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Photo: Collage of Crafts (left) and Sohibdavlat Qalandarkhonova (right).

By Sharofat Shafieva

KHOROG, Tajikistan (IDN) — The city of Khorog is generally clean, but it has a problem with waste management. Residents leave their garbage on the streets and especially in public places. The central market is one of the places where there is a large garbage dump.

“Passing by garbage is very unpleasant. No matter how much the administration cleans the garbage, it still collects in one day. It is especially terrible in summer when a very bad smell appears,” notes Shafoat Jafoeva a regular visitor to the market. “The waste mostly belongs to the merchants, and it would be good if the sellers of the market find a better way to manage their waste”, she adds.

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Central Asia

Photo: The Island of Saint-Louis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Credit: CC BY 3.0

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network

NEW YORK (IDN) — Saint-Louis, the old colonial capital of Senegal, was built in the 17th century at the mouth of the Senegal River and was the capital of French West Africa until 1902. But these days rising sea levels have created a flooding threat that has already seen entire villages lost to the Atlantic.

Guet Ndar, a district of Saint-Louis, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Mosques, homes and a school there have already been lost to coastal erosion.

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Photo: Young climate activists take part in demonstrations at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. UN News/Laura Quiñones

Viewpoint by Simone Galimberti

Simone Galimberti is the Co-Founder of ENGAGE, a not-for-profit NGO based in Nepal. He writes on volunteerism, social inclusion, youth development and regional integration as an engine to improve people’s lives.

KATHMANDU (IDN) — As forecasted by many, the Glasgow Summit has been, eventually, a flop on most counts.

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Photo. Lami residents rally against harmful chemicals emitted by cement factories in the area. Credit: Josefa Babitu

By Josefa Babitu

* The writer is a final year Journalism student at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji Islands. This article is a collaboration between University of South Pacific’s student’s newspaper Wansolwara and IDN-InDepthNews.

SUVA, Fiji Islands (IDN) — “I have never been in a situation where I’ve had to fight for our right to breathe clean air,” says Sydel Whippy, a resident of Lami, an urban township north-west of the Fijian capital Suva.

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Photo (From left to right): Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at COP26—panelists who joined a discussion convened by Scottish First Minister Sturgeon.

By Kurt Reynolds

LONDON (IDN) — When the COP26 climate change summit ended in the early hours of November 13, the results were mostly dismissed as a major disappointment not only by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at Glasgow but also by former world leaders.

Mary Robinson, Chair of the Elders, an independent group of former global leaders working together for peace, justice and human rights, rightly summed it up, when she declared: “People will see this as a historically shameful dereliction of duty”.

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Image: Mark Bristow, President and Chief Executive Office, with company logo in the backdrop.

By Lisa Vives. Global Information Network

NEW YORK (IDN) — “Gold mining is one (of the) most destructive industries in the world. It can displace communities, contaminate drinking water, hurt workers, and destroy pristine environments. It pollutes water and land with mercury and cyanide, endangering the health of people and ecosystems.”

Those factors alone, cited by Earthworks.org, a Washington, DC environmental organization, would appear to be reason enough to reconsider expansion of the Kibali gold mine—already one of the largest gold mines in Africa—in the northeast part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Image credit: COP26 | UNFCCC

Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne

SYDNEY (IDN) — About a third of global gas emissions come from agriculture and land use, yet, the final communiqué of COP26 failed to make any direct reference to the relationship between climate action and the world’s food systems. This is at a time, when the World Food Program (WFP) has warned that up to 45 million people in 43 countries are on the brink of a famine.

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Image: Shutterstock

Viewpoint by Sabira Coelho and Christopher Yee

This article was issued by Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission.

FIJI (IDN) — In June 2021, the Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) programme hosted the regional civil society consultation on climate-related mobility. The online consultations were organised by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and provided an opportunity for civil society representatives from around the Pacific to review the human security implications of climate change-related migration, displacement and planned relocation, share experiences about how climate-related mobility is impacting communities and talk towards the development of a regional based solution.

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Photo: The SGI (Soka Gakkai International), SGI-UK and the Centre for Applied Buddhism (CfAB) co-organized youth forum in Glasgow. Photo Credit: SGI-UK

By Kurt Reynolds

LONDON (IDN) — As the COP26 climate summit in Scotland was winding down, the long-term pledges and bountiful promises made by world leaders seemed never ending—stretching all the way to 2070.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a global roadmap to achieve a radical transformation of energy access and transition by 2030, while also contributing to net zero emissions by 2050.

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"The grim reality of climate change, especially for many Small Island Developing States like my beloved Cook Islands, is evidently clear." Coastal flooding in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Image: Creative Commons

Viewpoint by the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, is also the Pacific Political Champion for Climate Finance at COP26. While not attending the COP this year due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Prime Minister Brown is providing support and undertaking this role remotely. This article is republished with permission from Radio New Zealand and Asia Pacific Report.

AVARUA DISTRICT (IDN) — After years of empty promises by major emitters, it’s time to deliver on climate financing.

OPINION

  1. We Should Start A World-Wide One Tree Movement
  2. UN’s New Work Style Generates 25 Per Cent Less Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  3. COP26: Indigenous Peoples Join UN Representatives in Calling to End the 'War on Nature'
  4. Australia Accused Of 'Bullying' Pacific Over Climate Action, 'Buying Silence'
  5. Australian PM Criticised for Presenting A “Plan Without a Plan” at COP26

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