The Wickremesinghe government was unnerved by the huge attendance at NPP public rallies. By Neville de SilvaLONDON, Dec 6 2024 – On 26 December 2004 a powerful Asian tsunami swept over many of Sri Lanka’s coastal provinces, killing thousands of people and wildlife, devastating habitats and even washing away a trainload of passengers far from the rail tracks. Almost 20 years later, on November...

Announcement of Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Drought Resilience Partnership Initiative. Credit: Anastasia Rodopoulou/IISD/ENB| By Stella PaulRIYADH & HYDERABAD, Dec 6 2024 – While many delegates at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16) hope that this could be the convention’s own Paris moment—referring to the historic...

Credit: Alex Berger in North Western Zambia By Leah Mitaba and Bibbi AbruzziniLUSAKA, Zambia, Dec 6 2024 – Over the past few years, new “tools of control” affecting the work of civil society organisations have multiplied, often imposing forms of “bureaucratic criminalisation” and “administrative harassment”. In particular, more and more restrictive and demanding laws are hurting...

Submissions from Papua New Guinea laid bear the country’s diversity and heightened vulnerability to climate change. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiTHE HAGUE & NAIROBI, Dec 6 2024 – Kenya agrees with many UN member states testifying before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the law of international responsibility should hold countries legally responsible for major...