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href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/jessica-corredor-villamil/" title="Posts by Jessica Corredor Villamil">Jessica Corredor Villamil</a></div> The world is witnessing a dangerous retreat from international solidarity by Global Minority countries. From Washington to Brussels, governments are slashing funds that sustain human rights, democracy, and humanitarian initiatives. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189239" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/icfd_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/global-tech-fund-poorest-countries-smart-investment/" rel="bookmark" title="Why a Global Tech Fund for the Poorest Countries is a Smart Investment">Why a Global Tech Fund for the Poorest Countries is a Smart Investment</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/deodat-maharaj/" title="Posts by Deodat Maharaj">Deodat Maharaj</a></div> The <a href="https://financing.desa.un.org/ffd4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">4th International Conference on Financing for Development</a> could catalyse coordinated action to close the financing gap and set the stage for a STI-driven transformation in the world’s poorest countries. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189211" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/4th-international_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/development-effectiveness-quality-financing-towards-holistic-approach-seville/" rel="bookmark" title="Development Effectiveness & the Quality of Financing: Towards a More Holistic Approach at Seville">Development Effectiveness & the Quality of Financing: Towards a More Holistic Approach at Seville</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/annika-otterstedt/" title="Posts by Annika Otterstedt">Annika Otterstedt</a> and <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/luca-de-fraia/" title="Posts by Luca De Fraia">Luca De Fraia</a></div> When world leaders gather in Seville for the <a href="https://financing.desa.un.org/ffd4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">4th International Conference on Financing for Development</a> (FfD4) in June, they will be meeting at a pivotal moment: one defined by mounting systemic risks, a multiplication of crises, and proliferation and fragmentation of development co-operation actors and funds. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189208" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/Assembly-votes-to-suspend_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/us-pullout-gives-upper-hand-human-rights-abusers-worldwide/" rel="bookmark" title="US Pullout Gives Upper Hand to Human Rights Abusers Worldwide">US Pullout Gives Upper Hand to Human Rights Abusers Worldwide</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/thalif-deen/" title="Posts by Thalif Deen">Thalif Deen</a></div> When some of the world’s “authoritarian and repressive regimes” were elected as members of the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UN Human Rights Council (HRC)</a> --including Cuba, China, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -- a US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher infamously remarked: “The inmates have taken over the asylum, I don’t plan to give the lunatics any more American tax dollars to play with.” </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189200" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/Tourism-makes-up_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/recovery-resilience-transforming-tourism-sustainable-future/" rel="bookmark" title="From Recovery to Resilience: Transforming Tourism for a Sustainable Future">From Recovery to Resilience: Transforming Tourism for a Sustainable Future</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/francine-pickup/" title="Posts by Francine Pickup">Francine Pickup</a></div> Tourism is back – and stronger than ever. With <a href="https://www.unwto.org/news/international-tourism-recovers-pre-pandemic-levels-in-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1.4 billion international tourist arrivals recorded globally in 2024</a>, the sector has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels, signalling a recovery from its worst crisis. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189194" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/usaid_500-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/shutting-usaid-threatens-endanger-worlds-poorer-nations/" rel="bookmark" title="Shutting Down USAID Threatens to Endanger World’s Poorer Nations">Shutting Down USAID Threatens to Endanger World’s Poorer Nations</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/thalif-deen/" title="Posts by Thalif Deen">Thalif Deen</a></div> The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the US government’s primary channel for humanitarian aid and disaster relief, is expected to have a devastating impact on the world’s developing nations. The 2025 Budget Request, under the former Biden administration, amounted to a staggering $58.8 billion in US foreign aid for this year. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189186" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/On-12-and-13-February-2025-the-48th-session-of-the-IFAD-Governing-Council-IFAD’s-main-decision-making-body-will-meet-towards-increasing-rural-investments.-Photo-Joyce-Chimbi-2-100x100.png" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/race-against-time-as-global-hunger-poverty-rise-amid-growing-global-uncertainties/" rel="bookmark" title="Race Against Time as Hunger, Poverty Rise Amid Growing Global Uncertainties">Race Against Time as Hunger, Poverty Rise Amid Growing Global Uncertainties</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/joyce-chimbi/" title="Posts by Joyce Chimbi">Joyce Chimbi</a></div> Nearly one in 11 people in the world and one in five people in Africa go hungry every day, a crisis primarily driven by chronic inequality, climate change, conflict and economic instability. At the current pace, hunger and extreme poverty rates show little sign of drastically receding by 2030. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189176" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2024/08/5.-Sudan-Refugee-Crisis-1-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/gender-inequality-in-science-limits-scientific-progress-towards-solving-complex-global-challenges/" rel="bookmark" title="Gender Inequality in Science Limits Progress Towards Solving Complex Global Challenges">Gender Inequality in Science Limits Progress Towards Solving Complex Global Challenges</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/joyce-chimbi/" title="Posts by Joyce Chimbi">Joyce Chimbi</a></div> Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and a time to take stock of progress, successes, and setbacks towards open and gender-inclusive science. Gender equality remains elusive in science, as only <a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/science-technology-and-innovation/cta">one in three scientists</a> is a woman. Not only do these inequalities hold women back, but they also limit scientific progress. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189167" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/climatefinance1-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/shaping-conditions-fair-equitable-enduring-climate-finance/" rel="bookmark" title="Shaping Conditions for Fair, Equitable and Enduring Climate Finance ">Shaping Conditions for Fair, Equitable and Enduring Climate Finance </a> </h2> <div class="meta"></div> The global commitment to fair climate finance is at a crossroads. COP29 concluded with a disappointing New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), leaving developing nations at risk of being left behind. With the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and slashing development aid, prospects for more ambitious fair climate finance are getting out of sight. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189158" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2018/09/jomo_180-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/imperialism-still-rules/" rel="bookmark" title="Imperialism (Still) Rules">Imperialism (Still) Rules</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/jomo-kwame-sundaram/" title="Posts by Jomo Kwame Sundaram">Jomo Kwame Sundaram</a></div> Many in the West, of the political right and left, now deny imperialism. For <a href="http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https:/cdn.mises.org/Imperialism and Social Classes_2.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Josef Schumpeter</a>, empires were pre-capitalist atavisms that would not survive the spread of capitalism. But even the conservative <em><a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/21/the-new-american-imperialism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Economist</a></em> notes President Trump’s revival of this US legacy. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189131" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/An-infant-and-young_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/wfp-fao-warn-severity-climate-crisis-food-insecurity/" rel="bookmark" title="WFP, FAO Warn of the Severity of the Climate Crisis and Food Insecurity">WFP, FAO Warn of the Severity of the Climate Crisis and Food Insecurity</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/oritro-karim/" title="Posts by Oritro Karim">Oritro Karim</a></div> Over the past few years, climate shocks have become more frequent and have devastated economies and agriculture systems, exacerbating widespread malnutrition and hunger. It has become increasingly apparent that the utilization of sustainable agriculture practices and disaster risk management systems are crucial to fulfill growing needs as natural resources continue to dwindle. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189115" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/Coal2-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/challenge-carbon-aristocracy/" rel="bookmark" title="The Challenge of the “Carbon Aristocracy”">The Challenge of the “Carbon Aristocracy”</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/philippe-benoit/" title="Posts by Philippe Benoit">Philippe Benoit</a></div> For centuries, innumerable countries were ruled by an entrenched, typically inherited, political class: the “aristocracy.” The term <u><a id="m_782579197936381716OWA92000d38-b449-e00f-c52c-3b2a32f658cb" title="https://study.com/academy/lesson/aristocrats-definition-examples-quiz.html" href="https://study.com/academy/lesson/aristocrats-definition-examples-quiz.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://study.com/academy/lesson/aristocrats-definition-examples-quiz.html&source=gmail&ust=1738938866746000&usg=AOvVaw3X3JmAZAKHj4O4ZIRsCKi9">comes from the Ancient Greek words</a></u> “aristos”, meaning best, and “kratia,” meaning power. As a result of long and hard-fought democratic struggles, these aristocracies have largely dwindled worldwide (albeit, not everywhere). </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189116" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/UNICEF-FGM-Campaign-Credit-UNICEF-Ahmed-Mohamdeen-Elfatih-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/ending-fgm-requires-strengthening-partnerships-advocacy-efforts/" rel="bookmark" title="Ending FGM Requires Strengthening Partnerships and Advocacy Efforts">Ending FGM Requires Strengthening Partnerships and Advocacy Efforts</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/naureen-hossain/" title="Posts by Naureen Hossain">Naureen Hossain</a></div> February 6 is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). A practice deemed a gross violation of human rights, tragically the practice persists across multiple countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Over 230 million women and girls alive today have been subjected to this gruesome practice, and experts warn that at least 27 million more could endure this by 2030. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189108" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/Tax-the-Super_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/tax-super-rich-world-win/" rel="bookmark" title="Tax the Super-Rich. We have a World to Win">Tax the Super-Rich. We have a World to Win</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/attiya-waris/" title="Posts by Attiya Waris">Attiya Waris</a> and <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/ben-phillips/" title="Posts by Ben Phillips">Ben Phillips</a></div> Why can’t there be education for every child? Why can’t there be healthcare for everyone who needs it? Why can’t everyone be freed from hunger and deprivation? Though these are promised to all as rights, people are repeatedly told that there is no money. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189089" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/bears_2-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/trumps-confrontational-domestic-foreign-policy-defy-america-first-agenda/" rel="bookmark" title="Trump’s Confrontational Domestic and Foreign Policy Defy his “America First” Agenda">Trump’s Confrontational Domestic and Foreign Policy Defy his “America First” Agenda</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/alon-ben-meir/" title="Posts by Alon Ben-Meir">Alon Ben-Meir</a></div> In less than two weeks in office, Trump issued scores of reckless executive orders that ironically will gravely undermine rather than enhance his “America First” agenda and America’s global leadership. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189077" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/02/In-Greenland_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/potential-new-battle-un-vs-us-greenland-panama-canal/" rel="bookmark" title="A Potential New Battle: UN vs US over Greenland and the Panama Canal">A Potential New Battle: UN vs US over Greenland and the Panama Canal</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/thalif-deen/" title="Posts by Thalif Deen">Thalif Deen</a></div> US President Donald Trump’s ominous threat to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland sets the stage for a new political battle with the United Nations. But judging by UN’s track record of failures—including the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine --- the world body may lose again while battling a veto-wielding superpower. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189045" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/01/cop29-1-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/can-still-solve-climate-change-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Can We Still Solve Climate Change?">Can We Still Solve Climate Change?</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/felix-dodds/" title="Posts by Felix Dodds">Felix Dodds</a> and <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/chris-spence/" title="Posts by Chris Spence">Chris Spence</a></div> When it comes to climate change, the awful news has been coming thick and fast. We now know that in 2024, the Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189029" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/01/01_glacier-at-everest-region-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/explainer-why-glaciers-are-alive-and-life-giving/" rel="bookmark" title="Explainer: Why Glaciers Are Alive, Life-Giving and Worth Preserving">Explainer: Why Glaciers Are Alive, Life-Giving and Worth Preserving</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/tanka-dhakal/" title="Posts by Tanka Dhakal">Tanka Dhakal</a></div> The United Nations declared 2025 as the <a href="https://www.un-glaciers.org/en/homepage">International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation</a> to promote awareness about the role of glaciers, snow and ice. The climate system and global hydrological cycle are dependent on accumulated water in solid form as glaciers, snow and ice. Because of the global temperature rise and its impact on the Earth’s cryosphere, socio-economic and environmental effects are being observed. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189032" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/01/Horseshoe-bat-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/road-wuhan-trump-threat-global-health/" rel="bookmark" title="The Road to and from Wuhan: Is Trump a Threat to Global Health?">The Road to and from Wuhan: Is Trump a Threat to Global Health?</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/jan-lundius/" title="Posts by Jan Lundius">Jan Lundius</a></div> On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the <em>World Health Organization (WHO)</em> – a move experts say makes the U.S. and other countries less safe from infectious diseases and other public-health threats. It might thus be opportune to return to the global COVID 19 pandemic. Has the threat really gone away? Can something similar not erupt again? </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189025" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/01/Crisis-Comms-EU-SEE_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/safeguarding-civil-society-new-global-initiative-become-game-changer/" rel="bookmark" title="Safeguarding Civil Society – a New Global Initiative Could Become a Game-Changer">Safeguarding Civil Society – a New Global Initiative Could Become a Game-Changer</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/sarah-strack/" title="Posts by Sarah Strack">Sarah Strack</a></div> Across the world, civil society faces increasing pressure—from restrictive laws on civil society operations to digital surveillance, funding restrictions, and direct attacks on human rights defenders. In response, a global civil society coalition is stepping up. The newly launched European Union System for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society (EU SEE) spans 86 countries, equipping civil society actors, governments and other stakeholders with the data, tools, and resources needed to anticipate and respond in real time to shifts in the enabling environment—ensuring that civil society can thrive, freely express itself, and actively shape its context. </div> </div> <hr class="clear" /> <div id="post-189028" class="entry small_entry"> <img class="alignleft" src="https://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2025/01/Families-begin-their_-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a> <div class="postexcerpt"> <h2 class="archive_title"> <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/genocide-2-0-trumps-plan-cleansing-gaza/" rel="bookmark" title="Genocide 2.0—Trump’s Plan for Cleansing Gaza">Genocide 2.0—Trump’s Plan for Cleansing Gaza</a> </h2> <div class="meta">By <a href="https://www.ipsnews.net/author/james-e-jennings/" title="Posts by James E. Jennings">James E. Jennings</a></div> Either the new US President, Mr. Trump, is ignorant of international law or thinks he’s so brilliant that he doesn’t care about it. 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