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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...

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Farming 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...

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OP-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...

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India’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...

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Planet 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...

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Tomorrow 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...

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EU 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,...

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Shrinking 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...

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Coastal 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...

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Doha 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...

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Daunting 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...

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International 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...

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Sahel 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...

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Climate 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...

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Climate 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...

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Climate 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...

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Indonesia’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...

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In 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...

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Where 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...

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Indoor 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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