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At GEF’s Eighth Assembly, Uzbekistan Signals New Role as Donor

2026-06-04T12:34:17-07:00

SAMARKAND, June 4 (IPS) - In a significant policy shift symbolising rising environmental ambition, Uzbekistan on Thursday announced that it will become a donor of international environmental funding to the Global Environment Facility (GEF), as the Eighth GEF Assembly opened in the historic city of Samarkand.

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Iran War Exposes Limits of US Power Projection

2026-06-04T07:58:04-07:00

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 4 (IPS) - The outcome of the current Iran war is still in doubt, but one consequence is already becoming clear: it has weakened America’s capacity to project power. Many are asking who won. The more important question may be what the war has cost.

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From War Zones to Global Environment Talks, Communities Seek Faster Green Finance

2026-06-04T02:46:12-07:00

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 4 (IPS) - For three decades, Iffat Rachid Edriss walked Lebanon’s coastline with a clear purpose: protecting the sea she loves.

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What the Sino-Russian Declaration Exposes

2026-06-03T18:39:38-07:00

The joint declaration issued by Russia and China on 20 May, Joint Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the Establishment of a Multipolar World and a New Type of International Relations, has been read in sharply different ways. Some welcome its language of sovereign equality, multilateralism and a UN-centred international order. Others dismiss it as legal rhetoric deployed in bad faith. Both responses miss the more important point.

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Governments Falling 90 percent Short of Climate Adaptation Finance Needs

2026-06-03T18:07:56-07:00

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 3 (IPS) - Governments are falling 90 percent short of adaptation finance targets and leaving people in climate-vulnerable communities drastically under-equipped to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change, Oxfam warns ahead of Bonn climate talks (8-18 June).

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GEF Pushes Innovation, Blended Finance Ahead of the Eighth Assembly

2026-06-03T13:59:37-07:00

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 3 (IPS) - As the Global Environment Facility (GEF) steps into the starting blocks of its next financial cycle, the Interim CEO Claude Gascon reflects on what he termed a “moment of transition and delivery”.

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A Larger, Older, and More Diverse Population

2026-06-03T13:01:07-07:00

PORTLAND, USA, June 3 (IPS) - In 2026, the population of the United States is significantly larger, older, and more diverse than it was 250 years ago when the country declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4, 1776.

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People With Albinism Face Discrimination, Danger

2026-06-03T11:31:20-07:00

NAIROBI, June 3 (IPS) - When Patricia J. looks for work or shops at the outdoor markets near her home in rural Malawi, fear still follows her. Years after surviving two attacks linked to harmful beliefs about albinism, she says she remains constantly alert. “I still carry the fear that at any moment I can be attacked again,” she told us as we did research about conditions for people with albinism.

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Russia Ensuring Africa’s Food Security

2026-06-03T09:16:23-07:00

MOSCOW, June 3 (IPS) - Within the framework of the Expert Council on Africa at Russia’s State Duma, the lower chamber of parliamentarians, during its annual round-table conference, held in late May 2026, focused concretely on food security in Africa.

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Yemen: Hunger crisis deepens as funding cuts leave millions without support

2026-06-03T05:00:00-07:00

Nearly half of the population in Government-controlled areas of Yemen are facing high levels of acute food insecurity with the crisis set to deepen further if international aid cuts continue, according to the latest analysis by the leading UN-backed global food security platform.

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