News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 240
Advocating for sustainable water ‘gamechangers’, Kőrösi goes West
- UN News
The water challenges confronting the western United States as a result of climate change and declining water supply, are similar to those of other countries, and if the international community takes urgent action on the outcomes of the recent UN Water Conference, there could be a big payoff.
Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold
- UN News
Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade routes crisscrossing the Sahel, and the UN and partners are trying out new, collaborative ways to thwart those attempting the illegal practice, a growing problem in this fragile African region.
Plenty abuzz on World Bee Day
- UN News
Beekeepers around the world earn their livelihoods from the golden honey their bees produce, but they also play a critical role in pollinating 87 of 115 leading food crops worldwide. World Bee Day, observed on Saturday, is abuzz with promoting their sustainable agricultural practices and respecting the role these pollinators play in nature.
Rwanda: Better Mapping of Erosion Risk Areas Needed More Than Ever
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, May 19 (IPS) - Following severe flooding and landslides that hit major parts of Rwanda earlier this month, experts are convinced that investing in the mapping of erosion risk areas could go a long way to keeping the number of casualties down.
Chile: New Constitution in the Hands of the Far Right
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 19 (IPS) - On 7 May, Chileans went to the polls to choose a Constitutional Council that will produce a new constitution to replace the one bequeathed by the Pinochet dictatorship – and handed control to a far-right party that never wanted a constitution-making process in the first place.
First Person: Rising from disaster
- UN News
Disasters can reverse hard-won development gains by decades and leave the most vulnerable populations more exposed to deadly risks. As nations gathered this week to take stock of how the world is better preparing for disasters in line with the Sendai Framework, Raul Salazar shared a view for UN News, from the Americas, a region that accounts for 53 per cent of global hazard-related economic losses, alongside high mortality rates.
Interview with Anniwaa Buachie - The Making of a Ghanian Short Film
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, May 18 (IPS) - Some movie scenes keep replaying in one’s mind long after one has left the cinema, and this is certainly true of Moon Over Aburi, a short film shot in Ghana that has been gaining accolades since its release earlier this year.
Europe Sells to Africa and Asia 90% of Its Used Clothes, Textiles Waste
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 18 (IPS) - Once the money-making businesses have turned Asia and Africa into their low-cost factories, to produce and market at higher prices their clothes and footwear, obtaining more profits by selling to these two continents around 90% of all their used and textiles waste.
Human Rights & Sovereign Debt Restructurings: A Proposal for an Optimal Outcome
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, South Africa, May 18 (IPS) - Zambia defaulted on its debt in November 2021 but has not yet reached an agreement with its creditors. Its president recently warned that this situation is hurting its citizens and undermining its democracy because “you cannot eat democracy”.
Government Financing for Mayan Train Violates Socio-environmental Standards
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, May 18 (IPS) - Mexico’s development banks have violated their own socio-environmental standards while granting loans for the construction of the Mayan Train (TM), the flagship project of the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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