
26 January 2020
If you love Australia, climate change should scare the hell out of you | Greg Jericho
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Conservatives love to talk up Australia ‘punching above its weight’, but they turn to self-hating cowards when it comes to climate change I love Australia. It’s not a thing you hear too often from progressives. Mostly this is because we don’t go in for the pathetic jingo-nationalist, quasi-militaristic “love it or leave it” style patriotism
25 January 2020
‘Kids are taking the streets’: climate activists plan avalanche of events as 2020 election looms
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Young demonstrators aim to make the climate crisis a central issue of the presidential campaign Organizers in the youth climate movement plan an avalanche of activities beginning next week, determined to make the future of the climate the major issue of the 2020 election. Capitalizing on turnout in the September climate strikes, when 6 million
25 January 2020
We can’t trust the billionaires of Davos to solve a climate crisis they created | Payal Parekh
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It’s time to turn away from the World Economic Forum and its mass-polluting ‘affiliates’. We need new, radical solutions • Payal Parekh is an international climate activist This week, among the private chalets and deep snow of Davos, the world’s leading politicians and businesspeople have been spending their time at the World Economic Forum (WEF),