One of the keys to moving towards a food system that is less dependent on fossil fuels and pesticides is farmer education and training. Challenging the prevailing narrative is part of the process: “Of all the monopolies in industrial agriculture, the most powerful is the monopoly of [...]Read the full article
Twenty years ago, cotton growing employed almost 20 per cent of the Syrian population. Ravaged by the war, the sector is now being relaunched, particularly in the Idlib region, under the control of an autonomous government led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. But the latest harvest [...]Read the full article
Given how underresearched menopause is, we are yet to see what impact rising global temperatures will have on women, particularly for the 47 per cent of women participating in the global labourforce. But limited research and anecdotal feedback suggests that “pollution and menopause may [...]Read the full article
In Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, the World Bank-funded Resilience Academy is mapping the city’s tree cover as a way of protecting and restoring the city’s ever-shrinking green space.Read the full article
Tamara Gausi:To round up the year, each Equal Times editor picks the stories that have stayed in their heart and mind, long after publication.Read the full article
“In the media, migrants are usually treated as number or statistics. Cinema, on the other hand, allows their personal stories to be told. It gives a voice to individuals.”Read the full article
Luis Linares:Bernardo Arévalo’s election victory offers a glimmer of hope that efforts will be made to promote green and decent work. But the ‘pact of the corrupt’, trying to prevent the social democrat from taking office on 14 January 2024, is fuelling uncertainty, and could block the reforms needed in rural [...]Read the full article
The electrification of transport in Latin America is seeking to impact positively on the environment, equality and inclusiveness, but it also entails losses for workers, especially informal transport workers. The changes and the impact in terms of awareness are already being [...]Read the full article
Giulia Massobrio:“Since 2018, the ITUC has been calling for a new social contract in line with SDG 8. This contract includes six demands that are crucial to achieving truly sustainable development: from rights-based and climate-friendly jobs to wage justice and greater democracy in global [...]Read the full article
Martin Léna:“The solutions we seek to provide to the climate crisis must not and cannot be disconnected from social justice and human rights. Those who are most vulnerable to climate change, and who are also the least responsible for it, are equally threatened by the false solutions put forward which claim [...]Read the full article
As Africa faces increasingly severe climatic hazards, agricultural insurance based on rainfall indices is being developed thanks to technological and digital innovation.Read the full article
Residents of the Indonesian island of Pulau Pari have filed a lawsuit against the Swiss cement company Holcim demanding compensation for its role in climate change, which is causing sea levels to rise and threatening their livelihoods.Read the full article