By Global Issues NEW DELHI, India, Dec 09 (IPS) – South Africa’s G20 Presidency begun in December, with only 12% of SDG targets on track and significant backsliding on more than 30%. As we write this today, there is an urgent need for a paradigm shift and practical solutions for a progressive, people-centred, and development-driven […]
By Global Issues LUSAKA, Zambia, Dec 06 (IPS) – Over the past few years, new “tools of control” affecting the work of civil society organisations have multiplied, often imposing forms of “bureaucratic criminalisation” and “administrative harassment”. In particular, more and more restrictive and demanding laws are hurting civil society organisations’s capacity to operate across the […]
By Global Issues THE HAGUE & NAIROBI, Dec 06 (IPS) – Kenya agrees with many UN member states testifying before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the law of international responsibility should hold countries legally responsible for major damage to the global climate system. Read the full story, “African Union, Nations Lay Bare Climate […]