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CLIMATE CHANGE: Juggling Carbon Consumption and Social Gains
- Inter Press Service
The economies of Latin America are caught on the horns of a dilemma: how to reduce their carbon consumption without sacrificing economic and social development. Subsidies for the development of renewable energies and for learning new technologies need to be increased urgently, experts say.
30 Million Job Losses Drag Down Global Economic Recovery
- Inter Press Service
The global economic recovery is being stymied by a hefty rise in unemployment in industrial economies, including the United States, Japan and Western Europe, according a new U.N. report released here.
CLIMATE CHANGE: As World Warms, Southern Africa Swelters
- Inter Press Service
Africa will be amongst the hardest hit regions of the world as the climate heats up, threatening the continent's food security, experts agree. If global temperatures rise 2.0 degrees C, southern Africa will warm an additional 1.5 degrees to a 3.5-degree increase on average.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Cancún Summit Gives Fossil Fuels a Free Pass
- Inter Press Service
The main cause of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels, so why are billions of dollars being invested to find and produce more oil, coal and natural gas?
Q&A: Universal Basic Income Would Combat Inequality
- Inter Press Service
Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay and even Brazil are close to being able to provide a universal basic income to all citizens, which is the way to make cash transfers an effective tool in fighting inequality, according to Martín Hopenhayn.
LAOS: World Bank-backed Dam Powers Ahead, Despite Social Cost
- Inter Press Service
As the World Bank returns to the big dam business with the inauguration of Laos’ largest hydropower project, it is coming under the scrutiny of familiar adversaries: green groups and grassroots activists.
CHINA: More Growth Lies Ahead, But Hurdles Too
- Inter Press Service
As China’s economy continues to soar, many experts here remain only cautiously optimistic about the country’s future growth, confident that its fundamentals remain strong but concerned that a real estate bubble and rising inflation could slow economic growth.
CAMEROON: Profits Were Only a Phone Call Away
- Inter Press Service
These are awkward times for the men in the middle in Cameroon's Western Highlands. A profitable niche buying produce cheaply on farms, and supplying farmers with seed and fertiliser at premium prices has been shattered by the sound of a cellphone ringing.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Straining Gnats and Swallowing Camels
- Inter Press Service
What some people view as modest but real progress in the climate change talks, now in their second week in this southeastern Mexican resort city, others see as no more than smokescreens or 'false solutions.'
MIDEAST: Labour Rights Slow to Catch on for Domestic Workers
- Inter Press Service
Recent revelations of domestic worker abuse may be grotesque and horrifying, but they are only the most visible aspect of the many difficulties faced by these predominantly female workers, activists say.
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