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1. A.D. McKenzie

(Contacts / Editors and Bureau Chiefs)

A.D. McKenzie , Editor & International Cultural Correspondent

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2. Ex Burundi Leader Convicted of Murder Dies in Paris of COVID

(Africa)

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Ex-President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi died December 18 in Paris where he was seeking medical treatment for Covid-19, according to relatives. ...

Created on 21 December 2020

3. Call For “Another ‘Paris’ Moment to Mobilise Action on Biodiversity for Sustainable Development”

(OPINION)

... goals and targets set out under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Change Agreement.” The way Forward The World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Risks Report (GRR), ranks ...

Created on 28 September 2020

4. COP26 Will Be the Litmus Test of The Paris Agreement

(OPINION)

... major issues came to a head at COP25 that demonstrate this clearly: the question of finance for loss and damage, and rules on carbon markets under the Paris Agreement. On the first, rich countries shamelessly ...

Created on 11 February 2020

5. 79-Nation ACP & the EU Call for Implementing the Paris Accord

(ACP Group of States)

... Paris Agreement on climate change, have called for increased ambition at global level to close the gap between the commitments made so far and what would be necessary to meet the long-term global temperature ...

Created on 14 December 2019

6. 2019 A Defining Year for Implementing SDGs and the Paris Agreement

(OPINION)

... pressures. They were defined in the great multilateral agreements reached in 2015: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action, and the Paris Agreement on climate change. ...

Created on 16 April 2019

7. UN Chief Calls for Katowice to Lay Down Ground Rules for the Paris Agreement

(OPINION)

...  For many, people, regions even countries this is already a matter of life and death. This meeting is the most important gathering on climate change since the Paris Agreement was signed. It is ...

Created on 04 December 2018

8. Real Money Crucial for Success of Paris Climate Pact

(OPINION)

... determine whether the Paris Agreement will succeed in combating climate change, he warns. Views are personal. This article first appeared on 'India Climate Dialogue' on 22 June 2018, and is being reproduced ...

Created on 29 June 2018

9. UN Climate Talks Show Business Support For Paris Agreement

(Climate Action)

...  In total, 13 of its companies have now committed to cut their emissions in line with the Paris Climate Change Agreement goals by signing-up to a science-based target. The Agreement aims at keeping ...

Created on 07 May 2018

10. Galleries, Fairs Offer African Art Feast in Paris

(Africa)

By SWAN PARIS (IDN-INPS) – Fans of African art in France have been spoilt for choice this year, with an abundance of exhibitions around the country, particularly in the capital Paris During the spring, Art ...

Created on 06 December 2017

11. 107 Countries Call for Tangible Progress in Implementing the Paris Climate Accord

(Climate Action)

By Jaya Ramachandran BONN (IDN) - The 28-nation European Union and 79 countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group have reaffirmed their commitment to the implementation of the Paris Climate ...

Created on 14 November 2017

12. How Will Africa Remember Donald Trump? Here Is How.

(OPINION)

... insults, tirades and tantrums during his presidency, however, Trump reserved the worst and bitterest spite for the last. Like he did on the Paris Accord on climate change, North Korea, and trade, the ...

Created on 14 January 2021

13. 75 Years On The First UN General Assembly Resolution

(Nuclear Weapons)

... changes in security policies and announced moves such as a return to the Paris Climate Agreement, the revisiting of the JCPOA[23] and the reinforcement of a culture of peace and multilateralism based on ...

Created on 12 January 2021

14. Humanity Needs to Take a Course That Does Not Conflict with Nature

(UN INSIDER)

... United Nations with the aim of accelerating the implementation of the Paris climate agreement. Previous summits have been held in Paris in 2017, New York in 2018 and Nairobi in 2019. In his address, ...

Created on 12 January 2021

15. The Assault on the Citadel of US Democracy

(OPINION)

... on January 6 that was hypocritical and pathetic in comparison to the treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters endured in the summer of 2020. These rioters went wild for four hours in the Capitol and ...

Created on 11 January 2021

16. A New UN Report Calls for Living in Balance with The Planet

(Health & Well Being)

... – a number that could be cut in half if the Paris Agreement on climate change is fully implemented. And yet fossil fuels are still being subsidized: the full cost to societies of publicly financed subsidies ...

Created on 10 January 2021

17. Why We Care

(OPINION)

... to submit upgraded commitments by year's end to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, straggling behind the schedule of accelerated climate ambitions set out in the Paris Agreement. Zanjan’s work on ...

Created on 09 January 2021

18. Capitol Hill Insurrection Demonstrates What the US Does Abroad

(OPINION)

... and killings. While the US populations have been shaken by the assault on Capitol Hill this week, Nairn argues, “this assault on the Capitol, is really nothing by comparison to what U.S. operations have ...

Created on 09 January 2021

19. What Is the U.S. Afraid of China Actually Doing?

(OPINION)

... in the next two decades—and by some measures, already is. For the sake of comparison, in 1980 the Soviet Union had a GDP that was about 40% that of the U.S., with the trendlines actually favoring the West. ...

Created on 07 January 2021

20. Ocean Threatened by Loss of Coral Reefs

(OPINION)

... the 2015 Paris Agreement but then refused to be bound by the tepid agreements. It is telling that countries such as Jamaica and Mongolia updated their climate plans to the United Nations before the end ...

Created on 05 January 2021

21. Clean Energy Set to Grow in 2021

(Affordable Clean Energy)

... Joe Biden has announced that the United States will seek to rejoin the Paris Agreement early in his presidency. These pledges now need to be translated into action. Yet at the time of writing, more than ...

Created on 03 January 2021

22. Culture Struggling to Survive COVID-19 Impact

(UN INSIDER)

By Jaya Ramachadran PARIS (IDN) – The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged adequate policies and actions to help the culture sector weather the crisis caused by the ...

Created on 01 January 2021

23. Welcome to the Anthropocene

(OPINION)

... too, while nature keeps shrinking. The science-fiction scenario of an engineered planet is already here. It seems a simple comparison, and yet is fiendishly difficult in practice. But this team has practice ...

Created on 17 December 2020

24. 'If We Are Serious About Peace, We Must Take Women Seriously

(OPINION)

... important and different skills and perspectives to the policy making table in comparison to their male counterparts. Women’s equality makes our planet safe and secure. The United Nations has recognised ...

Created on 16 December 2020

25. Great Expectations! The Non-Proliferation Treaty and The Coming of The Messiah!

(OPINION)

... of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to venues such as Paris and Kyoto, then it is perfectly logical to convene the NPT review conference in Vienna. The ...

Created on 14 December 2020

26. Pacific SIDS Champion Oceans and Blue Economy Preparing for COP 26

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by P.I. Gomes* PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (IDN) – On December 10, 2020, marking five years since adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ...

Created on 13 December 2020

27. Climate Action: UN Insists on Developed Countries Meeting 100 Billion Dollar Annual Pledge

(COVID-19)

... particularly Multilateral Development Banks, to ensure that their lending portfolios and operations are in line with achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals, which ...

Created on 12 December 2020

28. Pacific Ocean’s Delicate Ecology Under Threat

(Climate Action)

... across the planet, showing it’s possible to radically slash our production of CO₂. If the world meets the most ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement and keeps global temperature increases below 1.5oC, ...

Created on 09 December 2020

29. India Succeeds Russia as BRICS Chair Amid Rising Challenges

(Russia)

... is wary of Chinese exports gaining more market access in comparison to other countries getting access to Chinese markets, and therefore the negotiations and the role of origin aspects would be major nagging ...

Created on 29 November 2020

30. EU Called Upon to Urgently Engage in Peace Efforts for the Horn of Africa

(Horn of Africa)

... Rector, University of Antwerpen, Belgium; Seppe Deckers, University of Ghent, Belgium; Pino Schirripa, Universita di Roma, Italy; Eloi Ficquet, Ecole des hautes études en science sociales, Paris; Pablo ...

Created on 24 November 2020

31. COVID-19 and Lessons from Traditional Chinese Medicine

(COVID-19)

... time, conspiracy theories said the flu originated in China. The fact remains that the spread of the pandemic and deaths resulting from the flu were meagre in China in comparison to other regions. With ...

Created on 22 November 2020

32. Australia At Crossroads with A Biden Presidency

(Asia-Pacific)

... pressure. President-elect Joe Biden on November 4 promised to re-join the Paris agreement and he has declared addressing climate change “the No 1 issue facing humanity” and promised $2 trillion in climate ...

Created on 13 November 2020

33. The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them

(OPINION)

... all Trump’s disasters in international affairs as they are well known. He has withdrawn from the idea of international cooperation, from the Paris agreement on climate, from the World Health Organization, ...

Created on 09 November 2020

34. Defending Democracy and Our Future: Biden’s Victory and the Struggles Ahead

(OPINION)

... impact U.S. foreign and military, as well as domestic policies. This opens both opportunities and challenges. While we can cheer that Biden intends to join the Paris Climate Agreement, the military-industrial ...

Created on 08 November 2020

35. U.S. Upsets Election of African Candidate for Top World Trade Post

(USA and Canada)

... Trump has shown animus to numerous world bodies and agreements, withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) the Paris Agreement on climate change, the nonbinding Global Compact on Migration, the ...

Created on 02 November 2020

36. Why Joe Biden Should be Elected and Not Trump Despite Foreign Policy Successes

(OPINION)

... he opposed the Second Gulf War against Iraq. As vice-president, he opposed the war in Libya. He has promised to restore US membership of the Paris Accord on climate change, which Trump hates. He will want ...

Created on 27 October 2020

37. Financing and Political Will Critical to Avert A ‘Generational Crisis’ Triggered by COVID-19

(UN INSIDER)

... near Paris, on October 16, after showing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad to his pupils, “and to all the teachers in the world who take risks to educate our children".  Meanwhile, Erna Solberg, Prime ...

Created on 23 October 2020

38. The 'Lekki Toll Gate' Massacre and What It Means for Nigeri

(OPINION)

... through any of the multiple channels available to him, instead of waiting till the next day to promise a futile investigation. Comparisons are pointless, and even a disservice to the memory of the dead ...

Created on 22 October 2020

39. COVID-19: Europeans Can Learn from Developing Countries

(Health & Well Being)

... of a pervasive narrative in global health that portrays industrialised countries as “advanced” in comparison with the “backward” or “poor” developing world, as described by Edward Said in his foundational ...

Created on 18 October 2020

40. New Caledonia Votes to Remain a French Colony, But Indigenous Kanakas Smell Independence of the South Pacific Islands

(Asia-Pacific)

... held in 2022. “They feel that if they cannot get independence through the Noumea Accord, they would like bilateral talks with Paris on the way forward,” he adds. “What could be expected is a flurry of ...

Created on 06 October 2020

41. Regional Autonomy Could Resolve Nigeria's Multifaceted Problem

(Africa)

... and poorly maintained infrastructure, many Nigerians have had to seek their fortunes abroad," Folarin observes. In comparison, Folarin said "Smaller nations such as Ghana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Qatar and ...

Created on 02 October 2020

42. Europe Pivots Towards Indo-Pacific Amid Row with China

(South Asia)

... with New Delhi, Paris and Canberra as the critical nodes, to counter China’s assertiveness. During a visit to Australia in May 2018, before flying to India, Macron nailed the necessity for security collaboration ...

Created on 29 September 2020

43. Whether Trump Wins or Not, Europe Must Move Towards Russia

(OPINION)

... East? If Trump is re-elected it is going to get worse, perhaps much worse Dear reader, don’t shake your head if you are reading this in Paris, Berlin, Madrid or Stockholm as if there is nothing your ...

Created on 29 September 2020

44. Colonialism Is Not Dead, it has Acquired A New Face

(Asia-Pacific)

... of US, Chinese and Indian expansion in the region. It provides a comparison of two eras of globalization, both of which paid scant respect to the rights of people in small nations by the big global powers. ...

Created on 25 September 2020

45. Uncertainty Hangs Over the UN Surviving Beyond 2045

(OPINION)

... Weapons Convention. A few months ago, Russia was one of the very last countries to ratify the 2015 Paris Agreement, yet has no plans to do anything about decarbonization. The U.S., having pulled out ...

Created on 18 September 2020

46. The Great Green Wall Is Paving the Way Ahead to 2030

(Forests, desertification, land degradation & biodiversity)

... recovery, the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the 2063 Agenda and the Paris Agreement in our respective countries. They called on all partners to provide sustained and multifaceted ...

Created on 16 September 2020

47. The Need to Address That British Eugenics Scandal

(OPINION)

... horses, pigs, dogs & roses. Why on earth wouldn’t it work for humans? Facts ignore ideology.” The comparison of human “races” to dog breeds is so pervasive that it should be answered comprehensively, ...

Created on 16 September 2020

48. California Needs Low Taxation to Boost Innovation

(OPINION)

... freedom and a priority for technology and innovation to secure development is the key. A comparison between the two countries between 1970 and 2017 viz. Chile and Venezuela provides an important lesson. ...

Created on 15 September 2020

49. Death of The Leader Of "The Killing Fields" Raises Question

(OPINION)

... quite like this. In October 1991 Cambodia’s factions and the representatives of 19 nations met in Paris to sign the Peace Accords. Bush’s secretary of state James Baker told the conference “What makes ...

Created on 08 September 2020

50. Senegal Sees Dollar Signs in New Construction Underway in Dakar

(Africa)

... steel and concrete panels may impress visitors from New York and Paris but how will they fare in Senegal’s warm, dry climate? Huge windows tend to invite uncomfortable heat. “People are going to have ...

Created on 07 September 2020

51. Financing Economic Recovery in The Midst Of COVID-19

(OPINION)

... adopted financing plans in three key areas. They aim to address the challenge of diminished fiscal space and debt vulnerability; to ensure sustainable recovery, consistent with the ambitions of the Paris ...

Created on 05 September 2020