A new report accuses industries fueling the climate crisis, including fossil fuel ones, of draining public funds in the ...

Climate change is driving a mental health crisis and accelerating eco-anxiety. Dr Emma Lawrance is a leading researcher on ...

When the “founding fathers” –regrettably, no “founding mothers”—created the United Nations 79 years ago, one of the biggest ...

In a context of shrinking civic space that threatens civil society participation in an increasing number of countries and all ...

State-owned power companies and utilities control much of the power sector. Consequently, tripling renewables by 2030 will ...

Driving the Summit of the Future’s core messages are young people who are determined to address the intersecting issues that ...

It is almost universally acknowledged that Pakistan emerged a separate state in 1947 primarily on the basis of religion. Yes, an Islamic state, but isn’t history rather murky on the question of ...

The Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave recently generated international discussion about the barbarity of slavery, but it is not alone in the attempt to break the silence around the 400 years of the ...

This year has been the worst for the Amazon rainforest in almost two decades. Although there has been a measured decline in ...

As a result of over two weeks of Israeli bombardment, thousands of Palestinian civilians have fled their homes in the north of Gaza and sought refuge in schools run by the UNRWA, the U.N. agency for ...

Fifty years ago when Sierra Leone gained independence after 150 years of colonial rule, with it came a feeling of optimism that along with a newfound control of its governance, the country would ...

LIMA, Sep 27 2024 (IPS) - The struggle for women’s right to decide in Latin America and the Caribbean, for their access to legal, safe and free abortion continues in the region, with some countries ...