Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1014
Wall Street Sets Its Sights on Renters
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 09 (IPS) - Six years after the financial crisis, Wall Street's housing alchemy engine is revving up again - only this time it's coming for your rental.
Quest for Self-Determination Continues in New Caledonia
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jun 09 (IPS) - Since the French overseas territory of New Caledonia in the South Pacific was reinstated on the United Nations Decolonisation List in 1986, the indigenous Kanak people have struggled not only against socio-economic disadvantages, but also for the right to determine their political future after more than a century of colonialism.
When Nature Gets a Price Tag
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - How much does a forest cost? What's the true economic value of an ocean? Can you pay for an alpine forest or a glacial meadow? And – more importantly – will such calculus save the planet, or subordinate a rapidly collapsing natural world to market forces?
A Strange Tale of Morality: Banks, Financial Institutions and Citizens
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 09 (IPS) - It is a great pity that, beside opening the doors to ethics, social justice and peace, Pope Francis does not also give indications of updating traditional theology. The most urgent task is to update the Seven Deadly Sins.
Kiribati President Purchases ‘Worthless’ Resettlement Land as Precaution Against Rising Sea
- Inter Press Service
NAVIAVIA, Fiji, Jun 09 (IPS) - You can count the inhabitants of this isolated, tidy village of multi-coloured houses and flower bushes among global warming's first victims – but not in the usual sense.
Q&A: Developing World Leads in Advancement of Climate Change Laws
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 08 (IPS) - Developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are increasingly leading the way in providing a legal framework for climate security and are being hailed for their continued advancement in formulating climate change laws and policies.
Turkey’s Building Boom Takes Toll on Worker Safety
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jun 08 (IPS) - The half-built Metsan Nexus complex towers over Istanbul's Kartal district, just one of dozens of massive, high-end, multi-use development projects that are transforming the city's skyline. On May 31, three men were working outside the building's 16th floor when the construction scaffolding beneath them gave way, sending them plummeting to their deaths.
Brazil, Football and Protests
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jun 07 (IPS) - It is unlikely that Brazilians will listen to the audacious call made by Michel Platini – a great player in his time and now the politicking president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) – on Apr. 26: "Brazil, make an effort for a month, calm down!"
Small Islands, Beacons for the Rest of the World
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Jun 06 (IPS) - Facing potential extinction under rising sea levels, many small island nations are embracing renewable energy and trying to green their economies. Although the least responsible for carbon emissions, small countries like Barbados are on the front lines of climate impacts.
Indian Legislators Wake Up to Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 06 (IPS) - Ramanjareyulu, a 55-year-old farmer from the southern India state of Andhra Pradesh, has been struggling to find his feet ever since inadequate rainfall dealt a blow to his harvest of groundnut and red gram (a pulse crop that grows primarily in India).
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