Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1346
Salvadoran Civil Society Groups Opposed to Carbon Credit Plan
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 02 (IPS) - Civil society organisations are asking the World Bank to reject the Salvadoran government's proposal to join a programme for reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to deforestation, on the argument that it will actually harm the environment.
Many Chilean Women Keep Mum About Unequal Wages
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 02 (IPS) - "I know that my male colleagues earn more than I do and work the same amount or even less. And my employers keep me in a non-managerial post, even though I do tasks at that level,” said Pamela, a Chilean professional who holds a doctorate in economics.
Treaty That Saved the Ozone May Worsen Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 02 (IPS) - The Montreal Protocol, a climate treaty that gathers all U.N. member countries behind the goal of protecting the ozone layer, may not be the "most successful international agreement" anymore, as former U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan used to put it.
Investigation Exposes Cruelty at Foie Gras Farms
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 02 (IPS) - Roasted foie gras fillet, with fresh chestnuts and soymilk skin. This dish from Mugaritz, considered the third-best restaurant in the world, sounds exotic. But how this "delicacy" - foie gras means "fat liver" - is produced and at what cost have been unmasked in an investigation led by Animal Equality.
Small-scale Fisherfolk in Rio de Janeiro – a Vanishing Species
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 02 (IPS) - "My sons will be anything, but never fishermen,” said 32-year-old Maicon Alexandre, the youngest of the leaders of Ahomar, a union of small-scale fisherpeople on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
South Korea Showcases Role as Donor at Expo 2012
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) - When South Korea took the initiative to integrate a development cooperation programme into this year’s World Expo, it stepped up its efforts to gain credibility as a donor on the international stage.
Human Right to Water and Sanitation Remains a Political Mirage
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) - When the 193-member General Assembly, the U.N.'s highest policy-making body, declared water and sanitation a basic human right back in July 2010, the adoption of that divisive resolution was hailed by many as a "historic" achievement.
Portugal’s Innovative Drug Policy Offers Hope*
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Aug 01 (IPS) - Portugal was traditionally one of the European countries with the lowest levels of drug use, until the 1980s and 1990s, when problematic drug abuse, especially of heroin, became a major problem.
Mainstream Rhetoric on Nuclear Power Far From Reality
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Aug 01 (IPS) - The catastrophe following the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactor in March 2011 has turned the old debate on nuclear power into a war of words between international agencies and independent experts with diametrically opposed views.
India Drowning in Waste, Experts Warn
- Inter Press Service
BANGALORE, Aug 01 (IPS) - Almitra Patel, a civil engineer by qualification, says she was first alerted to India’s huge problem of inadequate waste disposal when she noticed that the frogs in the marshlands near her farmhouse, on the city’s outskirts, had stopped croaking.
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