Raghbendra Jha is Professor of Economics, and Executive Director Australian National University. By Raghbendra JhaCANBERRA, Australia, Jul 6 2020 (IPS) The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 set off a series of health and economic crises that feed upon each other. The health crisis exacerbates the economic crisis by disrupting supply chains, throwing
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5 July 2020
A Pathway to Universal Healthcare in India
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An infant in intensive care at the Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi. Credit: Holy Family Hospital. By Nachiket MorBANGALORE, India, Jul 5 2020 (IPS) Universal healthcare (UHC) is an important global goal because of its close links to poverty reduction and enhancement of the growth potential of countries. While several countries can now be
5 July 2020
‘Irrelevant’: Labor frontbencher says no use focusing on 2030 emissions target
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Resources spokesperson Joel Fitzgibbon says a mid-century target of net zero emissions would now be the opposition’s focus Labor’s resources spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, says an emissions reduction target for 2030 has become “irrelevant”. He’s also declined to say whether the opposition should adopt a concrete commitment for 2035. Fitzgibbon told the ABC on Sunday Labor’s
5 July 2020
The Impact of Snowstorms, Droughts and Locust Outbreaks on Livestock Production in Inner Mongolia: Anticipation and Adaptation to Environmental Shocks
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Publication date: November 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 177 Author(s): David R. Crook, Brian E. Robinson, Ping Li
5 July 2020
Stop making sense: why it’s time to get emotional about climate change | Rebecca Huntley
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The science has been settled to the highest degree, so now the key to progress is understanding our psychological reactions It took me much longer than it should have to realise that educating people about climate change science was not enough. Due perhaps to my personality type (highly rational, don’t talk to me about horoscopes,
3 July 2020
When Women and Children Cannot Escape their Abusers
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Source: www.bloncampus.com By Sabine SalibaBEIRUT, Jul 3 2020 (IPS) Reports of escalating violence against women and children made the news almost everyday in March and April following the announcement of lockdowns to control the spread of Covid-19. The main concern has been that victims cannot escape their abusers or seek help when they share a
2 July 2020
Global heating will make it much harder for tropical plants to germinate, study finds
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Temperatures will be too hot for the seeds of one in five plants by the year 2070, Australian researcher says Global heating will make it much harder for tropical plants around the world to germinate with temperatures becoming too hot for the seeds of one in five plants by the year 2070, according to a
1 July 2020
Nuclear Testing, Never Again
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Credit: United Nations By Daryl G. KimballWASHINGTON DC, Jul 1 2020 (IPS) Seventy-five years ago, on July 16, the United States detonated the world’s first nuclear weapons test explosion in the New Mexican desert. Just three weeks later, U.S. Air Force B-29 bombers executed surprise atomic bomb attacks on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
1 July 2020
Homosocial stewardship: the opposed and unpaid care work of women water stewards in West Virginia, USA
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The identity of people living in Central Appalachia is tightly connected with water. Because of the threats to water resources due to coal mining, and most recently, hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas pipeline projects, citizens have formed several nonprofit organizations to preserve or restore rivers and watersheds. Notably, women head the biggest, state-wide, most
1 July 2020
Sustainable Tourism and Fisheries Key to Growth in Post-COVID Pacific
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A boat rests on the shores of Fiji. Credit: Unsplash / Nicolas Weldingh By Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaBANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 30 2020 (IPS) Developing countries of Asia and the Pacific are experiencing unbalanced tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grim milestones in infections and deaths have left countless devastated. Yet, we must look at the economic and