News headlines in November 2018, page 4
VIDEO: On the way to COP24 – The Caribbean Will Not be Left Out
- Inter Press Service
GRENADA, Nov 24 (IPS) - As the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – is set to take place from December 3-14 in Katowice, Poland, the Caribbean insists on a seat at the table of negations.
VIDEO: Sustainable Blue Economy Conference, Nairobi, Kenya 2018
- Inter Press Service
The first global Sustainable Blue Economy Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from Nov. 26 to 28 and is being co-hosted with Canada and Japan. Over 13,000 participants from around the world are coming together to learn how to build a blue economy.
Global, Inclusive Partnerships Essential for the Future Sustainability of our Oceans and Seas
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 24 (IPS) - Lisa Stadelbauer is the High Commissioner-designate of Canada to Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda; the Ambassador-designate to Somalia, Burundi; and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Nairobi. She is a career diplomat with over 25 years in the Canadian Foreign Service.
Throughout history, oceans, seas, lakes and rivers have provided life and livelihoods to people around the world. Today, they are a multi-trillion-dollar global economy supporting hundreds of millions of people and helping drive economic growth in all corners of the world.
Climate Change Drives Up Rural Poverty in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 24 (IPS) - Only 18 percent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean live in rural areas, but these are increasingly hotbeds of poverty, and climate change is playing a major role in this phenomenon.
Culture, Migration and the Rise of Nationalism
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Nov 23 (IPS) - The recent rise of nationalism in some western countries has been fuelled by an anti-immigration campaign based on the assumed negative influences migrants may have on the host country's "culture". Nationalists seem to conceive culture as a static concept. However, culture is not invariable, it develops and changes over time and as most things created by humans, it is also connected with power. Generally, when people define themselves as "cultured" they assert themselves as superior to others.
Violence Against Women, a Cause and Consequence of Inequality
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (IPS) - Selim Jahan is Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP.
The lack of women's empowerment is a critical form of inequality. And while there are many barriers to empowerment, violence against women and girls (VAW) is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality.
How Australia Sustainably Manages the World’s Last Wild Commercial Fishery of Pearl Oysters
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY/BROOME/CYGNET BAY, Australia, Nov 23 (IPS) - Australia's remote north-western Kimberley coast, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sapphire waters of the Indian Ocean, is home to the giant Pinctada maxima or silver-lipped pearl oyster shells that produce the finest and highly-prized Australian South Sea Pearls.
The Start of an Important Global Conversation on the Blue Economy
- Inter Press Service
OTTAWA, Nov 23 (IPS) - Jonathan Wilkinson is Canada's Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard. A Rhodes Scholar, Wilkinson holds Masters Degrees from Oxford University and McGill University.
This November, Canada, along with Kenya and Japan, is proud to host the world's first global conference focused on the world's ocean economy: the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
Expectations High for First Global Blue Economy Conference
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 22 (IPS) - In a matter of days the world's blue economy actors and experts will converge in Nairobi, Kenya for the first ever global conference on sustainable blue economy.
Q&A: How to Transition one of the Fastest-Growing Economies in the World to a Green Growth Model
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Nov 22 (IPS) - Karolien Casaer-Diez is the new country representative of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) for Cambodia. She started her career in Foreign Affairs in Belgium and worked for the United Nations Development Programme in Somalia and Bangladesh. She has been based in Myanmar and Laos for GGGI and was assigned to Cambodia three months ago.
Driven by garment exports, tourism and construction, Cambodia has sustained an average growth rate of 7.7 percent between 1995 to 2017, making this Southeast Asian nation the sixth fastest-growing economy in the world.