By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | 29 October 2024 (IDN) — At the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week international Forum 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated Russia’s role as a stabilizing force in the global energy market and would continue to be a dependable supplier of energy products to the global market. As […]
The Lifestyles of the World’s Super Rich Threaten People and Planet
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 28 October 2024 (IDN) — The world’s superrich—including about 50 billionaires—produce, on average, more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour-and-a half than the average person does in an entire lifetime, says a new Oxfam report released October 28. “The super-rich are treating […]
A Look Back at 30 Years of US-China Climate Cooperation
By Betty Wang and Tylah Bland* This article was originally published in Dialogue Earth under Creative Commons license. NEW YORK | 26 October 2024 (IDN) — Over the past three decades, the United States and China have brokered several breakthrough climate agreements and policy innovations. From the establishment of the US-China Forum on Environment and […]
From Slave to Freedom Fighter
By Santosh Dahit KATHMANDU | 24 October 2024 (IDN) — Former bonded child worker and anti-slavery activist Urmila Chaudhary from Nepal is among recipients of this year’s Global Anti-Racism Champions Award given out by the US Department of State. The ceremony was on 21 October in Washington DC and the ‘Global Anti-Racism Champions Award’ was […]
Nuclear Disarmament Is More Important Than Tackling Global Warming
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 22 October 2024 (IDN) — There’s a lot of end-of-the-world hyperbole around on climate change, as every mass flooding is matched by outrageous wildfires. So there should be. But it blankets out other important causes that are even more imminently important—wiping out malaria, sleeping sickness and introducing pure water […]
What Is Certain About Results of the Presidential Election
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, USA | 22 October 2024 (IDN) — While the name of the next president is unknown, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen. For instance: President Biden’s successor will be a dangerous militarist. Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are supporters of boosting already-huge Pentagon budgets along with continuing […]
Evolving Into an “Opportunity Economy” with Participatory Development
By Yossef Ben-Meir* MARRAKECH | 21 October 2024 (IDN) — The commitment of Kamala Harris’ U.S. Presidential campaign to create an opportunity economy—one that lowers costs and strengthens opportunities for working families and small businesses—has established goals that are consistent with observed outcomes of participatory approaches to community development around the world. The participatory approach […]
Cuts in Education, Health and Social Protection Trigger Rise in Economic Inequalities
By Rodney Reynolds NEW YORK | 21 October 2024 (IDN) — A new global index reveals that nine out of ten countries worldwide are pursuing policies that are likely to increase levels of economic inequality. Education and health cuts by nearly every country under World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs are being described as “dispiriting, dangerous, […]
Sixty-Three Years on The Death of Hammarskjöld Remains a Mystery in UN History
By Vibhu Mishra, UN News NEW YORK | 20 October 2024 (IDN) — One of the most enduring mysteries in United Nations history—the 1961 plane crash that killed Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and all on board as he sought to broker peace in the Congo—will linger on, with a new assessment announced on 18 October suggesting […]
Crocodile Tears from Washington Over Gaza
By James E. Jennings* ATLANTA, USA | 19 October 2024 (IDN) — Crocodiles shed copious tears while eating their prey. “Crocodile Tears” has therefore become a slogan for insincerity and hypocrisy. It’s a bit late, while gnawing on a human or other prey, to cry tears for the victim. Even if the tears were sincere, […]