5 мая 2024 года
World Press Freedom Day 2024
The world is going through an unprecedented environmental emergency which poses an existential threat to this and future generations. People need to know about this – and journalists and media workers have a key role in informing and educating them. Local, national and global media outlets can highlight stories about the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, […]
The drinking water supply in the southern island of Chiloé, one of Chile’s rainiest areas, is threatened by damage to its peatlands, affected by sales of peat and by a series of electricity projects, especially wind farms. The peat bog (Moss sphagnum magellanicum) known as “pompon” in Chile absorbs and retains a great deal of […]
In a world faced with habitat loss and species extinction, climate change, and pollution, it’s crucial that countries develop their national action plans and create a society that lives in harmony with nature, says David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in an exclusive interview with IPS. And in […]
The report from Amnesty International USA comes ahead of a May 8 deadline for the Biden administration to certify that Israel is complying with international and domestic laws. With just over a week until the deadline for the Biden administration to certify that Israel’s use of U.S.-supplied weapons is adhering to domestic and international law, […]
Journalism is in crisis – again. The challenges to press freedom are enormous and multi-faceted. And they are deepening both in “free” and open societies as well as autocracies. In 2023, 45 journalists lost their lives while pursuing their duty globally. As of December 1, 2023, 363 journalists were imprisoned worldwide. Nearly 100 journalists […]
This is the first in a series of articles on World Press Freedom Day, which the UN will commemorate on May 3.
