Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1475
NIGERIA: Fearing the Floods - Sleeping with One Eye Open
- Inter Press Service
The women of Makoko, a low-lying slum close to the Lagos Lagoon along Nigeria’s Atlantic coast, always sleep with one eye open. Many live in fear that when they go to sleep at night they will wake to flooded homes and business.
CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘High Glaciers Safe From Warming’
- Inter Press Service
Global warming will melt far less of the glaciers of Central Asia than of those in other mountain ranges, shielding the people who depend on them for water from the effects of climate change for several decades at least, scientists say.
In Unprecedented Move, Canada Withdraws from Kyoto Protocol
- Inter Press Service
Barely 24 hours after it signed a new global climate change agreement in Durban, South Africa, Canada became on Monday the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding treaty to reduce emissions causing climate change.
Soviet-Armed Iraq Switches Allegiance to U.S. Weapons Systems
- Inter Press Service
As the United States withdraws the last of its 50,000 troops after a nearly nine-year military occupation of Iraq, visiting Iraqi President Nuri al-Maliki had one final request: billions of dollars worth of U.S. weapons for his ragtag armed forces.
ARGENTINA: Water - Some Waste It, Some Want It
- Inter Press Service
In Argentina, the availability of water far outstrips demand, yet 11 percent of the population still lacks piped water, while a large proportion of the rest squanders it without a second thought.
West Papuan Conflict Begs Political Solution
- Inter Press Service
The Indonesian government’s offer of development for West Papua, following the crackdown by security forces on a pro-independence meeting in Jayapura in October, is unlikely to succeed in the absence of political dialogue and calls for self-determination are expected to continue.
CLIMATE CHANGE: City Apartheid Built Turns Green
- Inter Press Service
Something unusual is happening in Atlantis. Created in the 1970s to fulfill the apartheid government's agenda to evict 'coloured' South Africans from Cape Town, Atlantis has always been best known as the city that apartheid built.
Palestinian Flag Flies at UN Agency
- Inter Press Service
Amidst a sudden downpour of rain here, the Palestinian flag was raised at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Tuesday, marking Palestine’s admission to the specialised agency.
INDIA: More Suicides Than Reforms
- Inter Press Service
Five years ago, Pulparambil Varghese began cultivating ginger on 1.37 acres of land he owned in Thrikkeppatta village near Kalpetta town in Wayanad district of the southern Indian state of Kerala. Over the years, he borrowed 300,000 rupees (5,700 dollars) from banks and private financial institutions.
RIGHTS: West Turns Blind Eye to Torture in Uzbekistan
- Inter Press Service
Despite its formal adoption of due-process reforms in 2008, the government of Uzbekistan under President Islam Karimov continues to practice torture routinely, and the situation may be worsening, according to a major new report released here and in Berlin Tuesday.
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