The Changing Distribution of World Population

NEW YORK, Dec 06 (IPS) - In addition to its unprecedented rapid rate of demographic growth during the past 75 years, world population's distribution across the planet has changed significantly over the past seven decades. The momentous global changes in humanity's geographic...

The Adaptive Age: No Institution or Individual can Stand on the Sidelines in the Fight Against Climate Change

WASHINGTON DC, Dec 05 (IPS) - Kristalina Georgieva is managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)When I think of the incredible challenges we must confront in the face of a changing climate, my mind focuses on young people. Eventually, they will be the ones...

Travel Tourism Must Transform to Survive, Thrive

MADRID, Dec 04 (IPS) - The travel and tourism sector, with its significant economic and social benefits, has no choice but to transform to survive and thrive in the face of climate change, said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa at COP25...

Fostering Jobs, Entrepreneurship, and Capacity Development for African Youth: The Time for Disruption Is Now!

ABIDJAN, Dec 04 (IPS) - Dr. Hanan Morsy is Director, Macroeconomic Forecasting and Research at the African Development Bank Group "There is no greater asset to Africa than its youth," a statement that has been repeatedly proclaimed, but the continent still has a long way...

Five Lessons for Journalism in the Age of Rage-- & Where Lies Travel Faster Than Truth

STOCKHOLM, Dec 03 (IPS) - Karin Pettersson is director of public policy at Schibsted Media Group and chair of WAN-IFRA Media Freedom Board. She is a 2017 Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellow at Harvard University and former political editor-in-chief at Aftonbladet, Scandinavia's...

Right to Food Denied by Poor Policies and Inaction

MILAN, Italy, Dec 03 (IPS) - Global food systems are ripe for transformation if people are to be nourished and the planet sustainable, says Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur of the Right to Food of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read the full story, “Right to Food...