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March 31, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Kalinga Seneviratne<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SYDNEY | TOKYO, 31 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 A one-day conference at Soka University in Tokyo on March 29 titled \u2018Advancing Security and Sustainability at the G7 Hiroshima Summit\u2019 discussed the complex problem of swaying the focus away from the Ukraine war towards green development and food and energy security at the forthcoming May summit of the world\u2019s advanced economies. These include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the European Union. (P33) ITALIAN<\/a> | JAPANESE<\/a> | SPANISH<\/a> | TURKISH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 28, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Ren\u00e9 Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n GENEVA, 28 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 On 20 March 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC<\/a>) published a Synthesis Report based on its three previous reports covering eight years of work. The IPCC is a panel of 93 scientists co-chaired by Hoesung Lee of South Korea and Valerie Masson-Delmotte of France. The Synthesis Report stressed that \u201cPrioritizing equity, climate justice, social justice, and just transition actions are needed for climate-resilient development.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 21, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plea for Radical Reduction in Global Emissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Rita Joshi<\/p>\n\n\n\n BONN, 21 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 \u201cWe\u2019re running out of time but not out of options to address climate change,\u201d declared Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, commenting on the IPCC\u2019s Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report<\/a>, released on 20 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are not doing enough, and the poor and vulnerable are bearing the brunt of our collective failure to act,\u201d said Madeleine Diouf Sarr, Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group commenting on the Synthesis Report. \u201cThe world cannot ignore the human cost of inaction,\u201d she maintained.\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 18, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Caroline Mwanga<\/p>\n\n\n\n NEW YORK, 18 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 The UN\u2019s largest annual gathering on gender equality, the empowerment of all women and girls and their human rights closed its two-week-long session on 17 March, acknowledging the critical role of technology and innovation in achieving gender equality.\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Forest Elephants Enhance Carbon Capture\u2014Keep Them Alive<\/a> YAOUND\u00c9, Cameroon (IDN) \u2014 While African forest elephants have traditionally been thought of as playing a destructive, negative role in forests, the big munchers are now seen as critical to saving a climate in peril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scientists now suggest that the perceived destructive nature of the African forest elephant through its feeding habits is good for the forests\u2019 health and the global climate. (P32) FRENCH<\/a> | JAPANESE<\/a> | PORTUGUESE<\/a> | SPANISH<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 7, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n NEW YORK, 7 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 Once on the decline, global hunger has reversed course over the last ten years, as multinational food companies increasingly replace domestic production and leave populations \u201cfood insecure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a recent Greenpeace International report, food imports from factory farms have jumped 650 per cent in Kenya alone, making huge profits for a handful of corporations and generous dividends for their shareholders.\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 5, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Farai Shawn Matiashe<\/p>\n\n\n\n MUTARE, Zimbabwe, 5 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 Every morning, Mercy Mubatsa fetches water from a tap outside her home in Penhalonga, a mining area 263 kilometres (163 miles) outside the Zimbabwean capital Harare, her anxiety is heightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In March last year, mercury and cyanide deposits from artisanal gold mines in Penhalonga were detected in Lake Alexander, about 32 kilometres from the mines, that supply water to her home.\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 4, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Jaya Ramachandran<\/p>\n\n\n\n GENEVA, 4 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 Multiple crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, growing inequalities, rising debt burdens and economic shocks are strongly affecting world\u2019s 46 Least Developed Countries (LDCs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n They face the challenge of high debt costs because they do not have sufficient cash to provide essential services. In the last decade, debt service costs in LDCs have increased from around 5% in 2011 to over 20% today.\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 1, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n By Jeffrey Moyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n CAPETOWN, South Africa, 01 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 Thirty-seven-year-old Lwandile Zwane of Khayelitsha and her two daughters have their super by 4 pm to beat the six-hour electricity outage across Capetown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Characterized by slum settlements, Khayelitsha is a township in South Africa\u2019s Cape Town where power outages have not spared many poor South Africans as the African country contends with energy shortages.\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Published by<\/strong> Japan Prepares to Sway Agenda Towards Green Development at G7 Summit March 31, 2023 By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY | TOKYO, 31 March 2023 (IDN) \u2014 A one-day conference at Soka University in Tokyo on March 29 titled \u2018Advancing Security and Sustainability at the G7 Hiroshima Summit\u2019 discussed the complex problem of swaying the focus away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newsletters-sdgs-for-all"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5537"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5753,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537\/revisions\/5753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}UN Constrained to Focus on Consequences of Climate Change<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Climate Change Poses Existential Threat to the World\u2019s Poorest<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
UN Finds Technology & Innovation Key to Gender Equality<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
March 11, 2023
By Ngala Killian Chimtom<\/p>\n\n\n\nRich Multis Profiteer While Hunger in Africa Soars<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe Are Drinking Mercury\u201d: In Zimbabwe, Artisanal Gold Mining Is Polluting Water<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
UNCTAD Urges Support for the World\u2019s Poorest Countries<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Energy Poverty Grips Southern Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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