News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 53
Unsettled Lives in a Troubled World
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 14 (IPS) - Cross-continent vacations seem to be the norm once again with the lessening of COVID-19 while new cities are being built with skyscraping $4M condos shooting up in a matter of months, and just-out-of-University millennials launching into their careers with minimum start-off salaries of $75K.
Building Leadership for Teachers in the Developing World
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 13 (IPS) - If we truly want to re-imagine the role education can play in the decades to come, it is going to be indispensable to take drastic measures to elevate the role of teachers in developing countries.
As New Covid Boosters Move Forward, Better Outreach is Needed to Save US Lives
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) - This week––nearly ten months after the emergence of the Omicron variant––the United States is rolling out Covid-19 booster vaccines that specifically target newer, now-dominant strains of the virus.
Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 08 (IPS) - With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the international response.
Pakistans Climate Catastrophe: Lessons for the World
- Inter Press Service
HAMILTON, Canada, Sep 06 (IPS) - Monsoon flooding has occurred often in Pakistan but never to the catastrophic extent presently happening.
A distinguishing feature of this disaster is that no one blames the flooding’s unprecedented intensity and destructiveness on anything but climate heating. The clear link between the warming atmosphere and the frequency and duration of extreme weather events of this scale should not be lost on the rest of the world.
Monster Monsoon: “Pakistan and Its People Are Paying the Costs of What They Are Not Responsible For.”
- Inter Press Service
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sep 01 (IPS) - Pakistan has been going through the worst time of its recent history due to unprecedented colossal monsoon rains and devastating floods. The current floods would have been expected less than once a century, but climate experts claim that what we are seeing today is just a trailer of what’s in store for us if we don’t pay heed to climate change.
Mental Health as a Human Right Left Behind for Children in Fragile and Humanitarian Settings
- Inter Press Service
Copenhagen, Aug 30 (IPS) - Hiding in basements during bombings, fleeing their homes, going hungry, and facing the devastating and life-transformative traumas of losing their loved ones as their childhoods go up in flames of war. These are the lived experiences of crisis-impacted children and adolescents.
Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds With Pakistan in the Eye of Fiercest Climate Change Storm
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Aug 30 (IPS) - The heavy and incessant monsoon downpours across Pakistan in the last two months have triggered floods wreaking havoc across the country, submerging entire villages and vast tracts of land and entrapping people. Anything coming in the way of the relentless water is being destroyed, including roads, bridges, and standing crops.
The World Owes the Rohingyas their Right to Human Dignity
- Inter Press Service
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IPS) - It has been five years since the forced exodus of the Rohingyas from Myanmar, and their plea for justice and accountability continues.
Keeping Hope Afloat in a Sea of Uncertainty
- Inter Press Service
ZA’ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan, Aug 25 (IPS) - “I think I’m making a difference. I’m really helping,” Hanadi tells me, as she reflects on her work in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan.