NEW YORK, Nov 20 (IPS) - The future of childhood will be fundamentally shaped by the interventions taken in the present that can determine how children's rights are protected amid compounding issues.

BELÉM, Brazil, October 19 (IPS) - In 2024, as floodwaters approached Lutalo Canti’s home in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he lifted some furniture off the floor and left in a hurry. Extreme rainfall in the ...

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