Dr Renata Clarke is Sub-regional Coordinator Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ROME, Jun 8 2020 (IPS) – Few things are as natural and as necessary as eating food. However, if food producers, food processors, food handlers and consumers do not follow good food safety practices, food can become contaminated and rather…
Ramu Damodaran is Chief, United Nations Academic Impact* Engineering students gave a new purpose to a 3D printer by producing personal protective equipment (PPE) for local health professionals. Credit: Andrés Bello Catholic University/UN Academic Impact UNITED NATIONS, Jul 10 2020 (IPS) – Among the many compelling points made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in our “Rethinking…
Batara slum in a Dhaka suburb. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS ROME, Nov 26 2020 (IPS) – The recent meeting of the G20 – scheduled to take place in Riyadh but held virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic – has been an eloquent example of how the world is drifting, in a crisis of leadership. It was,…
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 6 2020 (IPS) – Participation in global and regional supply chains has been one of the most reliable economic growth strategies, especially for developing countries in Asia and the…
The writer is International Climate Political Advisor at Greenpeace International The UN says global temperature rise could lead to more frequent and more intense extreme weather events, such as prolonged droughts or devastating floods. Nations are “nowhere close” to the level of action needed to fight global warming, according to a UN climate action report…
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 3 2020 (IPS) – For those of us in the international climate action community, 2020 isn’t ending the way we expected when we rang in the new year. Even before 2020 dawned, countries were hard at work planning for their first updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), in line with the Paris Agreement’s…
The large part of COVID-19 relief funds is going to big corporation. People who are likely to have been impacted the most by the pandemic in the Global South, such as smaller businesses, marginalised communities, women, and those in poverty, have been left out. Credit: Dionny Matos/IPS BRATISLAVA , May 18 2021 (IPS) – Poverty…
Katja Iversen with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 2019 Gender Equality Council NEW YORK, Jun 28 2021 (IPS) – As the global gathering for gender equality, the , kicks off in Paris on June 30, 2020, IPS conducted an exclusive interview with Katja Iversen. Iversen is a leading global influencer on leadership, sustainability,…
BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 25 2021 (IPS) – Over the past two decades, the Asia-Pacific region has made remarkable progress in managing disaster risk. But countries can never let down their guard. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its epicentre now in Asia, and all its tragic consequences, has exposed the frailties of human societies in the face…
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Dec 3 2021 (IPS) – In these times of COVID isolation, social distance get on the nerves of several of us and the effects may be long-lasting, even endemic. Many schoolchildren have interacted and still meet with their teachers through computer networks, while the same phenomenon applies to their contact with others.…