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BLOOMINGTON, USA, May 30 (IPS) - Almost 40 percent of glaciers that exist now are already in danger of melting even if global temperature stabilized at present-day conditions, a study says.

SARAJEVO & JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (IPS) - Jelena Peki?, MP of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (House of People) and Deputy Speaker of the Canton Sarajevo Assembly, Lana Prli?, MP of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (House of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30 (IPS) - Brazil hopes to soon reap benefits of its largely renewable energy matrix. Data centers, whose demand is growing with the strides made by artificial intelligence, are the new frontier for these still-uncertain ...

TUNIS, Tunisia/ ABUJA, Nigeria, May 30 (IPS) - As political, financial and social leaders met on 27 May 2025 in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the continent stands at a crucial ...

May 29 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the devastating impact of palm oil extraction in West Papua with Tigor Hutapea, legal representative of Pusaka Bentala Rakyat, an organisation campaigning for Indigenous Papuan people's rights to manage their ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (IPS) - The humanitarian situation in Haiti has deteriorated significantly in the recent weeks as rates of violence, hunger, and displacement soar amid a severe lack of funding. As armed gangs continue to seize more territory . ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 29 (IPS) - Alfonso Fernández de Castro is Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in UruguayWhile headlines often focus on crises, inequality, or instability, they rarely highlight one of . ...

The UN's urban development agency estimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services - that's around 40 per cent of the global population.

GENEVA / NEW YORK, May 29 (IPS) - Rumors circulating at UN Headquarters suggest there is little appetite for ambition at the Second World Summit for Social Development, set to take place in Doha on 4-6 November 2025.

BHUBANESWAR, India,, May 29 (IPS) - While a rise in temperature brings an uncertain future for the olive ridley sea turtles, the efforts of international conservation organizations that ban the trade in turtle meat, leather, and shells; the Indian .. ...