Hong Kong wants the city’s small and medium-sized enterprises to embrace the ESG agenda to better compete in the global market. Reluctant business owners see this as an unnecessary cost burden. Source link
Ephraim Walters in his fishing cabin. The father of nine children has been a fisherman for 59 years. Credit: Zadie Neufville/IPS By Zadie Neufville (rocky point, jamaica) Friday, June 02, 2023 Inter press service ROCKY POINT, Jamaica, Jun 02 (IPS) – Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, fishermen at Clarendon’s Rocky Point fishing beach had to … Read more
A month later Amazon has ordered its corporate employees back to the office, some of them have gone back. Rallies were held outside the company’s headquarters in Seattle and Amazon offices in several other cities today. Workers are protesting Amazon’s back-to-office mandate and lack of meaningful progress on the Climate Pledge. “Morale is the lowest … Read more
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has now reported a “staggering” increase in climate emergencies over the past 20 years. Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS By Baher Kamal (Rome) Monday, May 29, 2023 Inter press service ROME, May 29 (IPS) – Please stop with all these watered-down formulations like climate change, climate-related hazards, climate crisis or … Read more
Period poverty, or the inability to afford menstrual products, is a serious problem, especially in developing countries, a problem that girls and women face every month, and the focus of Menstrual Hygiene Day, which is celebrated every year on May 28. “I’m happy to come to work here because I get to meet and work … Read more
Opinion: By Ines M Pusadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Thursday, May 25, 2023 Inter press service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 25 (IPS) – For global justice, the climate crisis has rightly made its way to the world’s highest court. On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the International Court of … Read more
Released: 23/05/2023 – 16:38 France on Tuesday officially banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours, a move aimed at reducing airline emissions that has also angered the industry. Although the measure was included in the 2021 climate law and was already in practice, some airlines … Read more
This was the message of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Tsaba Koros, during an official visit to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he met with high-ranking government officials, students and academics, and members of the local community. “There are commonalities because the whole world is in a water crisiswhich is sparked by … Read more
Some climate scientists said it was unfortunate that the flooding in western Rwanda, despite past investments. For example, some experts used to believe that Sebeya, one of the rivers originating in the mountains of Western Rwanda, was no longer a threat to the community. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Amble Twahirwa (kigali) Friday, May 19, 2023 … Read more
A doctor talks to a tuberculosis survivor at a clinic in Manila, Philippines. Credit: Getty Images for TB Alliance by Ed Holt (Bratislava) Tuesday, May 02, 2023 Inter press service BRATISLAVA, May 02 (IPS) – Although there is no established causal link between climate change and tuberculosis (TB), studies have begun to highlight the potential … Read more