Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1317
Gaza Farmers Find Canadian Support
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Sep 29 (IPS) - “From the coast to eight miles out, the sea is like a desert: it's sandy and there are no fish.” Mohammed Al-Bakri traces a thick line on the wall map before him, following the lines of Gaza's eastern and northern borders, continuing south from three miles off the coast.
Debt Swallows Everything in Spain
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Sep 29 (IPS) - One of every three euros that the Spanish government plans to spend in 2013 will go to servicing the public debt.
U.S. Accused of "Discouraging" Financial Transaction Tax
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 29 (IPS) - On Friday, 62 civil-society organisations charged the U.S. State Department with spreading “misinformation” regarding the feasibility of levying a small tax on stock sales and other financial transactions, revenues from which could be used for national and international public goods.
Scientists Debate Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Diseases
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 28 (IPS) - More intense rainfall, rising temperatures and climate-driven migration of human and animal populations due to repeated drought all affect the spread of tropical diseases. These changes, already the focus of study by climatologists, are now also a challenge increasingly taken up by health experts and officials.
Q&A: "Women and Girls Must Be Front and Centre"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (IPS) - With the global population on track to reach a staggering nine billion people by 2050, according to U.N. figures, a stronger action plan is needed to address the challenges of ending poverty, ensuring a well-functioning health system and access to education, as well as guaranteeing social inclusion for all.
Delivering Promises to Africa’s Smallholder Farmers
- Inter Press Service
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Sep 28 (IPS) - Investment in rural infrastructure and support for Africa's millions of small-scale farmers have increased in the past decade. But as these farmers begin to see increased yields, the question of better access to markets comes to the fore.
Coffee Time in Uganda
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA?, Sep 28 (IPS) - Uganda, Africa's biggest coffee exporter, is racing against time to boost its production of the crop by 60,000 tonnes, or one million 60-kilogramme bags, within the next three years. But some industry players believe that the feat is unattainable.
EU Seeks Protection from Emerging Economies
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Sep 28 (IPS) - For many years, the European Union (EU) and its individual member states counted among the strongest advocates for free trade, arguing that it would boost economic growth and welfare both at home and abroad.
Caught Between Quarries and Sea Erosion
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Sep 28 (IPS) - After more than a century of fighting sea erosion by massively dumping granite boulders along the beaches of southern Kerala state, environmentalists and administrators are beginning to see that this has been a costly and ineffective solution.
International Community "Overselling" Sudan-South Sudan Pact
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 28 (IPS) - The international community is reacting triumphantly following an agreement on Thursday between Sudan and South Sudan to resume oil production and trade, despite the accord’s failure to address two of the situation’s most intractable issues, on border demarcation and control over lucrative oil-producing regions.
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