Archive for November 5th, 2016

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05/11/2016

World to Cut Gas Emissions by 25 Percent More Than Paris Agreement

Human Wrongs Watch

By Baher Kamal*

ROME, Nov 4 2016 (IPS) – On the eve of the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on Nov. 4, the United Nations sounded new climate alarm, urging the world to ‘dramatically’ step up its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions by some 25 per cent more.

World must urgently increase action and ambition to cut another 25 per cent off 2030 emissions. Credit: UNEP

World must urgently increase action and ambition to cut another 25 per cent off 2030 emissions. Credit: UNEP

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in its Emissions Gap report 2016, warned that the world must urgently act to cut a further 25 per cent from predicted 2030 emissions “to meet the stronger, and safer, target of 1.5 degrees Celsius” global temperature rise.

“The world is still heading for temperature rise of 2.9 to 3.4 this century, even with the pledges made last December by States Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), according to UNEP.

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05/11/2016

Paris Climate Agreement: Hard Work Starts Now

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By Lyndal Rowlands*

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 4 2016 (IPS) – The Paris Climate Change Agreement Enters into force on Friday 4 November, just days before the UN’s 22nd climate change conference begins in Marrakech, Morocco.

The Paris Climate Agreement will bring together countries to combat rising global temperatures. Credit: Cam McGrath/IPS

The Paris Climate Agreement will bring together countries to combat rising global temperatures. Credit: Cam McGrath/IPS

“It’s a historic milestone for the whole world, especially for international cooperation, it’s unprecedented, however the hard work starts (now),” Yeb Sano, former chief climate change negotiator of the Philippines told IPS.

The swift entry into force of the agreement, which was reached in December 2015, means that the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Marrakech will now be able to focus on implementation, President of the UN General Assembly, Peter Thomson told IPS.

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05/11/2016

Four Things You Should Know about the Other Election This Week

Human Wrongs Watch

By Erika Guevara-Rosa*

MEXICO CITY, Nov 4 2016 (IPS) – Next week, millions of people around the world will be glued to their TV screens and social media feeds, watching as the USA decides who will lead the most powerful country on earth.

Nicaragua's new canal is meant to rival the Panama canal but has also sparked protests as it will displace tens of thousands of people. Credit: Carlos Herrera/IPS

Nicaragua’s new canal is meant to rival the Panama canal but has also sparked protests as it will displace tens of thousands of people. Credit: Carlos Herrera/IPS

Around 3,000 kilometers away, in a much smaller nation in the middle of Central America, another election will take place just a couple of days earlier. Although Nicaragua’s presidential election lacks the fame of the Clinton-Trump race, it is every bit as controversial.

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05/11/2016

Just How Grey Are ​the White Helmets and Their Backers?

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Lund, Sweden, November 2, 2016 (TFF–Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research) –  The Syrian Civil Defence – or White Helmets – are presented in the media as a genuine humanitarian organisation saving lives in Syria.

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and soon to receive the Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm.

Supported in a short time by NATO governments such as the US, the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany with around US$ 100 million.

They are said to be nearly 3000 “bakers, tailors, pharmacists, painters, carpenters, students and many more, the White Helmets are volunteers from all walks of life.”

They spend millions on super slick websites, on photos that touch the heart on media strategy and outreach for their good activities.

Does it sound just a bit too good to be true? Or, to be the whole truth?

Could it be that the White Helmets is a dual-purpose organisation?

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05/11/2016

What Does It Take to Bring Hillary Clinton to Justice?

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By Pepe Escobar*

4 Nov, 2016 (RT) – Virtually the whole planet holds its collective breath at the prospect of Hillary Clinton possibly becoming the next President of the United States (POTUS).
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**Photo: H. Clinton testifying before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on October 22, 2015 | By C-SPAN | Public Domain | Wikimedia Commons. 

How’s that humanly possible, as the (daily) Bonfire of The Scandals – relentlessly fed by WikiLeaks revelations and now converging FBI investigations – can now be seen from interstellar space?

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05/11/2016

Syrian Refugees Transform Crisis Into a Drama

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‘Shooting on homemade sets and equipment, refugees at a camp in Jordan are making a soap opera offering a humorous take on serious issues.’

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Ahmed stands with his filming crew in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp.© UNHCR/Houssam Hariri

By Charlie Dunmore*

Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan,   3 November 2016 (UNHCR) – Amid the familiar bustle of daily life in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp, something out of the ordinary is taking place in a dusty yard outside one of the many thousands of shelters.

A dozen or so refugees are busy erecting sets, setting up lights and cameras, and donning makeup and costumes.

Ahmed Hareb and his friends are about to start filming on their soap opera, entitled Ziko & Shreko.

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05/11/2016

Hurricane Matthew’s Blow – 100,000 Children At Risk, Access to Food Worsens

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By UNICEF*

Threat of acute malnutrition, increased morbidity and mortality – In October 2016, at least 100,000 children under the age of five at risk as access to food worsens in the areas worst hit by Hurricane Matthew.

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An estimated 500,000 children live in the Grande Anse and Sud departments in southern Haiti, the areas worst hit by the full strength of the class 4 Hurricane Matthew. (Left) A bowl of beans culled from a devastated crop in Jérémie. (Right) An aerial view of southern Haiti.

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