By Noah Mayhew, IAEA VIENNA (IDN) – Climate change is one of the biggest environmental challenges affecting humanity today, causing a dangerous rise in sea levels and disturbances to the water cycle and leading to more frequent extreme weather events. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) helps Member States combat climate change on a variety of […]
Expanding Mediterranean Forest Area Increasingly In Peril
By Jaya Ramachandran ROME (IDN) – The Mediterranean forest area has expanded by two percent resulting in a rise of 1.8 million hectares – about the size of Slovenia, says a joint report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Plan Bleu, Regional Activity Center of UN Environment/Mediterranean Action Plan. But the […]
Global Heating Poses A Serious Systemic Challenge
Viewpoint by Franz Baumann The following are excerpts from an article first published in the October 2018 issue of ‘International Politics Review’. Dr. Franz Baumann is a visiting professor at New York University and a former UN assistant secretary-general, special adviser on environment and peace operations. He can be reached at franz.baumann@nyu.edu. NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) […]
New Study Highlights Efforts To End Child Sexual Abuse And Exploitation
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – In Out of the Shadows 2017 thriller, a newly married detective and his pregnant wife move into their dream home unaware of its dark history. When his wife claims their baby is being tormented by a supernatural force and seeks the help of a renegade demonologist, he must […]
Toward Building Organisations of World Public Heritage
By Sean Buchanan This is the second of a two-part report on ‘The Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth’, organised to find a new paradigm that overcomes the political and ideal gap in which we are living. Read Part 1: ‘In Quest Of A Charter Of Humanity‘ here. ROME (IDN) – The seventh report […]
In Quest Of A Charter Of Humanity
By Sean Buchanan This is the first of a two-part report on ‘The Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth’, organised to find a new paradigm that overcomes the political and ideal gap in which we are living. ROME (IDN) – Some years ago, Riccardo Petrella, an Italian economist, political scientist and a leading figure […]
Antarctica: The Tale Of A Beauty Condemned
By Dr Palitha Kohona The author is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary. Dr Kohona visited Antarctica on board the expedition vessel Silver Cloud recently. This is the second of a two-part report. Read Part 1 ‘End of The Antarctic Ice Cap In Sight If We […]
A New Spectre Is Haunting Europe
Viewpoint by Roberto Savio The writer is publisher of Other News, a vehicle for “voices against the tide”, and founder of IPS-Inter Press Service News Agency. This article is being reproduced courtesy of Other News with the writer’s permission. He can be contacted at utopia@robertosavio.info and his articles and comments can be read on Facebook […]
Women To March For Gender Equality Around The World
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Building on the vision and mission of the 2017 National Women’s March in the U.S., women around the world will mark January 19 with marches and other actions “supporting the advocacy and resistance movements that reflect our multiple and intersecting identities”. The main march in […]
Folke Bernadotte, A Forgotten Humanitarian With Legendary Will Power
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Many know about Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat in Budapest, who led his embassy in a successful attempt to issue “protective passports” to at least 6,000 Hungarian Jews so they could escape the Nazi occupiers and travel to Sweden. He also helped forestall a planned massacre. He […]