Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1367
Agriculture Key to Liberia’s Youth Unemployment Challenge
- Inter Press Service
With his gold chain, baseball cap, and baggy denim shorts, Junior Toe wears the uniform of Liberia’s urban youth. Spend just a few minutes with the young man and it is evident that he possesses the street smarts to match the look.
Dam Threatens Turkey’s Past and Future
- Inter Press Service
Hasankeyf, a small village in southeastern Turkey, has been under threat for 15 years. Home to approximately 3,000 people, the site is one of the oldest continuously inhabited human settlements, with an archaeological record going back at least 9,500 years.
Ethics for an ‘Ecological Civilisation’
- Inter Press Service
Leading Japanese ecologists are pushing for the concept of environmental 'ethics' to influence the upcoming Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, an approach they contend will foster accountability towards sustainable development.
Germany’s Energy Revolution Hits Potholes
- Inter Press Service
When the German government decided last year to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, following the catastrophe at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, it was clear that the process would require extraordinary effort, not only in further developing alternative energy sources, especially renewables, but also in upgrading the country-wide electricity grid.
How Would You Measure Success at the Rio Summit?
- Inter Press Service
When the heavily hyped three-day U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) comes to a close in Rio de Janeiro Jun. 22, what would be the yardstick to measure its successes and failures?
Washington's Asia Pivot Gains Momentum
- Inter Press Service
The much-anticipated U.S. 'pivot' from the Greater Middle East to the Asia/Pacific accelerated this week, which began with Pentagon chief Leon Panetta's high-profile, nine-day swing through the region and ended with a White House summit between Barack Obama and Philippine President Benigno Aquino.
Trade, Military Cooperation to Top U.S.-India Talks
- Inter Press Service
The ambassador of India to the United States, Nirupama Rao, on Friday suggested that high-level talks between the two countries, taking place here next week, would focus on 'development' and the 'people aspect of cooperation'.
Chile’s Smog Still Deadly
- Inter Press Service
'We are facing a very alarming situation, and solutions are urgently needed,' said Cecilia Sepúlveda, the dean of the University of Chile medical school, after it was announced that 4,200 people a year in this country die from causes directly attributable to smog and other kinds of pollution.
Establishing Environmental Flows in the Zambezi
- Inter Press Service
When Jose Chiburre was a boy growing up in Mozambique, he would often challenge his friends to a swim across the Incomati River. That was in the 1970s, when the river was 300 metres wide in the dry season: today, the race would be over before it begins.
Quebec Student Strike Ignites Broader Protest Movement
- Inter Press Service
The student movement that erupted in February following the announcement of a 75-percent rise in university tuition fees is now becoming a violent struggle for democracy in Quebec.
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