Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1392
Mexico City - More Grey than Green
- Inter Press Service
In his book 'La Ville Radieuse' (The Radiant City), architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris (1887-1965), known worldwide as Le Corbusier, proposed a city filled with skyscrapers, wide streets, cement and cars, but decorated with gardens. The Mexican capital seems to be following these principles.
COLOMBIA: Saving the River Basin, One Schoolchild at a Time
- Inter Press Service
'Out of love for the river, we reforest, recycle, and make this place beautiful,' says a sign welcoming visitors to the Floragaita school, where a balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) tree with enormous white flowers guards the entrance to the lush green grounds on a hill in the heart of Colombia’s Andes mountains.
Q&A: Skipping Lunch to Afford a Mobile Phone in Africa
- Inter Press Service
On a continent of over one billion people, where half the population have mobile phones, the use of mobile communication and internet technologies is crucial to boost development in Africa.
Next Round of Pacific Trade Talks Pact to Be Lengthy, Secretive
- Inter Press Service
On Tuesday, the latest round of negotiations begins on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), potentially the largest free trade agreement ever signed by the United States.
U.N. Fails to Finalise Rio+20 Plan on Sustainable Future
- Inter Press Service
After two weeks of closed door negotiations, a U.N. preparatory committee (PrepCom) has failed to reach consensus on a global plan of action, titled 'The Future We Want,' to be adopted by a summit meeting of world leaders mid-June in Brazil.
Small Island States Combining Forces In Preparation for Rio+20
- Inter Press Service
By the time small island developing states (SIDS) arrive at the Rio+20 conference in Brazil in June, they will have worked hard to co-ordinate their message to the rest of the world about the importance of sustainable development for their countries.
Unions Urge Development Bank To 'Walk the Talk' on Labour Rights
- Inter Press Service
The exclusion of certified labour union delegates from the official opening ceremony of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting here on May 4 revealed a wide gap between the Manila-based development bank’s promises and practices on labour rights.
Brazil Forging Strategic Alliance with Africa
- Inter Press Service
The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is taking firm steps towards stronger relations with Africa, such as the creation of a special fund to finance development projects together with multilateral lenders like the World Bank.
Vietnam’s Climate Woes Ignite National Strategy
- Inter Press Service
Hailed as a development success story for lifting millions out of poverty and staying on track to meet all its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, Vietnam's future progress is severely threatened by the impact of global climate change.
Action Plan to End Banishing of 'Witches' in Burkina Faso
- Inter Press Service
It's called 'the bearing of the body' in Burkina Faso: when a death is deemed suspicious and a group of men carry the corpse through the community, believing the deceased will guide them towards the person responsible for the death. The accused - almost always women — are then chased out of their homes.
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