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Violence, Climate Shocks, and Hunger Push The Sahel To The Brink of Collapse

By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Over the past few years,...

Central Asia Bets on a New Water–Land Pact to Survive Environmental Degradation

By Kizito Makoye SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (IPS) - As ministers, diplomats and development...

Africa’s Water is its Future. Who will Govern it?

By Cristina Duarte UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Africa holds 9 per cent...

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...

$78 Billion a Year Will Suffice to Abolish Extreme Poverty

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power “Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere” is the first of 17 Goals of the United Nations. The latest data indicate...

How Reparations Can Help Eradicate Poverty and Secure SDGs

Viewpoint by Manish Uprety F.R.A.S. and Jainendra Karn * NEW DELHI (IDN) – Dealing with numbers can take a toll and might make one seek...

Thai Farmer Shows How ‘Sufficiency Economy’ Works in Practice

By Bronwen Evans* CHANTHABURI, Thailand (IDN) – There are generally two reasons why Thai farmers embrace organics – one is health and the other is...

The Pillaging of Mineral Resources Leaves Behind Poverty Holes for Africans

By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE (IDN) – More than a decade ago, he lost his home as diamond miners from China razed it to the ground...

World Population Expected to Reach Nearly 10 Billion by 2050

Yet Another Challenge to Global Goals By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK (IDN) – Compared to 7.7 billion today, around 8.5 billion people are expected to inhabit...

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