Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1373
Dam Company in Chile Presses Gov't for Supportive Policies
- Inter Press Service
Colbún, the electricity generating company that co-owns HidroAysén and its multi-dam project in southern Chile, has recommended suspending the environmental impact assessment for power transmission lines that would connect the hydropower complex to the country's central grid, until the right conditions are in place.
Deinstitutionalisation of Mental Health Patients in Argentina Not Enough
- Inter Press Service
A new approach to mental health care is slowly making headway in Argentina, against heavy resistance. Based on short-term hospitalisation, fewer psychiatric hospitals, and more services to strengthen the social integration of patients, it is aimed at eradicating inhumane treatment of the mentally ill.
RIO+20: U.N. Aims To Offset its Own Carbon Footprint
- Inter Press Service
As the international community readies for a global mega- conference on sustainable development in Brazil mid-June, the United Nations is determined to practice what it preaches to the outside world: improve resource efficiency and drastically reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.
For an Ailing Planet, the Cure Already Exists
- Inter Press Service
The planet's climate recently reached a new milestone of 400 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the Arctic.
Climate Change Drives Exodus to Jakarta
- Inter Press Service
Another month of plying his ‘becak’ (trishaw) in the capital city and Sarjo will be coming back to this West Java district to harvest the rice ripening on his 1,400 sq m paddy.
New Muzzle for Malaysian Media?
- Inter Press Service
Despite a wave of reforms washing over the country, the Malaysian government- controlled media remains muzzled, mostly because ruling elites fear a free press will erode their iron grip on society.
Billions of Development Dollars in Private Hands
- Inter Press Service
While governments and international institutions are focusing on a stronger role for the private sector in development aid, a new report by the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) released yesterday suggests there is good reason to doubt this approach.
After War, Economic Crisis Hits South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations has warned that despite the austerity measures put in place by South Sudan to deal with its economic woes, humanitarian agencies will have to increase relief efforts in order to keep the country’s poor alive as the financial situation worsens.
RIO+20: Canada, Last Holdout, Drops Opposition to Water as Human Right
- Inter Press Service
Canada, in a dramatic political turnaround, has signaled its willingness to recognise water and sanitation as a basic human right.
MLK Centre: Building Social Networks in Cuba for 25 Years
- Inter Press Service
There was little familiarity with community networks in Cuba until Apr. 25, 1987, when the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Centre (CMMLK) was founded. Today, this ecumenical Christian organisation links up local initiatives with others in the Americas.
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