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This episode looks at the rapidly advancing climate labor revolution and what it means for agriculture. Subramani Ra Mancombu speaks to Amit Banka, Founder and CEO of WeNaturalists, about how climate action has shifted from boardrooms to community-led movements around the world. Banka explains why the past decade has seen rapid awareness and participation, especially […]
Local farmer plowing a field in Indonesia. Credit: Unsplash Opinion by Ana Carolina Avzaradel Glass (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Wednesday November 26, 2025 Inter-Press Office RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov 26 (IPS) – The UN climate talks at COP30 brought the crucial issue of climate finance back to the forefront of global discussions. However, while […]
On November 10, Somalia’s federal government formally declared a drought crisis and called for urgent international assistance as conditions continue to deteriorate in the northern, central and southern regions. according to to the UN Aid Coordination Office, OCHA. Puntland is among the hardest-hit areas, with authorities estimating that nearly a million people need support, 130,000 […]
Delegates met at the Global Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference in Brasilia ahead of the COP30 climate talks. Credit: 2025Clim-Eat/Flickr Opinion by Ana Maria Loboguerrero (Belgium, Brazil) Thursday November 20, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 20 (IPS) – The language of sustainability in agriculture changes with the seasons: from ‘climate-friendly’ to ‘regenerative’, ‘agroecological’ and ‘nature-positive’. Each […]
Mariann Bassey-Olsson of AFSA, left, and Prof. Ruth Hall of PLAAS Nigeria. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Isaiah Esipisu (Addis Ababa) Wednesday November 19, 2025 Inter-Press Office The idea of land abundance is a colonial fiction that refuses to die. Our research shows that Africa’s lands are already intensively used and highly valued by millions of […]
Activists protest against the need to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius during COP30, Belém, Brazil. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Belgium, Brazil) Tuesday November 18, 2025 Inter-Press Office We did not start this fire, but we will be handed the bill. The rich country’s bill. It’s time to pay it […]
COP30 Belém Amazônia (DAY 03) – PCOP daily press briefing. Credit: Rafa Neddermeyer/COP30 Brazil Amazon by Joyce Chimbi (Belgium, Brazil) Monday November 17, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 17 (IPS) – The COP30 negotiations have reached the halfway point. So far, the conversations about historical similarities are moving forward, backward, or stagnant, depending on […]
Canru Pataxo with his son during the People’s March for Climate in the COP30 host city of Belém, Brazil. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (Belgium, Brazil) Saturday November 15, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 15 (IPS) – In the scorching heat and humidity, Canru Pataxo marched with his one-year-old son held tightly in […]
The Munduruku, who live mainly in the Amazon states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Pará, are demanding an end to projects and extraction activities that threaten indigenous territories, especially in the Tapajós and Xingu river basins. ‘Legitimate’ protests and government response COP30 director Ana Toni described the demonstrations as “legitimate” and confirmed that the government […]
Melody Areola from Nigeria leads a protest at COP30 in Brazil. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (Belgium, Brazil) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office Activists come from different parts of the world, but consistently deliver the same message: the foundation of a just transition cannot be based on lies and false solutions. BELÉM, Brazil, […]
