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A groundbreaking initiative aimed at transforming the building and construction sectors has been launched at COP28 in Dubai.

Food and agriculture is a top agenda item at UNFCCC COP28, as the world considers how to tackle the climate impacts of what we eat and how we produce it. The stage has been set for COP28 to be a “fo

Across the African continent, many first-born children in poor and vulnerable households do not go to school as they spend their school days collecting biomass fuel. The regional average of the amount

Across the globe, the number of crisis-affected school-aged children facing climate shocks amplified by climate change keeps rising.

Palau’s President, Surangel Whipps, Jr., announced the biggest conservation effort in the world's history at an event at COP28.

In an exclusive interview with IPS, Yamide Dagnet, the Director for Climate Justice at Open Society, delves into the details of COP28.

Students of St Denis Libolina Primary have used agroecology farming techniques to transform their school garden and any free space into food forests.

Even as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic it will still face an epidemic on its roads, claiming over one million lives and injuring up to 50 million people annually. Against this head-spin

The main challenge for addressing climate change a decade ago was how to develop low-cost, low-carbon solutions such as wind or solar power. Since that hurdle has been cleared, we now need to focus on

To meet their development goals, policy-makers in developing countries must prioritize a major funding push, together with policy reforms grounded in a sound macroeconomic framework. A new book – Retooling Development Aid in the 21st Century: The Importance of Budget Support – argues that reforms at the national level will need greater cross-border cooperation and a substantial expansion in financing from the global community, with multilateral development banks (MDBs) and other donors playi...