Biogas is a champion of sustainability, offering clean, renewable energy and helping to solve the organic waste problem by transforming it into biofuels, says Alex Enrich-Prast, a professor at universities in Brazil and Sweden. Credit: Mario Osava / IPS By Mario OsavaRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 7 2024 (IPS) “I don’t […]
Read MoreBy Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Oct 5 2024 (IPS) We must build a new social contract for education – a contract based on equality, equity, and universal human rights. At the center of our global efforts to ensure education for all, we must put teachers first in everything we do. They […]
Read MoreSick of Brisbane being dubbed the sleepy city? The proposal for 24/3 precinct operating hours will make this a thing of the past. Queensland Premier Steven Miles has announced AU$1.6 million in funding to support live music in Queensland, and John Collins (who was the bass guitarist for Brisbane’s very […]
Read MoreGlobal law firm K&L Gates LLP advised Ørsted, a leading clean energy company, on a strategic partnership with Mission Clean Energy, a utility-scale renewable energy and storage developer, to advance four standalone battery energy storage systems across the Midwest. Ørsted is the only energy company in the world with a science-based […]
Read MoreIllicit financial flows. Credit: IPS By Khalid SaifullahNEW YORK, Oct 4 2024 (IPS) The commonly used Bangla phrase for siphoning off money out of the country – “taka pachar” – is rather misleading. Because taka, the Bangladeshi currency, is never taken out of Bangladesh. It’s not useful anywhere else. What […]
Read MoreMMIWG2S Advocacy in Action: Sisters in Spirit Day, October 4 Country Albania agnes Fri, 10/04/2024 – 12:03 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Tia-Alexi Roberts (Narragansett, CS Staff) As the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit movement continues to influence the landscape of Indian Country, a […]
Read MoreAustralian Update Climate-Related Disclosures Legislation Passed The Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Cth) passed Parliament on 9 September 2024 and received Royal Assent on 17 September 2024 (CRFD Act) The CRFD Act introduces, through amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 and related legislation, new […]
Read MoreHouston – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Marcellin Mbwa-Mboma as a partner in its Tax practice. Mbwa-Mboma joins the firm’s Houston office from Ernst & Young LLP. Mbwa-Mboma concentrates his practice on advising multinational corporations in the areas of US taxation of cross-border acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings. In […]
Read MoreBy External SourceOct 3 2024 (IPS-Partners) Jeremy Hopkins is half Kenyan and half British and graduated with a MA in Arabic and Social Anthropology (Edinburgh) and a MSc in Development Studies (SOAS – University of London). He started his career with WFP in Somalia and then moved to UNICEF […]
Read MoreWe continue to be asked to explain how it is even possible that some leases can be ‘destroyed’ simply because the land being leased is sold. So, it is timely we revisit and explain this lease ‘destruction’ risk and how you can respond to it. So, What is Lease ‘Destruction’ […]
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