News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 922
CLIMATE CHANGE: Set That Limit of 110
- Inter Press Service
Every single person should set a cap of a total of 110 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next four decades to avoid irreversible and uncontrollable consequences of climate change, under a new proposal.
SIERRA LEONE: New Agriculture Plan Sprouts
- Inter Press Service
When in power, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) promised that thanks to its pursuit of a pro-agriculture agenda, no Sierra Leonean would go to bed hungry by 2007. But the appointed date came and the people were still hungry. Unfortunately for the SLPP, it was an election year.
ENVIRONMENT: A Dozen Countries Take on Toxic Pollution
- Inter Press Service
Of the tens of thousands of toxic sites affecting the health of 500 million people in the middle- and low-income countries of world, only 12 are being cleaned up, according to a new report.
CUBA: Food Security Focus of New UN Programmes
- Inter Press Service
Three new international cooperation agreements channeled through the United Nations system in Cuba are aimed at strengthening food security, especially in the poorest parts of the country.
DEVELOPMENT: More Food May Not Mean Less Hunger
- Inter Press Service
Achieving ambitious Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) production targets to meet growing world demands will not suffice to feed the world, and focusing too much on churning out crops may even be damaging, experts warn.
Q&A: Peruvian Cardinal Does Not Want Rebel Priest as President
- Inter Press Service
Catholic priest Marco Arana, who is also a social and environmental activist, has not yet officially decided to run in Peru's next presidential elections, but he is already facing opposition from the highest-level Catholic Church officials in the country.
ECUADOR: Oil Giant Is Gone, Legal and Environmental Mess Remains
- Inter Press Service
The story began almost 40 years ago, but when filmmaker Joe Berlinger 'saw villagers eating canned tuna fish because the fish in their rivers were too contaminated to eat, [he] knew [he] had to do something'.
CLIMATE CHANGE-BOLIVIA: Climbing a 'Dead' Glacier
- Inter Press Service
The rapid disappearance of glaciers and the subsequent exhaustion of water sources are pushing indigenous communities in the Bolivian highlands even further into poverty, Bolivian experts told IPS, adding that an increase in awareness about climate change is desperately needed.
CANADA: Ontario Aggressively Woos Green Power Investors
- Inter Press Service
A 'feed-in tariff' offering guaranteed premium prices for electricity from wind, solar, biomass and other green sources promises to attract large-scale international investors and developers, especially those aiming to erect wind turbines, to Canada's most populous province.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Forests Much More Than Carbon Storage
- Inter Press Service
The world's forests and jungles are much more than carbon storage sites and compensation for greenhouse emissions, experts and activists point out to governments that are negotiating a new global climate change treaty.
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