Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 904
The U.N. at 70: Risk Averse, Unsafe and Too Old
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 12 (IPS) - On Apr. 20, this year, four of my colleagues tragically lost their lives in Northern Somalia, when an explosive device ripped through their minibus as they travelled back to their guesthouse.
EU to Focus on Human Trafficking Amid Mediterranean Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - Speaking at the U.N. Security Council, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, called on the international community to take urgent steps to end the Mediterranean crisis and dismantle the human smuggling rings that facilitate it.
IACHR Addresses Violence Against Native Peoples in Costa Rica
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, May 11 (IPS) - After years of violence against two indigenous groups in Costa Rica, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) demanded that the government adopt measures by May 15 to protect the life and physical integrity of the members of the two communities.
Farmers Fight Real Estate Developers for Kenya’s Most Prized Asset: Land
- Inter Press Service
Opinion: Don’t Leave Indigenous Peoples Behind in SDGs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - U.N. member states are meeting throughout the year to finalize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will set the global development agenda for the next 15 years. The goals are supposed to be universal and aspire to "leave no one behind."
Migrants Between Scylla and Charybdis
- Inter Press Service
AUGUSTA, Syracuse, Italy, May 11 (IPS) - Not even a month has passed since over 700 hundred migrants lost their lives in their attempt to reaching the shores of Italy and the media spotlights have already faded on the island of Sicily, Italy's southern region and main gateway to Europe.
Opinion: A Development Fairytale or a Global Land Rush?
- Inter Press Service
PARIS/OAKLAND, California, May 11 (IPS) - In our work at Greenpeace and the Oakland Institute around access and control over natural resources, we face constant accusations of being anti-development or "Northern NGOs who care more for the trees", despite working with communities around the world, from Cameroon, to China, to the Czech Republic.
Caribbean Looks to Paris Climate Summit for Its Very Survival
- Inter Press Service
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, May 09 (IPS) - Caribbean leaders on Saturday further advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference of Parties, also known as COP 21, scheduled for Paris during November and December of this year.
Opinion: Renewable Energy – How to Make It More Bird-Friendly
- Inter Press Service
BONN, May 09 (IPS) - Climate change is one of the greatest risks to human societies, but also to biodiversity, often creating a "snowball effect" exacerbating existing pressures such as habitat fragmentation.
‘Je Suis Favela’ – Bringing Brazilian Books to the French
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, May 09 (IPS) - Long before the attack in Paris that inspired the slogan "Je Suis Charlie", a young French publisher has released a collection of stories titled je suis favela about life in Brazilian slums.
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