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Loss and Damage Fund Saves COP27 from the Abyss

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, chair of COP27, reads the nine-page Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan, the document that concluded the climate summit on Sunday Nov. 20, to an exhausted audience after tough and lengthy negotiations that finally reached an agreement to create a fund for loss and damage, a demand of the global South. CREDIT: Kiara Worth/UN by Daniel Gutman (sharm el…

Will the Global Energy Crisis Accelerate the Energy Transition? The Big Question at COP27

One of the many activities held on Energy Day (Nov. 15) at COP27, where discussions are taking place for two weeks on how to make further progress on global climate action. The consensus among observers is that the energy transition away from fossil fuels will accelerate in the wake of the war in Ukraine and its impact on oil and gas supply and prices. CREDIT: Daniel Gutman/IPS by Daniel…

Indigenous Peoples Have Their Own Agenda at COP27, Demanding Direct Financing

Representatives of native women from Latin America and other continents pose for pictures at COP27, taking place in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Some 250 indigenous people from around the world are attending the 27th climate conference. CREDIT: Daniel Gutman/IPS by Daniel Gutman (sharm el-sheikh) Saturday, November 12, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 12 (IPS) – Indigenous…

Women in Argentine Slum Confront Violence Together

Women gather at the Punto Violeta, a center where different government agencies and social organisations seek to address the gender-based violence suffered by women in the Padre Mugica neighborhood, or Villa 31, a shantytown in Argentina’s capital city. CREDIT: Daniel Gutman/IPS by Daniel Gutman (buenos aires) Tuesday, October 04, 2022 Inter Press Service BUENOS AIRES, Oct 04 (IPS) – The Padre…

One Hundred Years On, Argentine State Acknowledges Indigenous Massacre in Trial — Global Issues

During one of the hearings in Buenos Aires, the court trying a 1924 indigenous massacre in the Chaco heard the testimony of historian Nicolás Iñigo Carrera, from the University of Buenos Aires, who has been studying indigenous history in Argentina for decades. The expert witness described in detail the conditions in the Napalpí indigenous “reducción” or camp where the massacre took place. CREDIT:…

Argentina’s Small Farming Communities Reach Consumers Online — Global Issues

One of the Argentine small farmer groups participating in the digital marketing project uses agroecological irrigation and tomato crushing techniques in the province of Mendoza. CREDIT: Nicolás Heredia/Alma Nativa by Daniel Gutman (buenos aires) Thursday, October 14, 2021 Inter Press Service BUENOS AIRES, Oct 14 (IPS) – This article is part of IPS’ coverage of World Food Day, celebrated Oct.…