Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1368
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.
New World Bank Environment Strategy Boosts Private Sector Role
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank this week released its new environment strategy for the next decade, 2012 through 2022, saying the policy framework was crafted in response to 'calls from governments and the private sector for new approaches to development in light of unprecedented environmental challenges'.
Billions of Brazilian Health Dollars Going Up in Smoke
- Inter Press Service
Brazil spends some 10 billion dollars a year on health care for smokers — more than three times the tax revenue from the tobacco industry in this country, which is the world's top exporter and second producer of tobacco.
MEXICO: Farmers Use Traditional Knowledge to Deal with Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Small farmers in Mexico, who receive little institutional support, are drawing on their traditional knowledge to deal with and adapt to climate change, experts say.
Calls for an African Green Revolution, Only Smarter
- Inter Press Service
To deal with looming food crises in the coming decades, Africa needs a Green Revolution on par with what took place in Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, according to experts in Washington.
Calls for an African Green Revolution, Only Smarter
- Inter Press Service
To deal with looming food crises in the coming decades, Africa needs a Green Revolution on par with what took place in Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, according to experts in Washington.
World Faces Stark Choice at Rio+20, UN Report Warns
- Inter Press Service
Irreversible environmental damage threatens to destabilise the world's life-support systems unless urgent action is taken, according to the latest Global Environment Report (GEO-5) which looks to the Rio+20 summit as a crucial opportunity to halt this decline.
Spiral of Violence Causes Spike in PTSD
- Inter Press Service
Since the forced disappearance of his son Jethro in May 2011, Héctor Sánchez has found an outlet for his grief in activism. So far he has turned down psychological support offered by the Mexican Attorney-General's Office and human rights organisations.
Water Knows No Border Between Angola and Namibia
- Inter Press Service
A transboundary initiative aimed at providing clean drinking water and proper sanitation between Angola and Namibia is making steady progress.
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