The Pacific Community launches the Pacific Healthy Recipe Contest
Feb 12 2020 – The Pacific Community (SPC) is calling for contestants to join the Pacific Healthy Recipe Contest and showcase their cooking skills and creativity to promote…
Is It Time to Postpone the 2020 Climate Summit?
NEW YORK, Mar 25 2020 (IPS) – With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet and the governments of both wealthy and poorer nations overwhelmed by the demands of…
‘Declare remittance as an essential financial service’
UK and Switzerland say in a joint statement The image shows the countries from which remittance flows to Bangladesh, a service that is severely affected by the coronavirus…
10 Ways Young People are Leading the Way Against COVID-19
Women Deliver perform vital work on the frontlines of the pandemic response A graphic shared in Hashim’s #AgirContreCOVID19 Twitter Chat to stop misinformation. Apr 9 2020 – As…
Press Freedom Needs Protection from Pandemic too
Farhana Haque Rahman is Senior Vice President of IPS Inter Press Service; a journalist and communications expert, she is a former senior official of the United Nations Food…
Covid-19 Straw Breaks Free Trade Camel’s Back
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 19 2020 (IPS) – Economic growth is supposed to be the tide that lifts all boats. According to the conventional wisdom until recently, growth…
Economic Ghosts Block Post-Lockdown Recovery
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 9 2020 (IPS) – As governments the world over struggle to revive their economies after the debilitating lockdowns they imposed following their failure to…
Sweden-Costa Rica: Same Paths on Climate Change, Different on COVID-19
Cloud forest in Costa Rica. Credit: Germán Miranda/IPS ROME/SANTIAGO, Jun 24 2020 (IPS) – The lack of a coordinated international response had led to varying results worldwide in…
Neglected, Sacrificed: Older Persons During the COVID19 Pandemic
Credit: United Nations NEW YORK, Jul 28 2020 (IPS) – Failing to help those in most need COVID19 is devastating on older persons. The numbers are staggering, more…
“Hidden” Costs of Our Food Systems
Zoltán Kálmán, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Food Systems Summit SOFI…