By Global Issues NAIROBI, Dec 15 (IPS) – The world is not on track to end hunger and poverty as a future of growing food insecurity and climate challenges beckon. Small-scale farmers are the backbone of food production, producing one-third of the world’s food and up to 70 percent of the food consumed in Africa […]
By Global Issues ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Dec 15 (IPS) – While the COP28 presidency celebrated an “historic deal” to transition away from fossil fuels, we must remind ourselves that the future wellbeing of human societies in a livable planet depends on more than that. Read the full story, “Sustainability, Human Wellbeing Depend on Rethinking, Redefining […]
By Global Issues UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15 (IPS) – Going back to the 1970s, thousands of UN staffers were given legal status opting for permanent residency in the US– after their retirement. But that longstanding privilege now seems to be in jeopardy forcing retirees to return to their home countries uprooting their lives in the […]