Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1351
Scientists Discover New Threats to Corals
- Inter Press Service
CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 24 (IPS) - Most corals thrive only in shallow waters, where there is enough light for them to grow. But the rapid rise in sea level, due to the melting of polar ice, is making these conditions increasingly scarce.
Expo 2012 Moves from World's Oceans to Law of the Sea
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 24 (IPS) - As part of its overall theme to educate the public about the state of the world's oceans, the international exhibition Expo 2012 will shift its focus next month to what has been described as "possibly the most significant legal instrument" of the 21st century: the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Balkans Bristles Under Turkey’s Gaze
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Jul 24 (IPS) - In the decade following the break-up of Yugoslavia, it was rare for a statement made by a foreign politician to stir heated debate in the Eastern European bloc.
Deck Stacked Against Women's Land Rights in Asia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 24 (IPS) - Women across Asia are being shut out from prosperous forestland because of a paradigm geared towards male ownership, according to a new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), an environmental non-governmental organisation.
U.S. Aims for AIDS-Free Generation Amid Funding Cuts
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - As more than 20,000 health workers, scholars and activists from around the world gather here this week for a major biannual AIDS conference, observers are warning that U.S. government proposals to cut HIV/AIDS-related funding could undermine the significant potential to deal a decisive blow to the disease in the near future.
Child Rape on the Rise in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 23 (IPS) - A spate of child rape cases in Sri Lanka has angered child rights activists and moved the government to consider tightening the relevant laws and making the offence punishable with the death sentence.
Super Cereal For Mali’s Malnourished Children
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Jul 23 (IPS) - Millet has become the basic ingredient for an enriched flour at the heart of an effort to establish a local, sustainable response to malnutrition in Mali.
When the Rains Don't Fall
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 22 (IPS) - For many Sri Lankans, the effects of climate change can be summed up in one word: rainfall.
Celebrating the Olympic Ideal with a Big Mac
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 21 (IPS) - As the 2012 London Olympics gears up to open on Jul. 27, criticism of the longstanding partnership between the Games and sponsor McDonald’s has stolen a small portion of the limelight.
Malaysia’s Green Movement Goes Political
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Malaysia, Jul 21 (IPS) - Three years ago, Sherly Hue lived the life of a typical career woman in Kuala Lumpur, working as a marketing executive promoting building materials. But one day, she received a phone call from her worried parents that would forever change her life.
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