Hurricane Isaac Highlights Vulnerabilities in the Caribbean
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Patricia Grogg HAVANA, Aug 30 (IPS) – The impact of Hurricane Isaac as it made its way through the Caribbean region highlighted both the fragility of...
View ArticleFarming Among the Waste in Cameroon
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Monde Kingsley Nfor YAOUNDÉ, Aug 30 (IPS) – Cameroonian urban famer Juliana Numfor has six plots of land where she grows maize, cassava, sweet potatoes...
View ArticleOP-ED: Hurricane Sandy Says, "Welcome to the New Normal"
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 08 (IPS) – I am aware that my arrival last week helped re-elect U.S. President Barack Obama. Superstorms like me...
View ArticleIndia’s Engagement in the Arctic Desired
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Shastri Ramachandaran* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint COPENHAGEN (IDN) – The race for a share of the enormous reservoirs of fossil fuel – an estimated 90...
View ArticlePlanet on Path to Four C Warming, World Bank Warns
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 19 (IPS) – Coal, oil and gas companies and their backers in the financial and investment industry must stop putting...
View ArticleTomorrow Is Too Late for Adaptation to Climate Change
Patricia Grogg SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov 20 (IPS) – You can still see broken plates, toys, books and some photographs among the rubble that was once the homes of Rey Antonio Acosta’s family and other...
View ArticleEU Asked to Increase Emissions Cutback Target
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran | IDN-InDepth NewsReport BERLIN (IDN) – The 27-nation European Union should target 30 percent, instead of the agreed 20 percent,...
View ArticleShrinking Ozone Hole, Growing Hopes
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Nov 23 (IPS) – Argentine scientists agree that there are signs of recovery of the ozone layer that protects life on earth...
View ArticleCoastal Erosion Reaches Alarming Levels in Vietnam
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Thuy Binh AN BIEN, Vietnam, Nov 25 (IPS) – For the last decade, many families in this southwestern Vietnamese province have been uprooted at least once...
View ArticleDoha Faces an Indonesian Test
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Alexandra Di Stefano Pironti JAKARTA, Dic 02 (IPS) – To most people, holes in the ozone layer or the melting of polar ice caps can sound like distant...
View ArticleDaunting Development Challenges Ahead
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth NewsReport PARIS (IDN) – Despite development successes over the past 20 years and the progress of many emerging...
View ArticleInternational Aid Helps Cuba Adapt to Climate Change
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Patricia Grogg HAVANA, Dic 28 (IPS) – "Adaptation to climate change is urgent and must be part of development," said Bárbara Pesce-Monteiro, the United...
View ArticleSahel Region Learning to Reap the Benefits of Shade
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Joe Hitchon WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (IPS) – In Africa’s Sahel region, agroforestry techniques using traditional plantings known as “fertiliser trees” to...
View ArticleClimate Change Threatens Caribbean Coral Reefs
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 14 (IPS) – Scientists and researchers are working together in a new initiative to collect data that will...
View ArticleClimate Change Added to U.S. Government “High Risk” List
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service (FFAS) Michael Scuse (left) speaks to farmers about the drought conditions being...
View ArticleClimate Rally Draws "Line in the Sand" on Canadian Pipeline
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS The tar sands in Alberta, Canada. Credit: howlmonteal/cc by 2.0 Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 16 (IPS) – The largest climate rally in U.S. history...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Recurring Forest Fires Threaten Environment
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS A Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System drops a water and fire retardant slurry on a fire on...
View ArticleIn Bali, a Pivotal Moment for Climate Postponed
Youth activists organised a mock lemonade sale to raise money for the Green Climate Fund in the absence of serious commitments at the Warsaw climate talks in November 2013. Credit: Claudia Ciobanu/IPS...
View ArticleWhere Would You Like Your New Glacier?
El Morado Superior glacier in the Andes mountain chain in central Chile. Credit: Orlando Ruz/IPS Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Kitty Stapp Feb 24 (IPS) – The idea sounds like...
View ArticleIndoor Mini-Farms to Beat Climate Change
Ancel Bhagwandeen with his hydroponic unit for growing vegetables indoors. The unit makes use of smart electronics. Credit: Jewel Fraser/IPS Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Jewel...
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