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TURIN, Italy, Oct 08 (IPS) - Edward Mukiibi, President of Slow Food, champions agroecology as a transformative answer to the world's most pressing crises: food insecurity, climate change, and violent conflicts.

The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

NEW YORK, Oct 05 (IPS) - We must build a new social contract for education - a contract based on equality, equity, and universal human rights. At the center of our global efforts to ensure education for all, we must put teachers first in everything . ...

HARARE, Oct 04 (IPS) - African policymakers, local leaders and the private sector have been asked to create an enabling environment that will help African traders and farmer folks build reliable systems for food security and resilience through ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Thursday they are partnering to raise awareness about climate change's harmful effects on winter sports and tourism.

KATHMANDU, Oct 03 (IPS) - Nepal is trying to recover from recent flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall over the last weekend of September, which claimed at least 226 lives. The mid- and eastern parts of the country, including the ...

MANZANILLO, Cuba, Oct 02 (IPS) - When the weather is bad, the residents of the Litoral neighborhood in Manzanillo, Cuba, are forced to evacuate their houses. When it's calm, the sea penetrates the foundations of houses, leaving them vulnerable. Now . ...

PUNE, India, Oct 02 (IPS) - Dhamapur is a small village in Malvan taluka of west Sindhudurg district, housing the famous Dhamapur Lake. The Vijayanagar kings constructed an earthfill dam in 1530 A.D., creating a man-made lake surrounded by hills on . ...

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to grow more dire as a result of the Israel-Hamas war, concerns of diminishing public health are growing due to prolonged flooding. Repeated airstrikes and forced evacuations ...

Oct 01 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the recent Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting in Tonga with Jacynta Fa'amau, Pacific Campaigner at 350.org, a global civil society organisation campaigning for climate action.