After COP29, What’s Next for Food and Agriculture and the Climate Crisis?

By Food Tank* BAKU, Azerbaijan | 25 November 2024 (IDN)–The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, (which concluded November 23) focused on securing financial investment to move global climate progress forward. Rich industrialized nations were asked to recognize and repair the harm they’ve caused, and everyone knew beforehand that negotiations might […]

G20 Summit-Health: Leaders Pave the Way for Sustainable Funding of WHO

By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 23 November (IDN) — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental lawyer, prominent Kennedy political family member, and activist who became a leading figure among vaccine sceptics. He is expected to be a critical prop for Trump’s policies.  Four years ago, as the US recorded a daily […]

All Eyes on Busan: Will World Leaders Deliver an Ambitious Global Plastics Treaty?

By Hellen Kahaso Dena* The final round of negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty (25 November-1 December) is underway in Busan, South Korea. Delegates from over 175 nations have gathered to craft a legally binding agreement on the life cycle of plastics. NAIROBI, Kenya | 22 November 2024 (IDN) — Africa is drowning in plastics, […]

Criminal Court Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Implies Indicment of US Complicity

By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 21 November 2024 (IDN) — It’s official now. America’s closest ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the one accorded more than 50 standing ovations in Congress just months ago, is under indictment by […]

US, Under Fire, for Vetoing Resolutions Demanding Ceasefire in Gaza 

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS | 20 November 2024 (IDN) — The US veto on a Security Council (UNSC) resolution—demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza—was highly predictable. The resolution, which was vetoed November 20, also called for the release of all hostages and full humanitarian access for civilians. Since 1945, a total […]

Ukraine War: UN Peace Forces as Part of a Comprehensive Peace Deal?

By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 20 November 2024 (IDN) — To its credit the Soviet Union and its successor state, Russia, has long supported UN peacekeeping, a practice that originated in 1960 in the time of UN Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, who evolved the concept during the great Congolese civil war when it was in […]

Ukrainian Women Drive Humanitarian Response and Recovery Amid Growing Security Threats

By Lakshmi Thor KYIV | NEW YORK | 19 November 2024 (IDN) — As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine entered its 1,000th day on 18 November, civilians, women, and girls in Ukraine are enduring deadly intensified attacks across major cities, amid an increasing humanitarian emergency and a feared energy crisis. The war continues to have […]

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