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
Viewpoint by Henrik Maihack *
NAIROBI (IDN-INPS) – In the next 25 years, Africa’s urban population is set to double. By 2040, the majority of Africans will be living in cities. There are numerous reasons for this: climate change, violent conflicts and the hope of finding work or education, although this list could easily be extended. Urbanisation thus constitutes one of the greatest transformations facing Africa in the 21st century.…
By Jaya Ramachandran
GENEVA (IDN) – Air pollution is by far the world’s largest single environmental health risk and a leading cause of death by cancer. It kills 7 million people every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Closely linked to climate change, air pollution is a major cause of environmental degradation. It is also threatening almost two-thirds of Europe’s ecosystems. This makes air pollution a critical barrier for sustainable development.…
الأمم المتحدة تركز على دور المرأة الريفية في ضمان الأمن الغذائي
كتبه سانتو د. بانيرجي
نيويورك (IDN) – منذ البداية تم الاحتفال باليوم العالمي للمرأة الريفية في 15 أكتوبر 2008، كانت هناك اتفاقية أن النساء والفتيات الريفيين، بما في ذلك النساء المحليين، يلعبون دوراً هاماً في تحسين التنمية الزراعية والريفية، وتحسين الأمن الغذائي والقضاء على الفقر في الريف.…
By Santo D. Banerjee
NEW YORK (IDN) – Since the first International Day of Rural Women was observed on October 15, 2008, there is agreement that rural women and girls, including indigenous women, play a critical role in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty. (P16) ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | THAI
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Por Daisaku Ikeda
Presidente de la Soka Gakkai Internacional (SGI)
TOKIO (IDN) — Aristóteles denunció una tendencia humana: “Lo que es común al mayor número, es de hecho, objeto de menor cuidado”. Esta proclividad, que aún persiste, es lo que debemos modificar en nuestra batalla contra el cambio climático.
El Acuerdo de París, adoptado en diciembre de 2015, es una convención marco destinada a intensificar los esfuerzos para mitigar el calentamiento global que amenaza la supervivencia humana.…
By Santo D. Banerjee
NEW YORK | SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (IDN) –- On the road towards the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Santiago, Chile, from December 2 to 13, delegates have called for “more climate ambition”.
The three-day preparatory conference – PreCOP25 – concluded in San José on October 10 emphasizing climate finance and the gender agenda as transformational focus areas of climate solutions.…
By Kizito Makoye
MANYARA, Tanzania (IDN) – At the heart of the Yaeda valley, which sprawls across a wide expanse of plains in Tanzania’s northern Manyara region, live the Hadzabe – a 40,000-year-old tribe who live in the bush. Their livelihoods still depend on hunting and gathering wild fruits, and for many years now, they have shown a great ability in surviving on a few dwindling resources.…
Viewpoint by Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury *
The writer is the founder of The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace (GMCoP), former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations.
ALISO VIEJO, California, USA (IDN-INPS) – My life’s experience has taught me to value peace and equality as the essential components of our existence. They unleash the positive forces of good that are so needed for human progress. Peace is integral to human existence — in everything we do, in everything we say, and in every thought, we have, there is a place for peace. We should not isolate peace as something separate. It is important to realize that the absence of peace takes away the opportunities that we need to better ourselves, to prepare ourselves, to empower ourselves to face the challenges of our lives, individually and collectively.…
By Kizito Makoye
KILOSA, Tanzania (IDN) – Hidaya Juma looks gaunt and weary. Her sun-parched skin and tattered clothes tell it all. She is poor.
Juma, a 43-year-old single mother of four, who lives in Kisanga village, Kilosa district, in Tanzania’s eastern Morogoro region, lives in a mud-walled house that is prone to flooding.
Her 19-year-old daughter Zubeda shares a dusty bedroom with two siblings. Juma sleeps in the other room with two of her children, aged nine and six.…
【ニューヨークIDN＝シャンタ・ロイ】
国連が主催して９月２３日に開催された「気候行動サミット」は、世界の指導者らが集うハイレベル会合であると謳われていたにも関わらず、それほど印象的な結果を残すことなく終わった。
ハリケーン・干ばつ・洪水・熱波といった、差し迫った「気候の緊急事態」に関して国連のアントニオ・グテーレス事務総長からの警告があったにも関わらず、そのほとんどが元首であるサミットの発言者は、わずかに６４人であった。…
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