Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 972
A Billion Tons of Food Wasted Yearly While Millions Still Go Hungry
- Inter Press Service
NAPLES, Italy, Oct 09 (IPS) - In his parody of the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It", the American satirist and singer Weird Al Yankovic has a parent urging his son to eat the food on his plate, warning that "other kids are starving in Japan".
Acid Oceans Could Deal Heavy Blow to Fishing-Dependant Nations
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 09 (IPS) - Scientists here are warning Caribbean countries, where the fisheries sector is an important source of livelihoods and sustenance, that they should pay close attention to a new international report released Wednesday on ocean acidification.
Youth Employment Critical to Sustainable Development in Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
APIA, Oct 09 (IPS) - The size of the youth population in the Pacific Islands is double the global average with 54 percent aged below 24 years, creating enormous challenges for slow-growing small island economies unable to create jobs fast enough.
Fracking Fractures Argentina’s Energy Development
- Inter Press Service
AÑELO, Argentina, Oct 08 (IPS) - Unconventional oil and gas reserves in Vaca Muerta in southwest Argentina hold out the promise of energy self-sufficiency and development for the country. But the fracking technique used to extract this treasure from underground rocks could be used at a huge cost.
Hotter Caribbean Poses Challenges for Livestock Farmers
- Inter Press Service
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 08 (IPS) - Livestock farmers in the Caribbean are finding it increasingly difficult and expensive to rear healthy animals because of climate change, a situation that poses a significant threat to a region that is already too dependent on imports to feed its population.
Displacement Spells Danger for Pregnant Women in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 08 (IPS) - Imagine traveling for almost an entire day in the blistering sun, carrying all your possessions with you. Imagine fleeing in the middle of the night as airstrikes reduce your village to rubble. Imagine arriving in a makeshift refugee camp where there is no running water, no bathrooms and hardly any food. Now imagine making that journey as a pregnant woman.
Most Nations Reducing Worst Forms of Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 08 (IPS) - Most of the world's governments are taking measures to reduce the worst and most hazardous forms of child labour, according to a major report released here Tuesday by the U.S. Labour Department.
When Helping Hands Make a Disaster Worse
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 07 (IPS) - Relief work done by emergency responders during natural disasters may inadvertently exacerbate problems caused by climate change and lead to further disasters, recent reports suggest.
Floods Wash Away India’s MDG Progress
- Inter Press Service
MORIGAON, India, Oct 07 (IPS) - The northeastern Indian state of Assam is no stranger to devastating floods. Located just south of the eastern Himalayas, the lush, 30,000-square-km region comprises the Brahmaputra and Barak river valleys, and is accustomed to annual bouts of rain that swell the mighty rivers and spill over into villages and towns, inundating agricultural lands and washing homes, possessions and livestock away.
Synthetic Biology Could Open a Whole New Can of Worms
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 07 (IPS) - Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is the world's leading producer of vetiver. In the southwest of the country, vetiver production is hard to ignore.
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