Maya Peoples’ Territorial Governance and Vulnerability in Climate Change Policy and Action Country Mexico agnes Mon, 11/06/2023 – 09:38 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image By Reynaldo A. Morales andDiana K. Elhard The links between climate change, food systems, and biodiversity protection are clear from the lived experiences of […]

Country: Sudan Source: UN Children’s Fund Sudan is now the largest child displacement crisis in the world, with a recorded three million children fleeing widespread violence in search of safety, food, shelter and healthcare, most within Sudan.

Photo: Pixabay/CallyL Milk is an important source of protein for millions of people in Africa and it will be especially so in the face of a changing climate, which is threatening food security. Yet having far more cows is unsustainable and also bad for the climate. A solution lies in […]

Country: Nepal Source: UN Children’s Fund UNICEF teams are on the ground providing urgent assistance to families in need and have already dispatched emergency supplies to the most affected areas in Jajarkot and Rukum West districts.

Virtual Conference: November 7, 2023 – 06:30 AM to November 9, 2023 – 5:00 PM EST. IFPRI is participating in ICTforAg 2023. During this 3-day virtual event, agricultural stakeholders and technology experts will come together to share knowledge, find solutions, and form partnerships to address challenges in agri-food systems across […]

Countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan Sources: International Organization for Migration, UN Children’s Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Since 15 September 2023, an estimated 160,000 Afghans have left Pakistan. Among those, 86 percent of families reported fear of arrest or deportation in Pakistan.

On 30 October 2023, President Biden issued a long-awaited executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI). The EO itself is available here, and a one-page fact sheet issued by the White House is available here. The document is the longest substantive EO issued by this administration.  Key Takeaways The EO […]

Photo: Pixabay/christels Sharks are resilient creatures with the ability to recover fast from injuries thanks to chemical compounds found in their skin. These compounds, it turns out, could have benefits for us too. Researchers in dermatology at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden realized this after subjecting the spiny dogfish (Squalus […]

Alternative Report to CERD Highlights Indigenous Rights Violations as a Result of Mining in  Bolivia  Country Bolivia agnes Fri, 11/03/2023 – 12:50 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image In October 2023, Cultural Survival and our partner organization Qhana Pukara Kurmi submitted a joint alternative stakeholder report on the situation of Indigenous […]