Global IssuesNews headlines for “Environmental Issues”
‘Our voices need to be included’: Trinidadian youth make case for strong role in climate negotiations
- UN News
Trinidad and Tobago is described as one of the “frontline States”, those nations that are most severely affected by the impact of the climate emergency, and youth activists are among the most prominent voices in the country calling for stronger action to combat the crisis, both at home and abroad.
Rainy Chiloé, in Southern Chile, Faces Drinking Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 02 (IPS) - The drinking water supply in the southern island of Chiloé, one of Chile's rainiest areas, is threatened by damage to its peatlands, affected by sales of peat and by a series of electricity projects, especially wind farms.
We Should Aim to be at Peace with Nature, Says David Cooper of UN Convention on Biological Diversity
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD & MONTREAL, May 02 (IPS) - In a world faced with habitat loss and species extinction, climate change, and pollution, it’s crucial that countries develop their national action plans and create a society that lives in harmony with nature, says David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in an exclusive interview with IPS.
Press Freedom and Climate Journalism: United in Crisis
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 01 (IPS) - Journalism is in crisis, again. The challenges to press freedom are enormous and multi-faceted and they are deepening -- in “free” and open societies as well as autocracies. And there are no simple solutions.
Drought and Unequal Water Rights Threaten Family Farms in Chile
- Inter Press Service
QUILLOTA, Chile, Apr 30 (IPS) - For the rural farmers in Chile, a combination of climate change-induced mega droughts, water policies that make access unaffordable and a State that either doesn’t want to or dares not intervene in the water market means family enterprises are dying out.Lack of water threatens the very existence of family farming in Chile, forcing farmers to adopt new techniques or to leave their land.
World News in Brief: DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll
- UN News
The world’s leading humanitarian action forum on Tuesday said that crushing levels of violence and displacement are fuelling unprecedented civilian suffering in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica be under the ground?
- UN News
A small but growing number of countries are well on their way to producing all of their electricity from renewable sources. Dominica, in the eastern Caribbean, is planning to join these pioneers and become the first small island developing State (SIDS) to stop using fossil fuels for energy generation.
Using Industrial Waste to Fight Pollution in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
CHAPECÓ, Brazil, Apr 29 (IPS) - Biogas sounds like redemption, the conversion of the sinner. Its production involves extracting energy from filth, from the most disgusting environmental pollution, and at the same time avoiding the worsening of the global climate crisis.
UN officials urge swift action to tackle El Niño-induced extreme weather
- UN News
Top UN officials called on Monday for swift action to combat the El Niño extreme weather events that are currently devastating southern Africa and other regions with flooding and drought.
Cuban Family Harnesses Biogas and Promotes its Benefits
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Apr 26 (IPS) - Just to obtain a good fertilizer it was worth building a biodigester, says Cuban farmer Alexis García, who proudly shows the vegetables in his family's garden, as well as the wide variety of fruit trees that have benefited from biol, the end product of biogas technology.
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