Leonida Odongo, an activist from Kenya’s Haki Nawiri Africa, and Global Development and Environment Institute fellow Dr Timothy Wise agree that Africa’s food systems revolution should not be based on costly imports. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS By Aimable TwahirwaKigali, Sep 12 2022 (IPS) The 2022 Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Summit ended in Kigali, Rwanda, with
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12 September 2022
Optimism Prevails Despite Uncertainty Over Revolution to Build Africa’s Food Systems
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11 September 2022
UK must insulate homes or face a worse energy crisis in 2023, say experts
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Cutting heat loss from houses will be more effective in the long term than subsidising bills, according to analysis Britain will be plunged into an even worse energy crisis in a year’s time without an immediate plan to improve leaky homes and dramatically reduce demand for gas, ministers have been warned. The UK ranks among
10 September 2022
UN chief views ‘unimaginable’ damage in visit to Pakistan’s flood-hit areas
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António Guterres calls for ‘massive financial support’ in wake of disaster that has killed at least 1,391 people The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, as he rounded off a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the disaster. Record monsoon rains and glacier melt in
9 September 2022
Climate change, moose, and subsistence harvest: social-ecological assessment of Nuiqsut, Alaska
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Research ABSTRACT Assessing the impact of a rapidly warming climate on subsistence-based livelihoods in the Arctic is critical for building resilience for rural communities. We used a social-ecological system (SES) framework to evaluate the possible range of changes in moose abundance, distribution, and harvesting for Nuiqsut, a small native community in northern Alaska. Our results
9 September 2022
An Unsealed Indictment of Trump’s Crimes Against Migrant Families
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Katy Rodríguez (R) and her son (in his father’s arms) when they were reunited after leaving the Migrant Assistance Centre in San Salvador following their deportation. Like thousands of other families, mother and son were separated for four months after entering the United States without the proper documents. Credit: Edgardo Ayala/IPS By Peter CostantiniSEATTLE, USA,
8 September 2022
Information overload and environmental degradation: Learning from H.A. Simon and W. Wenders
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Publication date: December 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 202 Author(s): Tommaso Luzzati, Ilaria Tucci, Pietro Guarnieri
8 September 2022
Environmentalists’ concern over Liz Truss adviser’s climate policy views
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Matthew Sinclair wrote book tackling ‘burgeoning climate change industry’ Global heating could bring benefits, according to one of Liz Truss’s new advisers. As onlookers seek to read the environmental signals being sent by Truss’s new appointments, there has been particular interest in the ideas of Matthew Sinclair, who published Let Them Eat Carbon in 2011.
8 September 2022
Hundreds of Millions of Children Sentenced to Ignorance
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There are 244 million children out of school. Credit: Shafiqul Alam Kiron/IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Sep 7 2022 (IPS) More than two-thirds of 10-year-olds are unable to read and understand a simple text. This shocking finding should be enough to be alarmed about the horrifying fate of an entire generation. But there is much more.
7 September 2022
Evaluating the effects of alternative landscape management scenarios on three old-forest-associated predators over 100 years in the fire-prone forests of the Sierra Nevada, USA
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Research, part of a special feature on The Many Facets of Forest Resilience in the Lake Tahoe Basin ABSTRACT Developing and implementing landscape-scale management strategies capable of balancing the need for restoring natural fire regimes and promoting ecosystem resiliency for future climate change remains an urgent need globally. To help guide development of a landscape
7 September 2022
Cost of living and climate are higher global priorities than Ukraine, poll finds
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But there remains strong support in many countries for Russian military withdrawal from Ukraine, survey finds The cost of living is ranked by most voters globally as a more important issue than liberating Ukraine from Russian occupation, but there is still strong support for a Russian military withdrawal, according to a survey showing global preoccupations.