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Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:53 GMT. Ensuring Food Security for All. Ensuring food security for all is also something that we owe our children. The Start of a Long Journey. Paris Agreement Leaves Climate Funding in Limbo. UNITED NATIONS, 14 Dec (IPS) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who described climate change as one of the defining priorities of his nine-year tenure as UN chief, went into raptures over the Paris agreement concluded on Saturday. Climate Change and Women Across Three Continents. UNITED N...
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Half a Million U.S. Women and Girls at Risk of Genital Cutting
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:53 GMT. Half a Million U.S. Women and Girls at Risk of Genital Cutting. NEW YORK, 5 Aug (IPS) - Jaha Dukureh knows firsthand the barbaric effects of undergoing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Now a resident of the United States, she was mutilated as a baby in the Gambia in West Africa. Her sister bled to death after enduring the same procedure. According to data from the Population Reference Bureau, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C. research group, a staggerin...It's ...
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:53 GMT. Locals Want to Know When They Will Feel the Effects of the U.S.-Cuban Thaw. HAVANA, 16 Dec (IPS) - While the normalisation of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba is moving ahead, and the U.S. and Cuban flags have been proudly waving in Havana and Washington, respectively, since last July, the year gone by since the thaw has left many unanswered questions. Leading Powers to Double Renewable Energy Supply by 2030. India s Challenge on the SDGs. WASHI...
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:53 GMT. Ensuring Food Security for All. Ensuring food security for all is also something that we owe our children. 57 Million Deaths in Perspective. NEW YORK, 14 Jan (IPS) - The number of deaths worldwide in 2015 was approximately 57 million. Those deaths represent 0.78 percent of the world s population of 7.3 billion. In comparison, 140 million births occurred in 2015, resulting in a global population increase of 83 million people. The Start of a Long Journey. HAVANA, 16 Dec...
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:54 GMT. Ensuring Food Security for All. Ensuring food security for all is also something that we owe our children. Climate Change and Women Across Three Continents. Sohara Mehroze, Domoina Ratovozanany, Dizzanne Billy. PARIS, 12 Dec (IPS) - The link between women in climate change is a cross-cutting issue that deserves greater recognition at climate negotiations. It is pervasive, touching everything; from health and agriculture to sanitation and education. PRETORIA, 11 Oct (I...
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Obama Takes Lead on Climate Change Ahead of U.N. Talks in Paris
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:54 GMT. Obama Takes Lead on Climate Change Ahead of U.N. Talks in Paris. UNITED NATIONS, 7 Aug (IPS) - This week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally unveiled the details of his Clean Power Plan (CPP), a comprehensive carbon-cutting strategy he described as the biggest and most important step ever taken to combat climate change in a prior video address posted on Facebook. The Clean Power Plan could prove to be the green legacy of Obama s presidency. Credit: Bigstock. At a me...
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:54 GMT. Marchers Demand Swift Action on Climate Change. Roger Hamilton-Martin, Gloria Schiavi. UN Staff Celebrates Holi, Hindu Festival of Colours. United Nations Staff Celebrates Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors. From IPS Inter Press Service. This year also marks the fifth annual Holi Festival in New York City, which, with the theme "Green Holi", stressed the use of new herbal and non-toxic colours. New York Farmers Aid the City's Hungry. WASHINGTON, 23 Apr (IPS) - In a ma...
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