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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Ibrahim Olabi, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday November 12, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) – Eleven months after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria continues […]
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 […]
Damaged greenhouse in Bent Jbeil, Nabatieh Governorate. Credit: Action Against Hunger by Ed Holt (bratislava) Monday November 10, 2025 Inter-Press Office BRATISLAVA, Nov 10 (IPS) – Food security and livelihoods in southern Lebanon are under serious threat as the impact of Israeli bombing continues to be felt across the region, a report published today (November […]
Zohran Mamdani at the Resist Fascism Rally in New York, October 2024. Credit: Bingjiefu He | Wikimedia Commons by Naureen Hossain (New York) Friday November 7, 2025 Inter-Press Office NEW YORK, Nov 7 (IPS) – New York City’s mayoral elections captured the world’s attention with an excitement normally reserved for US presidential elections. It all […]
