The Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina, Rabbi Sergio Bergman, speaks during the opening of the Group of 20 (G20) Sustainability Working Group in Buenos Aires. Argentina, which chairs the Group this year, has the difficult task of seeking consensus on this thorny issue. Credit: Ministry of Environment of Argentina By Daniel GutmanBUENOS AIRES, Apr 20 2018 (IPS) As president...

Unless leaders act promptly, climate change and environmental degradation will only worsen and cause greater global problems, scientists warn. Credit: Crustmania/ CC by 2.0 By Tharanga YakupitiyageUNITED NATIONS, Apr 20 2018 (IPS) Officials from around the world came together to create and support a vision for a new, sustainable economy: a bioeconomy. Almost 1000 bioeconomy experts, from former heads...

African youth participate at an international youth forum at the UN headquarters in New York. Credit: Africa Renewal/Shu Zhang By Busani BafanaUNITED NATIONS, Apr 19 2018 (IPS) A new wave is sweeping across Africa. Elections on the continent are increasingly yielding younger leadership than ever before. From presidents to ministers and governors, senators to members of parliament, Africa’s young...

Dr. Donneil Cain (right), the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre’s (CCCCC) project development specialist who worked with the BWA on the Barbados Water Resilience Nexus for Sustainability Project, in discussion with Dr. Adrian Cashman from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill on the educational institutions that assisted with the project’s development. Credit: Zadie Neufville By...