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Make Last Sprint Towards 2030 a ‘Turning Point’ for Nature Finance, Eighth GEF Assembly Told

By Cecilia Russell SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (IPS) - “While pressures on public budgets...

Filipino Indigenous Leader Takes Ancient Wisdom to the Global Stage

By Kizito Makoye SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan(IPS) - Every year, when dark clouds gather...

Ebola Outbreak in the DRC Raises Global Health Concerns Amid Conflict and Displacement

By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Since May 16, there...

Scarcity of Treatment Makes Syrians More Vulnerable to Mental Health Crisis

By Sonia Al Ali IDLIB, Syria (IPS) - The protracted years of...

Climate Change Threatens Tourism Industry in the Caribbean – CHINESE

气候变化威胁加勒比旅游业 作者:琳达-哈钦森-贾法尔 特立尼达和多巴哥西班牙港,2023 年 4 月 26 日(IDN)–加勒比海,一个以阳光亲吻的海滩、宁静的水域和充满活力的文化而闻名的旅游胜地,正面临着气候变化带来的破坏性影响所造成的严酷现实。 作为许多加勒比岛屿的重要经济命脉,旅游业正面临着生存危机,因为全球变暖对该地区脆弱的生态系统、基础设施和社区生计造成了损害。随着海平面的上升、风暴的加剧和珊瑚礁的恶化,加勒比旅游业的未来岌岌可危,必须采取紧急行动和适应措施来保护这一深受喜爱的旅游胜地。 加勒比酒店与旅游协会主席尼古拉 Madden-Greig 强调,旅游业是加勒比地区的主要经济驱动力,也是全球最依赖旅行和旅游业的地区。”她在接受 IDN 采访时说:”气候变化导致的旅游业衰退将破坏整体经济,直接影响农业、制造业、运输业和创意产业等其他行业。 2019 年,全球十个最依赖旅游业的国家中有八个位于加勒比地区。根据世界旅行和旅游理事会(WTTC)的数据,2010 年至 2019 年期间,虽然该行业 3% 的年均增长率超过了 1.3% 的地区经济增长率,但却低于 4.2% 的全球旅行和旅游平均增长率。 根据世界旅行和旅游理事会目前的增长轨迹预测,在未来十年内,加勒比地区的旅行和旅游(T&T)国内生产总值(GDP)年均增长率将达到 5.5%,是整体经济增长率(2.4%)的两倍多。预计到 2032 年,T&T 的就业岗位将以年均...

Uma promessa de 100 biliões de dólares para combater as alterações climáticas falha em materializar

Por Thalif Deen NAÇÕES UNIDAS (IDN) - Na conferência internacional Estocolmo+50, realizada na Suécia no início de Junho, o Secretário-Geral da ONU António Guterres expressou o...

Ein 100-Milliarden-Dollar-Versprechen zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels kommt nicht zustande

Von Thalif Deen VEREINTE NATIONEN (IDN) – Auf der internationalen Konferenz Stockholm+50 in Schweden Anfang Juni drückte UN-Generalsekretär António Guterres seine tiefe Enttäuschung über das Versäumnis der...

A $100 Billion Pledge to Battle Climate Change Fails to Materialize

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — At the Stockholm+50 international conference in Sweden in early June, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep disappointment over the failure...

COP26: Final Communiqué Fails To Address Climate Change Impact On Food Security

Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — About a third of global gas emissions come from agriculture and land use, yet, the final communiqué of...

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