Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: Norwegian Refugee Council Rather than using vital funds to respond to an avoidable emergency, Syrians urgently need long-term flexible funding for early recovery programs to tackle the root causes of the water crisis.

Medical equipment supplied by the World Food Programme (WFP) arrives in Beijing. Meanwhile, as COVID-19 infections surged in China, coronavirus experts gathered at the UN health agency in Geneva on January 3, to discuss next steps. Photo courtesy of Yingshi Zhang By Jan ServaesBRUSSELS, Jan 4 2023 (IPS) Three years […]

Data collected by Transparency International looks at bribery, the diversion of public funds, officials using their office for private gain, conflicts of interest and legal protections for those denouncing corruption. Credit: UN News/Daniel Dickinson By Lakshmi KumarWASHINGTON DC, Jan 3 2023 (IPS) Over the last decades, the private investment fund […]

By Anis ChowdhurySYDNEY, Jan 2 2023 (IPS) 2022 has been a year of great uncertainty when it seemed the world perilously reached the brink of self-destruction – be it human-induced climate change or military conflict. Welcoming 2022, we had enough reasons to be optimistic; but it was another ‘year of […]

Photo: Pixabay/vinioliverfotografia Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforestation in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsanaro, had […]