Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1166
Malnutrition Killing Children in Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 22 (IPS) - At the Garoua Regional Hospital's Paediatric Feeding Centre in northern Cameroon, Aicha Ahidjo* is relieved to hear that her one-year-old son will survive. The child was suffering from chronic malnutrition, and other children have died of it.
Civil Society Pushes for More Active Participation in Green Climate Fund
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 21 (IPS) - The Green Climate Fund (GCF), created under the auspices of the United Nations to finance the huge investments demanded by climate change, was opened up to participation by civil society and private sector representatives as observers in March.
First Steps to Save Burkina Faso's Forests
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Jul 20 (IPS) - Burkina Faso has just received a grant of 30 million dollars from the Forest Investment Programme to help protect the country's forests and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with deforestation.
Advocates of Iran Engagement Get Unexpected Boost
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 20 (IPS) - For the first time in many months, supporters of intensified diplomatic engagement with Iran appear to be gaining strength here.
River Diversion Project Spells Disaster
- Inter Press Service
SELENGE PROVINCE, Mongolia, Jul 19 (IPS) - Tsetseghkorol, a Mongolian herder, stares out nostalgically at the Orkhon River, the longest in the country.
Tensions Rise as Walmart Refuses to Pay “Living Wage”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Proponents of a proposed higher "living wage" requirement for workers at large retailers here in Washington are stepping up their campaign, urging the city's mayor to sign pending legislation into law.
OECD Proposes Plan to Curb International Tax Avoidance
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Finance ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) countries on Friday received a previously requested strategy under which the world's largest economies could crack down on international tax avoidance, particularly on the part of multinational corporations.
BOOKS: Iran’s Coup, Then and Now
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 19 (IPS) - Ervand Abrahamian, a leading historian of modern Iran, has recently explored the 1953 Anglo/American-sponsored coup that overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq.
When Israelis Boycott a Settlement
- Inter Press Service
ARIEL, Occupied West Bank, Jul 19 (IPS) - As the European Union delegitimises the settlement enterprise further by officially announcing that, effective Jul. 30, its 28 member states are required to differentiate between pre-1967 Israel and Israeli-occupied territories, Israelis supportive of a two-state solution vigorously lead their own boycott campaign against this settlement town of 20,000.
Southern African Trade Talks Stall, and the Clock Ticks
- Inter Press Service
WINDHOEK, Jul 19 (IPS) - Southern Africa has to settle in for another round of negotiations after talks on Economic Partnership Agreements failed to produce results in June, bringing countries closer to losing access to the lucrative European Union market.
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