NDC Partnership: Supporting a Global Network of Youth Climate Advocates
19 Agustus 2021 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentMadrelle, Loubiere, Dominica 2017, a few days after Category 5 Hurricane Maria struck the island. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS By Alison KentishUNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 2021 (IPS) Just over six months after launching its Youth Engagement Plan, the NDC Partnership, the coalition assisting governments with their climate action plans, has brought […]
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Urgent funding needed to help 1.9 million people in eastern Ukraine
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Ukraine Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs In the first six months of 2021, more than 800,000 people on both sides of the “contact line” have been helped. However, without additional funding, the most vulnerable will not be supported.
Read MoreThe demise of Mayan civilization should serve as a warning
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/DEZALB If you want to see what is bound to happen to communities around the world as the climate changes, you can take a look at the Yucatan Peninsula. The ancient Mayan civilization that rose, flourished and then fell there owed its demise to environmental factors that could soon […]
Read MoreWhat the world is saying about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment• Opinion: The buck stops with Biden — but Trump’s role is a doozy • Scathing report says incoherent strategy doomed 20-year US mission in Afghanistan
Read MoreUK Government Publishes Long-Awaited Hydrogen Strategy
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe UK government, through the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (DBEIS), published its long-awaited hydrogen strategy on 17 August 2021. The strategy, presented by DBEIS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, builds on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution” (Ten Point Plan) released in 2020, […]
Read MoreBanjir satu meter lebih genangi Jalan by Pass Padang
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBanjir dengan ketinggian lebih dari 1 meter menggenangi Jalan Padang Bypass, Sumatera Barat, tepatnya di depan Rumah Sakit Siti Rahmah, Rabu (18/8) malam. Akibatnya, satu ruas jalan kawasan tersebut lumpuh total, atau tidak …
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Community Inclusion Currencies: Money for the People – Podcast
18 Agustus 2021 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBy Marty LoganKATHMANDU, Aug 18 2021 (IPS) Do you think it’s possible to transform communities that are stagnating from a lack of currency into places where people’s income-generating activities create a vibrant, self-sustaining circular economy? It is in parts of Kenya that are using the community currency Sarafu, according to […]
Read MoreAt least thirteen children killed in latest attack on children and families in Niger
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountries: Niger, Nigeria Source: UN Children’s Fund UNICEF is saddened to confirm that at least 37 civilians – including children aged 15 to 17 and four women – were killed and several others injured in the village of Darey-dey, Tillabery region.
Read MoreAs cities grow larger, the poorest residents lose out
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/ameeq The world is fast urbanizing, and cities are becoming hubs of economic opportunity for many of the world’s poorest residents who migrate to urban areas in search of new livelihoods and other opportunities. Yet even as cities do provide more opportunities, that does not mean that economically disadvantaged […]
Read MoreHow did the Taliban take control of Afghanistan so swiftly?
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment• How US veterans feel about the war in Afghanistan ending • Analysis: Outreach to the Taliban pays dividends to Putin
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