Agriculture Recognised as a Factor in Climate Change
By Arul Louis
UNITED NATIONS | 27 December 2023 (IDN) — While attention has been focused on greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and power generation, agriculture is only now getting due attention as a factor in climate change even as hunger stalks hundreds of millions and the global population is set to rise.…
COP28: Little to Celebrate, More to Lament
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS | 13 December 2023 (IDN) — When the much-ballyhooed climate change “conference of parties” —COP28—concluded on December 12 in the bustling Emirati city of Dubai, it reflected an old Greek proverb: the mountain that laboured to produce a mouse.…
The Future of Human Civilization Is at Stake
By Franz Baumann
This article was issued by Meer and is being republished with the author’s permission.
NEW YORK | 11 December 2023 (IDN) — A Freudian Slip is a revealing blunder: saying what one really thinks rather than what is expected, polite, or politically correct. …
Africa: Instability Slows Down Progress in Sustainable Development
By Jeffrey Moyo
HARARE, Zimbabwe | 10 December 2023 (IDN) — For almost two years, Zimbabwe’s opposition politician, Job Sikhala, has remained jailed without conviction after he was arrested in 2021, facing charges of inciting public violence.
Another opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, was jailed in April this year for four years on similar charges as in 2020 when he called for a national shutdown in protest over poor government leadership here. (P26) Japanese | Portuguese | Swahili | Turkish …
Loss and Damage Fund Is Signed for Climate-Damaged Countries
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK | 5 December 2023 (IDN) — Diplomats from nearly 200 countries celebrated with cheers and applause at the opening of the UN Climate Conference in Dubai, where a disaster fund to help vulnerable nations cope with the impact of drought, floods and rising seawater was announced.…
Tuvalu Confronts Multiple Challenges on the Frontline of Climate Change
By Kalinga Seneviratne*
FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu | 4 Dec 2023 (IDN) — While COP28 in UAE debates about how to distribute money from the new climatic change reparation fund, the small Pacific Island state of Tuvalu is grappling with a multitude of climate change-induced problems that could take millions of dollars to fix, if at all. (P25) Chinese | Japanese | Portuguese…
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