By Global Issues People around the world are facing devastating consequences as the land that supports livelihoods, helps to regulate climate and protect biodiversity becomes increasingly degraded due to climate change and mismanagement. The UN Convention to Combat Desertification is meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to discuss how to regenerate the land and secure all […]
By Global Issues VALLADOLID, Mexico, Nov 29 (IPS) – Indigenous craftsperson Alicia Pech doesn’t know about the Maya Train (TM), the Mexican government’s most emblematic megaproject that runs through five states in the country’s south and southeast Read the full story, “Maya Train is Yet to Deliver Promised Benefits”, on globalissues.org → Source: Maya Train […]
By Global Issues PORT VILA, Vanuatu, Nov 29 (IPS) – Ralph Regenvanu, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment of the Republic of VanuatuThe climate crisis has become devastating across the world over the past few months: super typhoons sweeping through the Western Pacific, unprecedented superstorms in the Gulf of Mexico, raging wildfires across the Amazon rainforest, severe […]