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SUVA, Fiji, May 4 (IPS) - For generations, Pacific people have understood the ocean not as a resource but as identity, sustenance, and survival. Today, that relationship is being tested in ways science is only just beginning to fully capture.

UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (IPS) - In 2026, the humanitarian situation in South Sudan has taken a considerable turn for the worse, with widespread food shortages, ongoing disruptions to food production systems, and rising rates of malnutrition affecting . ...

TORONTO, Canada, May 1 (IPS) - Press freedom is on the retreat across much of the world. As documented by recent global surveys authored by the UN and media institutes, the erosion of an independent, fearless and diversified press is a trend that has ...

SRINAGAR, India, April 30 (IPS) - A newly released United Nations report has raised urgent concerns that the world's push toward clean energy and digital technologies is driving a hidden crisis in some of the planet's most vulnerable regions, where . ...

LLANCHID ISLAND, Hualaihué, Chile, April 30 (IPS) - Coming from an island in southern Chile, where the sea is not an industry--but it is daily life, work, food and memory. Growing up in a family that is part of an artisanal fishers' cooperative. ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 29 (IPS) - The escalating global climate crisis has led to an increase in the frequency of climate-induced natural disasters, affecting millions worldwide. As governments struggle to keep up due to persistent funding shortfalls ...

Senior UN climate leaders are getting behind countries mobilising this week for a transition away from fossil fuels at a groundbreaking event in Colombia.

New data shows record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic last year, with glaciers shrinking and snow cover declining, according to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

SYDNEY, Australia, April 29 (IPS) - It is an invisible contaminant that has been found in fisheries, an essential part of the food chain for many Pacific Islanders. Mercury, emitted from fossil fuel power generation and other industrial processes ...

VICTORIA, Seychelles, April 29 (IPS) - As the world prepares for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) meeting in Samarkand next month, Seychelles' pioneering blue bond offers a compelling lesson in practical ocean finance.