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Activists urge the global community to join the blue river in support of conservation and conservation of the environment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (Belgium, Brazil) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office We have seen stalled climate action, rising inequality and people being left behind. At COP27, the establishment of the Just Transition Work […]
Credit: UNICEF/Gema Espinoza Delgado Opinion by Caroline Delgado (Stockholm, Sweden) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov 14 (IPS) – The urgency to link climate action to social and broader environmental priorities is clear. Climate change, environmental degradation and violent conflict are often closely linked and even reinforce each other. At the same […]
As world leaders gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit, UN Secretary General António Guterres says called for urgent action to reduce global temperatures and keep the 1.5°C target within reach. Credit: WMO/Guillaume Louÿs Opinion by Pedro Barata (Lisbon, Portugal) Tuesday November 11, 2025 Inter-Press Office LISBON, Portugal, Nov 11 (IPS) – I have […]
When dolphins started washing up dead Among the dozens at Lake Tefe in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, hydrologist Ayan Fleischmann was sent to find out why. What he and his colleagues discovered was startling: a brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 had turned the lake into a steaming cauldron. […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom will take his Trump trolling to Belém, Brazil next week as the most prominent official represent the US at the COP30 international conversations on climate change. President Trump has often dismissed climate change as a hoax or a ‘scam’ does not send representatives to the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conferencethat […]
Global warming is linked to increasingly drier conditions and devastating forest fires in the UNECE region covering Europe, North America, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Credit: Unsplash/Caleb Cook / Source: UN News Opinion by Cian Delaney (Brussels, Belgium) Friday November 7, 2025 Inter-Press Office BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov 7 (IPS) – President Prabowo Subianto recently welcomed […]
Credit: United Nations by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday November 7, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7 (IPS) – “Has the world given up the fight against climate change?” was a rhetorical question recently asked by the New York Times, perhaps with a degree of sarcasm. It could look like this, says Christiana Figueres, […]
Photos from UNICEF show the impact of the destruction in Jamaica, with neighborhoods flooded and communities without access to many basic services. Credit: UNICEF by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday November 6, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 (IPS) – In late October, Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 5 storm, made landfall in the […]
An official explained the role of the Indian National Center on Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) as a regional tsunami service provider for the Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWMS) in the Indian Ocean. Credit: ESCAP/Nattabhon Narongkachavana | The World Tsunami Awareness Day is commemorated annually on November 5. Opinion by Temily Baker (Bangkok Thailand) Tuesday […]
The 30th ‘Conference of the Parties’ (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from 6 to 21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil. It will bring together world leaders, scientists, non-governmental organizations and civil society to discuss priority actions to combat climate change. COP30 will focus on the efforts […]
