The United States will not send any high-level officials to the #COP30 - "The current administration is ceding leadership and leverage over the clean energy future to other countries," says John Noel, @greenpeace.org www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/us-s...

What’s Now Needed is Political Courage, Says UN SG Guterres at COP30 www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/what... @wmo-global.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social #COP30 #ClimateJustice

Political courage is the biggest obstacle to limiting the rise in global average temperature to no more than 1.5°C, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the opening plenary of the #COP30 Leaders’ Summit in Belém, Brazil www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/what...

"Children are more vulnerable to weather-related crises, (heatwaves, storms, droughts and flooding)" says Catherine Russell, @unicef.org. "Last year, severe weather kept one in seven students out of class" www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/chil...

In eastern Guatemala's Dry Corridor, water scarcity is a relentless threat, making food production harder each year. Yet for many rural communities, it has also become an incentive to adapt and overcome adversities www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/guat...

As Civil Society Is Silenced, Corruption and Inequality Rise www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/as-c... #ICSW2025 @cicirussell.bsky.social

Defending Democracy in a “Topsy-Turvy” World www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/defe... #ICSW2025 @cicirussell.bsky.social @civicusalliance.bsky.social

Challenging Elites, Defending Democracy: Oxfam’s Amitabh Behar Speaks Out www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/chal... #ICSW2025 @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @civicusalliance.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social

Strengthening Indigenous land rights will protect more forest in Brazil’s Amazon and avoid large amounts of carbon emission, according to new research released ahead of #COP30 www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/stre...

Financing Tropical Forests now is a COP30 Solution that’s Already Working www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/fina... @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30noBrasil #COP30

Just as any good financial advisor says: diversify to manage risk and improve returns, the same applies to climate strategy. No single approach, technological or nature-based, can deliver the speed, scale, and durability we need, argues Gabriel Labbate, @unep.org www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/as-c...

Three decades after the first Climate COP, the multilateral climate process – which was intended to serve as an instrument of justice and a guardian of the planet’s atmosphere – has fallen far short of its goals, experts warn www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/cop3...

www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/powe... #ICSW2025 @civicusalliance.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social ci

Deliver Emission Cuts, or Risk Locking the World Into ‘Catastrophic Warming’ www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/deli... @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30 @ipsnews.net #news #COP30noBrasil

Deliver Emission Cuts, or Risk Locking the World Into ‘Catastrophic Warming’ www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/deli... @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30 @cicirussell.bsky.social #news #COP30noBrasil

www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/powe... #ICSW2025 @civicusalliance.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social ci

Three decades after the first Climate COP, the multilateral climate process – which was intended to serve as an instrument of justice and a guardian of the planet’s atmosphere – has fallen far short of its goals, experts warn www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/cop3...

Just as any good financial advisor says: diversify to manage risk and improve returns, the same applies to climate strategy. No single approach, technological or nature-based, can deliver the speed, scale, and durability we need, argues Gabriel Labbate, @unep.org www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/as-c...

Financing Tropical Forests now is a COP30 Solution that’s Already Working www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/fina... @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30noBrasil #COP30

Strengthening Indigenous land rights will protect more forest in Brazil’s Amazon and avoid large amounts of carbon emission, according to new research released ahead of #COP30 www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/stre...

Challenging Elites, Defending Democracy: Oxfam’s Amitabh Behar Speaks Out www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/chal... #ICSW2025 @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @civicusalliance.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social

Defending Democracy in a “Topsy-Turvy” World www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/defe... #ICSW2025 @cicirussell.bsky.social @civicusalliance.bsky.social

As Civil Society Is Silenced, Corruption and Inequality Rise www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/as-c... #ICSW2025 @cicirussell.bsky.social

In eastern Guatemala's Dry Corridor, water scarcity is a relentless threat, making food production harder each year. Yet for many rural communities, it has also become an incentive to adapt and overcome adversities www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/guat...

"Children are more vulnerable to weather-related crises, (heatwaves, storms, droughts and flooding)" says Catherine Russell, @unicef.org. "Last year, severe weather kept one in seven students out of class" www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/chil...

Annexed by Morocco in 1975, Western Sahara remains the subject of a long-running territorial dispute. On Oct 30, the UN Security Council will vote on a draft resolution on the future of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara #MINURSO www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/the-...

‘Turkmen Authorities Are Carrying out a Systematic Campaign to Eliminate Independent Voices’ - @civicusalliance.bsky.social speaks about the disappearance of Turkmen activists Abdulla Orusov and Alisher Sahatov with Diana Dadasheva and Gülala Hasanova www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/turk...

Adaptation Finance Shortfalls Leave Developing World Exposed www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/adap... @unep.org @cop30brazil.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social

Adaptation Finance Shortfalls Leave Developing World Exposed www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/adap... @unep.org @cop30brazil.bsky.social @cicirussell.bsky.social

Adaptation Finance Shortfalls Leave Developing World Exposed www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/adap... #AdaptationGap @ipsnews.net @unep.org @cop30brazil.bsky.social

‘Turkmen Authorities Are Carrying out a Systematic Campaign to Eliminate Independent Voices’ - @civicusalliance.bsky.social speaks about the disappearance of Turkmen activists Abdulla Orusov and Alisher Sahatov with Diana Dadasheva and Gülala Hasanova www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/turk...

Annexed by Morocco in 1975, Western Sahara remains the subject of a long-running territorial dispute. On Oct 30, the UN Security Council will vote on a draft resolution on the future of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara #MINURSO www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/the-...

Quadrupling the production and use of sustainable fuels by 2035 is the goal of a new international initiative to drive energy transition and mitigate the climate crisis, which will be launched during Brazil’s climate summit in November www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/new-...

Breast cancer, the most common cancer among women, is rising globally, affecting all regions. In the Pacific Islands, it's the top cause of female cancer mortality. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, islanders talk about tackling the disparities they face www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/tack...

When wild elephant herds descend from the hills in search of food, Sona Miahm and his team step in. He leads a 14-member elephant response team in the Inani forest range, in Cox’s Bazar, one of the last natural elephant habitats in Bangladesh www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/comm...

Desalination is booming in Chile: 51 plants planned to process seawater and a combined investment of US$ 24.455 billion. However, these initiatives hardly benefit small-scale farmers, who are threatened by the prolonged drought, and cause environmental concerns www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/desa...

In 2025, unprecedented cuts to foreign aid have exacerbated global hunger. Millions are left without access to food or basic services, as aid agencies suspend lifesaving programs in some of the world’s most food-insecure regions www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/worl...

Before the successful Nix-TB trial, which took place in South Africa from 2015 to 2017, patients with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) had to follow a complicated treatment plan for the deadliest form of the disease www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/exte...

The US hostility towards the UN is threatening to escalate, as a cash-starved world body is struggling for economic survival www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/is-t...

The Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, is on the frontlines of climate change. Villagers who once relied on fishing, honey collection and farming now face rising tides, saltier water, and more frequent storms www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/vani...

After a 48-hour blackout, speeds remain far below normal and key platforms appear limited, undercutting the online classes many Afghan women now rely on. Internet restrictions are reshaping daily life in Afghanistan www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/tali...

Science-Informed Policy Action Key to Biodiversity Conservation www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/scie... @ipbes.net @cicirussell.bsky.social #ForNature

Vulnerable children are being targeted online faster than parliamentarians and law enforcers can act. Yet, with international cooperation and sharing of ideas, lawmakers believe the scourge of online abuse can be addressed www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/parl...

Darjeeling’s Wake-Up Call: Expert at IUCN Congress Calls for Agile Climate Finance www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/darj... #iucncongress2025 #conservation @cicirussell.bsky.social

Global South Can Rebalance Climate Agenda in Belém, Says Gambian Negotiator www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/glob... @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30 @cicirussell.bsky.social

Vanishing Wisdom of the Sundarbans–How climate change erodes centuries of ecological knowledge www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/vani... @cop30brazil.bsky.social @ipsnews.net #ClimateCrisis

Vanishing Wisdom of the Sundarbans–How climate change erodes centuries of ecological knowledge www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/vani... @cicirussell.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social #ClimateCrisis

In an exclusive interview, Pakistan’s leading climate expert Ali T. Sheikh talks about the geopolitical undercurrents shaping #COP30, why climate finance is under threat, and how Pakistan can reclaim its voice on the global stage www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/clim...

Global South Can Rebalance Climate Agenda in Belém, Says Gambian Negotiator www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/glob... @cop30brazil.bsky.social #COP30 @cicirussell.bsky.social

Children in Haiti are experiencing violence and displacement at a terrifying scale. Each time they are forced to flee, they lose not only their homes but also their chance to go to school, and simply to be children, says Catherine Russell, @unicef.org www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/unic...