SAN FRANCISCO, California / APEX, North Carolina, Jan 30 2025 (IPS) – When it comes to climate change, the awful news has been coming thick and fast. We now know that in 2024, the Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. Extreme weather seems to be multiplying, with shocking fires in…
By Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss As the annual global Climate Conference (COP29) continues its first week in Baku, Azerbaijan, we can already see what the impact of the next Trump presidency will be. Credit: Shutterstock Nov 12 2024 (IPS) – So, the worst has happened. American voters have apparently just elected the most chaotic and…
This is the eighth book by the Friends of the Governance for Sustainable Development. The chapters in this book are based on some of the presentations made at the workshop ‘SDG 16 and its Interlinkages with other SDGs – Challenges and Opportunities.’ SDG 16 stands as a cornerstone in this integrated framework, when “structural injustices,…
Chris Spence and I would like to thank Inter-Press Service for running the seven articles we produced on who should be the next Secretary General of the UN. With the High Level Political Forum coming up you may be interested in a couple of books:
