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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).
Anti-Poverty Activists Welcome G7’S Renewed ‘Commitment’
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 06 (IPS) - Activists working to alleviate poverty worldwide gave a guarded welcome to the renewed commitment to development that G7 leaders made during their meeting in Brussels this week.
Ethiopia Shoots for the Stars and Galaxies as it Aims to Become Space Science Hub
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jun 06 (IPS) - High up in the eucalyptus-strewn Entoto Mountains, which overlook the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, work is nearly complete on the country's first observatory. Studying the stars and the galaxies will be vital for this Horn of Africa nation's development and will hopefully also go a long way to developing brotherly love, say scientists who are part of the project.
Carbon Neutral Tourism Falters in Tobago
- Inter Press Service
SCARBOROUGH, Jun 05 (IPS) - An initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of Tobago's tourism sector may be stymied by "bread-and-butter issues" and the failure of government authorities to vigorously pursue the initiative.
Triple Summit in Singapore Puts Urban Planning on the Map
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Jun 05 (IPS) - With over 20,000 international participants, a triple summit currently underway in Singapore is generating an abundance of ideas on sustainable cities.
U.S. Education System Not Helping Immigrant Parents
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 05 (IPS) - Immigrant parents in the United States face serious challenges accessing early elementary programmes for their children, advocates here are warning.
Rich Getting Richer as the Poor Crawl Slowly Out of Poverty
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Jun 04 (IPS) -
The very contemporary medieval novels of Welsh author Ken Follett transport readers to a time when the rich had everything - and the poor didn't even own themselves.
How Climate Legislation Can Help to Enable a Global Climate Deal in 2015
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Jun 04 (IPS) - With leading politicians meeting next month for the World Summit of Legislators in Mexico City, it is clear that a new global climate deal is needed. Each year, the world is seeing signs of climate change's accelerating impacts, from longer, more intense droughts to stronger storms and rising seas.
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