A project of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai International in consultative status with ECOSOC
A Joint Media Project of
the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency
and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
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焼きつくような夏がインドにまためぐり来て、川の水が干上がろうとする中、水問題の解決をめざす政府の河川連結事業が熱い議論の的になっている。
この事業を熱心に推奨しているナレンドラ・モディ首相は、水不足と水の不平等な分配の問題に焦点をあて、「一部の川は水で溢れているのに、他方で干上がっている川があります。」と指摘した。そして「もし（川が）連結されれば、こうした問題は解決できるのです。」と語った。…
By Jaya Ramachandran
BONN (IDN) – Over 700 leading businesses around the world, together representing 2.62 gigatons of emissions equivalent to the total annual emissions of India, have made strategic climate commitments through the ‘We Mean Business’ coalition’s Take Action campaign.
Organizers of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) to be held in San Francisco from September 12-14, 2018 have provided new evidence of how cities, states, regions, businesses and investors are taking climate ambition to the next level. In doing so, they are helping to build momentum for a successful outcome for the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24) from December 3-14.…
By Robert Johnson
LONDON (IDN) – An estimated $21 to $32 trillion of private financial wealth is located, untaxed or lightly taxed, in secrecy jurisdictions around the world as the Financial Secrecy Index names tax havens, which play a key role in facilitating the illicit flow of money across borders.
From the Lava Jato scandal to the Panama and Paradise Papers, time and again attention has been drawn to the pernicious role of offshore territories. In fact, if counted together, the United Kingdom and its Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies would top the Financial Secrecy Index, given the staggering scale of their undisclosed financial activities.…
By Lowana Veal
REYKJAVIK (IDN) – Iceland has decided to spearhead publicity for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by setting up a 12-person council of young people aged between 13 and 18, under the auspices of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Over 140 young people applied for the 12 places and, according to Nilsina Larsen Einarsdottir, coordinator of the project, “all of them had many brilliant ideas, so the choice was extremely difficult.”
Einarsdottir, who works with UNICEF in Iceland as a specialist in child and youth participation, has teamed up with the PMO for the project.
Another set of young people will be recruited next year for the same purpose. (P03) ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | TURKISH
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Oleh Jaya Ramachandran
ROMA (IDN) – Produksi makanan di dunia lebih dari cukup untuk memberi makan semua orang, namun 815 juta orang kelaparan, menurut FAO, Organisasi Pangan dan Pertanian Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa. Bagaimana cara memastikan agar populasi global yang terus tumbuh—diproyeksikan naik jadi sekitar 10 miliar pada tahun 2050—akan memiliki cukup makanan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan gizi mereka, dengan demikian merupakan salah satu tantangan terbesar yang dihadapi dunia. Para ahli melihat solusi dalam agroekologi.…
By Prossy Nandudu
KAMPALA (ACP-IDN) – With the African population expected to increase by roughly 50 percent over the next 18 years to over 1.8 billion in 2035, demands for mineral resources will also climb sharply to meet the need for additional housing units, roads, energy and other urban infrastructure using development minerals, averred Dr Patrick Gomes, Secretary General of the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Group of States.
“In most ACP countries, growth rates are recorded due to the construction, mining and transport sectors. Interventions in this sector may be an effective way to help countries achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030,” he told a high-level ministerial meeting of the Group at the ACP Secretariat early this year in Brussels.…
By Ramesh Jaura
BERLIN | STOCKHOLM (IDN) – Countries around the world are increasing their military expenditure. While the 29 NATO members together account for 52 per cent of world spending and the United States continues to have the highest military expenditure among them, China, India and Saudi Arabia are contributing the lion’s share of the continuing growth.
Total military expenditure rose to $1739 billion in 2017. Though this whopping amount marked a marginal increase of 1.1. percent on 2016, it comprised 2.2 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP) or $230 per person, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).…
Von Jaya Ramachandran
ROM (IDN) – Es wird mehr als genug Essen auf der Welt hergestellt, um jeden zu ernähren, und doch hungern 815 Mio. Leute, so FAO, die Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation der Vereinigten Nationen. Wie man sicherstellt, dass eine wachsende Weltbevölkerung – die bis 2050 laut Erwartungen ungefähr auf 10 Milliarden anwachsen wird – genügend Nahrung hat, um ihre Ernährungsbedürfnisse zu decken, ist darum eine der größten Herausforderungen, vor denen die Welt steht. Experten sehen in Agrarökologie eine Lösung.…
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