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Genocide Prevention & Responsibility to Protect

1 week ago | globalissues.org | Gareth Evans

NEW YORK, Apr 15 (IPS) - April marks Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the history, causes and victims of past genocides and to mobilize the necessary resolve to confront risks facing populations around the world today who face the threat of genocide and other mass atrocity crimes not for anything they have done, but for who they are.
Want To Fix the World, Ubuntu (Humanity to Others) Can Help

1 week ago | globalissues.org | Busani Bafana

NAIROBI, Apr 12 (IPS) - The world needs an urgent fix and humanity could just be it. As inequality and polycrises stalk the world, deep changes are needed in relationships with nature if the planet is to be livable and sustainable, warns a new United Nations report, calling for a bold change in mindsets and taking responsibility.
How to Put the 'Sexy' Back into Agriculture - Thoughts From CGIAR Science Week

1 week ago | globalissues.org | Busani Bafana |Cecilia Russell

NAIROBI, Apr 11 (IPS) - This week presented a beacon of hope for young people so that the “girl from the South and the boy, of course” could stay in the developing world, Dr Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of CGIAR, said during a press conference on the final day of the CGIAR Science Week.
‘With Science, We Can Feed the World of 9.7 Billion by 2050'

2 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Busani Bafana

NAIROBI, Apr 10 (IPS) - Animal scientist Lindiwe Majele Sibanda became what her grandmother earnestly prayed for she was growing up on a farm in southern Zimbabwe. Majele Sibanda, an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, is a practicing livestock farmer and a successful one at that. She is raising pedigree and indigenous cattle as well as hardy Matabele goats.
Farmers Need Science Solutions in Their Hands Sooner Than Later

2 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Busani Bafana

NAIROBI, Apr 09 (IPS) - Climate change is outpacing science and farmers are paying the price. Agricultural research innovations need to reach farmers before it is too late. Partnership, collaborations, and the right dose of political will are the fuel to put innovations into the farmer’s hands, says Simeon Ehui, Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and CGIAR Regional Director, Continental Africa.
Behind the Feeding of the 5,000 (or Should That Be 10,000) at CGIAR Science Week

2 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Cecilia Russell

NAIROBI, Apr 08 (IPS) - Good Food for All is the motto of The Chef's Manifesto, a project that brings together more than 1,500 chefs from around the world to explore how to ensure the food they prepare is planet-friendly and sustainable. It was Nairobi Chef Kiran Jethwa who prepared a menu filled with locally sourced food for the thousands of delegates on the first day at the GCIAR Science Week in Nairobi.
Global Climate Action Progressing, but Speed and Scale Still Lacking

3 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Alison Kentish

Mar 31 (IPS) - 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement. One of its chief architects, Christiana Figueres, says the world is heading in the right direction but warns that urgent action is needed to close critical gaps. The pact, adopted in 2015 by 195 nations, set out to limit global warming to "well below 2°C" above pre-industrial levels, striving for 1.5°C. But in 2024, the world shattered records as the hottest year ever, surpassing that crucial threshold.
Latin America & the Caribbean in 2024: Renewable Energy and Early Warning Systems Offer Hope Amid Climate Extremes

3 weeks ago | globalissues.org | Alison Kentish

DOMINICA, Mar 28 (IPS) - The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report recounts the toll of record-breaking hurricanes, heat and flooding in the Region, but shines light on renewable energy and a response to the call for robust, end-to-end early warning systems.Hope in the face of climate extremes. That is the overarching message about the State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024.
Seeds of Survival, Amid Conflict Sudan Is Saving Its Agricultural Future

1 month ago | globalissues.org | Cecilia Russell

BULAWAYO, Mar 25 (IPS) - Sudan’s diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives and threatening livelihoods and food security. In the chaos of conflict, scientists like Ali Babiker are fighting to protect Sudan’s future food security—not with weapons, but with seeds.
World Meteorological Day: Closing the Early Warning Gap to Save Lives

1 month ago | globalissues.org | Alison Kentish

DOMINICA, Mar 24 (IPS) - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is urging nations to increase investments in their meteorological and hydrological services and build robust early warning systems (EWS) to safeguard communities from the mounting threats posed by climate-related disasters.