Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1090
Developing World Pushes for Rescue of U.N. Carbon Credit Fund
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Nov 15 (IPS) - Negotiators from Least Developed Countries are calling for the United Nations climate body to urgently establish a rescue fund to save Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism from collapse.
In Anti-Poaching Warning, U.S. Destroys Ivory Stockpiles
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (IPS) - The United States has become the first developed country to destroy its stock of seized ivory, a move being widely lauded by conservation groups pushing for an outright ban on domestic ivory sales.
U.S. Labels Boko Haram, Ansaru as Terror Groups
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 14 (IPS) - The U.S. government has designated the Nigeria-based militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as terrorist organisations, prohibiting U.S. citizens from interacting or aiding the groups.
Las Pavas Extracts a Miracle from God
- Inter Press Service
LAS PAVAS/BOGOTÁ, Nov 14 (IPS) - The rural community of Las Pavas in northern Colombia received this year's National Peace Prize Wednesday in recognition of its peaceful struggle for land that is claimed by an oil palm company, in a case that became an international symbol of the conflict over land in this country.
U.S. Fights G77 on Most Counts at Climate Meet, Leaked Doc Shows
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Nov 14 (IPS) - The U.S. delegation negotiating at the U.N. international climate change conference in Poland is pushing an agenda of minimising the role of "Loss and Damage" in the UNFCCC framework, prioritising private finance in the Green Climate Fund, and delaying the deadline for post-2020 emission reduction commitments, according to a State Department negotiating strategy which IPS has seen.
Protecting Tanzania’s Farmers from Weather Extremes
- Inter Press Service
MOROGORO, Tanzania, Nov 14 (IPS) - When Habiba Msoga from Kiroka village, in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, first began applying a method of rice cultivation that was different from what her fellow farmers traditionally used, they laughed at her.
Scuppered Iran Deal Faces Scrutiny in U.S. Congress
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (IPS) - The anticipated agreement over Iran's controversial nuclear programme that seemed to slip away in the last stage of talks in Geneva last week is now being hotly debated on Capitol Hill.
U.N. Climate Meet: "It's About Survival"
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Nov 13 (IPS) - For the small island developing states of the Caribbean, there is nothing more important than the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place here at the national stadium of Poland from Nov. 11-22.
Oil Palm Expands on Deforested Land in Brazil’s Rainforest
- Inter Press Service
MOJÃ/TOMÃ-AÃU, Pará, Brazil, Nov 13 (IPS) - The green of the oil palm plantations is unbroken along kilometre after kilometre of red soil, devastated in the past by loggers and ranchers. The oil palm, a sign of alarm for some and of hope for others, is here to stay in the Amazon rainforest state of Pará in the extreme north of this country.
Idyllic Island Confronts Bloody Past
- Inter Press Service
AUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, Nov 13 (IPS) - Anguish over the whereabouts of loved ones who went missing during a five-year civil conflict that ended a decade ago continues for countless families in the Solomon Islands. Searching for the remains of those who disappeared is vital to enduring peace in this culturally diverse south-west Pacific island nation of 550,000.
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