Latest Updates Around The World
The Amazon River in Brazil. Credit: Jhampier Giron M | 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 […]
The four allege in a lawsuit filed Monday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that the Canada Pension Plan’s investment manager is breaching its duty to invest in their best interests and by its approach exposes their contributions to excessive risk of loss. “I don’t want to sue my pension plan administrator, but I […]
A damaged classroom and school materials at Dahilig Primary School in Gainza Municipality, Camarines Sur, Philippines, weeks after severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) caused extensive damage in October 2024. Credit: UNICEF/Larry Monserate Piojo by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday October 30, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) – By 2024, the climate crisis […]
Drone photo of nickel mine in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Courtesy of Gecko Project Opinion by Stephanie Dowlen (Malmö, Sweden) Thursday October 23, 2025 Inter-Press Office MALMO, Sweden, Oct 23 (IPS) – Even amid the regressive resistance of the current US governmentthe world is shifting to one green energy future. With governments promising to phase out fossil […]
Mwavita Rohomoya sits with her four children in front of her drinks stall in Minova, Kalehe area, South Kivu province, DR Congo, on April 23, 2025. Minova is one of the first areas in South Kivu to be hit by the resurgence of violence; one of the immediate consequences was the increase in prices of […]
The IMOs Committee for the Protection of the Marine Environment (MEPC) has decided to adjourn the extraordinary session held this week in London and reconvene in a year’s time. In the meantime, the countries are expected to continue discussions to bridge differences over the EU framewhich aims to align the shipping sector with the global […]
The City of Woodbury, in partnership with the South Washington Watershed District, is launching a new speaker series this week, connecting community members with climate scientists. Starting Thursday, climate scientists at the Eagle Valley Golf Course in Woodbury will present discussions “through the lens of facts and figures, people and communities, and how to bring […]
Tirtha Prasad Saikia, director of the North-East Affected Area Development Society, speaks to IPS at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Credit: Diwash Gahatraj/IPS by Diwash Gahatraj (Abu Dhabi) Monday October 13, 2025 Inter-Press Office ABU DHABI, Oct 13 (IPS) – As global conservation leaders gather in Abu Dhabi for the IUCN […]
Nandini Azad, chairperson of the Working Women’s Forum – Indian Cooperative Network for Women, participated in a high-level dialogue at the Natesan Institute of Cooperative Management in Chennai on Friday. | Photo credit: special arrangement Cooperatives are not merely economic enterprises but powerful vehicles for social justice and resilience, Nandini Azad, chairperson of the Working […]
Dr. Salanieta Kitolelei, from the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine, Dr. Simon Salopuka, Taumako Native Knowledge Institution – Tiki and Leilani Duffy, Conservation International Samoa in a discussion about weaving ancestral knowledge with Ocean Science Ocean Ocean Ocean Conference. Credit: Sera Sefeti/IPS By Sera Sefeti (Honiara, Solomon Islands)) Friday, October 3, 2025 Inter Press Service […]
