Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1068
Rural Costa Rican Women Plant Trees to Fight Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
PITAL, Costa Rica, Apr 02 (IPS) - Olga Vargas, a breast cancer survivor, is back in the countryside, working in a forestry programme in the north of Costa Rica aimed at empowering women while at the same time mitigating the effects of climate change.
Africa’s Youth Not Lured by Unglamorous Farming
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS/ADDIS ABABA, Apr 02 (IPS) - Ketsela Negatu is the son of an Ethiopian goat farmer living close to the country's capital, Addis Ababa, who refuses to follow in his father's footsteps. The 19-year-old has negative perceptions about the family profession after seeing the dim prospects a farming livelihood has offered his father.
Afghans Set to Vote Along Ethnic Lines
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Apr 02 (IPS) - Ethnicities will be to the fore in the Afghan elections due Saturday this week, even though some promise appears that the young are beginning to break away from such loyalties.
World Bank to Double Lending to Middle-Income Countries
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 01 (IPS) - The World Bank is aiming to double its lending to middle-income countries over the coming decade, in addition to expanding its overall commitments to some 70 billion dollars a year.
Donors Repeatedly Postpone Major Aid Effectiveness Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 01 (IPS) - Major foreign assistance donors have once again delayed the release of a report meant to measure transparency, accountability and cooperation of aid effectiveness.
Russia Expelled From G8, but G20? Not So Fast
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 01 (IPS) - When Western powers, led by the United States, decided to throw Russia out of the Group of 8 (G8) industrial nations, it was aimed at punishing and "isolating" President Vladimir Putin for his intervention in Ukraine and "annexation" of Crimea.
With U.S. Taking Off, Kyrgyzstan Mulls Selling Airports to Russia
- Inter Press Service
, Apr 01 (IPS) - Russia's state-run oil giant Rosneft wants to purchase a majority stake in the state-controlled company that owns all of Kyrgyzstan's civilian airports.
For Guyana, Energy Plus Efficiency Equals Common Sense Development
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 01 (IPS) - Guyana is shaping up to set a gold standard for the Caribbean in implementing a national energy efficiency strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.
OP-ED: Europe’s Commitment to Africa’s Children is Still Needed
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Apr 01 (IPS) - As African and European leaders meet in Brussels this week under the theme of "Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace", it is clear Africa's greatest natural resource, its children, must be centre stage.
What Nepal Doesn’t Know About Water
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Apr 01 (IPS) - Water is a critical resource in Nepal's economic development as agriculture, industry, household use and even power generation depends on it. The good news is the Himalayan nation has plenty of water. The bad news - water abundance is seasonal, related to the monsoon months from June to September.
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