By Rosi OrozcoMEXICO CITY, Feb 28 2022 (IPS) For a country like Mexico, which in recent years has made the fight against corruption one of its highest priorities, a story published earlier this year fell like a bucket of cold water. One of the most important international rankings on public administration, the Corruption Perception Index
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28 February 2022
Climate emergency a ‘national security’ concern, says Red Cross
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On eve of alarming IPCC report, organisation warns governments to treat crisis on a par with war and peace Governments must start treating the climate crisis as a national security concern, on a par with war and peace, as climate breakdown threatens countries’ stability and safety, the global chief of the Red Cross has warned.
27 February 2022
6 in 7 People Worldwide Experience ‘High Levels of Insecurity’ – Why?
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Credit: Parvez Ahmad/Unicef By Baher KamalMADRID, Feb 27 2022 (IPS) Safety and security are at the base of the ‘hierarchy of needs’ pyramid, second in importance only to life’s absolute necessities—air, water, food and shelter, warns a new report. The report “Why we don’t feel safe,”elaborated by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and released on
26 February 2022
African countries spending billions to cope with climate crisis
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Report says average 4% of GDP will be spent on adapting to climate breakdown, risking deeper poverty African countries are being forced to spend billions of dollars a year coping with the effects of the climate crisis, which is diverting potential investment from schools and hospitals and threatens to drive countries into ever deeper poverty.
26 February 2022
An integrated climate-biodiversity framework to improve planning and policy: an application to wildlife crossings and landscape connectivity
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Planning and policy are best done through integrated approaches that holistically address multiple sustainability issues. Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the most significant issues facing our planet. Accordingly, advancements in integrated sustainability planning and policy require a means for examining how certain strategies and actions may align or conflict with these sustainability
25 February 2022
Firm, Unified Response Needed to Russia’s Aggression
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A woman stands in an abandoned school, damaged after a shell strike, in Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The world is facing “a moment of peril,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a General Assembly session, 23 February, dedicated to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Credit: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson By Andrew FirminLONDON, Feb 25 2022 (IPS) It
24 February 2022
Night-time attack on controversial Canadian gas pipeline site
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Police release video of attack on workers’ equipment at camp of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline opposed by First Nation groups Police in Canada have released footage of axe wielding attackers as they investigate a “calculated and organised” night-time raid on a remote work camp. Up to 20 people are believed to have attacked Coastal
23 February 2022
Caring for The Old
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Due to demographic pressures of growing elderly populations and the relative decline of workers paying taxes, governments are increasingly facing the need to adjust budgetary expenditures. Credit: K. S. Harikrishnan/IPS By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, USA, Feb 23 2022 (IPS) With the unprecedented ageing of populations worldwide, countries are struggling with the critical questions of who should
22 February 2022
Antarctic sea ice falls to lowest level since measurements began in 1979
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Scientists say record drop can’t yet be linked to global heating but urgent research needed to work out cause Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Sea ice around Antarctica has dropped to its lowest level in more than 40 years, according to preliminary data from satellites. Climate scientists say the record
22 February 2022
Mexico Needs a Mining Industry Model for the Energy Transition
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The Peñasquito mine, owned by U.S. company Newmont Goldcorp and located in the state of Zacatecas in northern Mexico, produces gold, silver, lead and zinc, the latter two of which are essential for the energy transition. CREDIT: Courtesy of Lucía Vergara By Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY, Feb 22 2022 (IPS) The debate in Mexico and at