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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 […]
CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd addresses staff, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria, 2023. Credit: CTBTO Preparatory Commission by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday November 12, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) – The US took another step backward – breaking ranks with the United Nations – when it voted against a draft resolution […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Amitabh Behar speaks to IPS at ICSW2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Zofeen by Zofeen Ebrahim (Bangkok) Sunday November 2, 2025 Inter-Press Office BANGKOK, Nov 2 (IPS) – Speaking to IPS on the sidelines of International Civil Society Week in Bangkok (1-5 November), Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International and a passionate advocate for human […]
The USSR’s first nuclear test “Joe 1” in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, August 29, 1949. Credit: CTBTO by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday October 31, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – The ongoing aftermath of nuclear testing by the world’s nuclear powers has had a devastating impact on hundreds and thousands of victims around […]
