Dr Lucy Johnstone, a clinical psychologist, says it is wrong to view our natural fears as mental health disorders Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage As a mental health professional, I disagree with the message in Paul Daley’s article (We face a pandemic of mental health disorders, 24 March). We’re not facing
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25 March 2020
Under coronavirus, ideologies are overturned around the world. But it is too little, too late | Jeff Sparrow
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If there is an economic alternative now, there was one before – and we are all suffering from the failure to take it Covid-19 isn’t just infecting humans. It’s also weakening ideology. Think about Tina: the acronym popularised after Margaret Thatcher declared that “There is no alternative” to the market economy. Related: The Australian welfare
25 March 2020
Biocultural restoration in Hawaiʻi also achieves core conservation goals
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Biocultural approaches to restoration have demonstrated multiple benefits for human communities, but the ecological benefits and trade-offs involved have received little attention. Using a case study from Hawaiʻi, we examined if forest restoration aimed at reviving and maintaining cultural interactions with the forest is compatible with other priority conservation metrics. We identified species of high
25 March 2020
Is It Time to Postpone the 2020 Climate Summit?
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By Felix Dodds and Michael StraussNEW YORK, Mar 25 2020 (IPS) With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet and the governments of both wealthy and poorer nations overwhelmed by the demands of managing a response, the scheduling of this year’s critical UN Climate Summit is suddenly in doubt. COP26 (formally, the 26th annual Conference of
25 March 2020
What does U.N. Secretary General’s Call for Ceasefire Mean for Countries in Conflict?
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Amnesty International expressed their concern, in light of the United Nations Secretary General’s remarks, about the situation in Yemen, South Sudan, and Syria. A ceasefire would, at least to a limited extent, give countries in conflict a little more room to put aggressive efforts into preparing for the potentially devastating impact of the virus. This
25 March 2020
How fresh economics can tackle coronavirus and climate change
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Measures to ease the impact of coronavirus hold lessons for how we can fight the battle against climate change, argue Colin Hines and Rosamund Aubrey, while Carl Gardner looks at the future of our financial centres Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Larry Elliott correctly identifies the wartime scale of responses to
25 March 2020
Improving Development Impact
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Getting the measure of water in a southern Indian village. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS. By Daud KhanROME, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) Most developing countries have good policies, programmes and projects in place. Many of these have been prepared with assistance from development partners or international financing institutions such as the World Bank, the regional development banks,
25 March 2020
Djibouti Intensifies Awareness-raising Efforts Against FGM
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ICPD awareness-raising campaigns in rural Tadjourah and Ali Sabieh in Djibouti, organised by the Parliamentary Group of Population and Development (PGPD). Courtesy: PGPD. By Mantoe PhakathiMBABANE, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is still widely practised in the African country of Djibouti. Despite efforts by the government and development agencies to curb this
24 March 2020
Limited use of transformative adaptation in response to social-ecological shifts driven by climate change
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Climate change is increasingly driving fundamental shifts in ecosystems, land use, and human livelihoods. Because of these rapid shifts, some conventional adaptation strategies may have limited success in reducing the impact of climate change. In some circumstances, there will be a need for considering transformative changes as part of adaptation strategies that can provide long-term
24 March 2020
Covid-19 economic rescue plans must be green, say environmentalists
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Campaigners urge governments to tie any bailouts to aviation and cruise industries to requirements for climate action Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The economic rescue packages to deal with the impact of the coronavirus must also be green, a growing chorus of environmental campaigners have urged, concerned that hasty measures will