“Bamboo and rattan, to a lesser extent, have been in a way forgotten as mechanisms that can help countries both with mitigation of climate change and with adaptation https://vimeo.com/214290102

Elected representatives who are interested in the affairs of the UN and its entities will discover that there are hardly any arrangements in place that would allow them to be involved
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As part of efforts to move towards “climate-smart” agriculture, several countries have shared In a meeting in Rome new experiences on how to produce food in ways that help farmers cope with the impacts of climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture http://www.ipsnews.net/…/climate-smart-agriculture-from-ta…/

Thousands are set to gather at the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. on 29 April to mark the 100th day of President Donald Trump’s administration and push for solutions to the climate crisis #ClimateMarch http://www.ipsnews.net/…/marching-for-a-green-and-just-fut…/

The bamboo plant can be found in abundance in several Caribbean countries, but the director of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation - INBAR , Dr. Hans Friederich, says its importance in dealing with climate change has been missed by many of these countries http://www.ipsnews.net/…/featured-video-harnessing-the-eco…/

After three years of #drought and failed harvests, #Kenya is in the grip of a national crisis http://www.ipsnews.net/…/kenya-is-doing-its-part-to-battle…/

If the World Bank is serious about being a partner in achieving Agenda 2030, it should align its work accordingly, and support UN leadership on international tax cooperation besides enhancing governments’ ability to tax adequately, efficiently, and equitably http://www.ipsnews.net/…/world-bank-must-stop-encouraging-…/

Indigenous women, while experiencing the first and worst effects of climate change globally, are often in the frontline in struggles to protect the environment #UNFPII #WeAreIndigenous
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IAMovement and New Fire Festival are two environmental activist groups in Trinidad and Tobago, powered by young volunteers, and while they prepare to ramp up their climate change and sustainability activism, they are also contemplating their own sustainability and how they can become viable over the long-term. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/new-generation-rallies-to-climate…/

World Press Freedom Day 2017 - In the politically-risky world of professional journalism, news reporters are fast becoming an endangered species. The numbers are staggering: some 1,236 journalists have been killed since 1992, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists #WPFD2017 #PressFreedom
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World Press Freedom Day 2017 - Over the last decade 827 journalists and media workers have been killed. Even more alarming is the fact that in less than one out of ten cases have the perpetrators been apprehended #WPFD2017 #PressFreedom

World Press Freedom Day - Over the last decade 827 journalists and media workers have been killed. Even more alarming is the fact that in less than one out of ten cases have the perpetrators been apprehended #WPFD2017 #PressFreedom

Less than three years from the projected completion in Nicaragua of a canal running from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, there is no trace of progress on the mega-project http://www.ipsnews.net/…/no-trace-of-the-nicaraguan-intero…/

World Press Freedom Day 2017 - At root, the current fake-news epidemic is a symptom of growing distrust in media, notes IPS Director General Farhana Haque Rahman #WPFD2017 #PressFreedom http://www.ipsnews.net/…/worrying-about-fake-news-has-beco…/

In an increasing number of established and fledgling democracies, we see ruling parties violating the fundamental freedoms to speak-out, rally behind a cause and get involved in a social movement. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/how-to-undermine-democracy-curtai…/