Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1478
Q&A: 'By 2020 it Will be Too Late'
- Inter Press Service
Despite the high risk, it remains difficult to convince politicians to take immediate action to prevent further climate change and make available the necessary funds to do so. Scientists have warned repeatedly of the effects of climate change - if governments do not act fast, they will cause an irreversible catastrophe.
CUBA-CARIBBEAN: Forging an Alliance to Fight for Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
When the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development dubbed Rio+20 convenes in Brazil next year, Caribbean leaders want to ensure that the concerns of vulnerable low-lying coastal and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will be heard.
Decent Work Key to Food Security
- Inter Press Service
Basic income security and access to social services can improve food production and consumption in the developing world, and these can be boosted by South-South cooperation.
Brussels Summit Rejects EU-Wide Treaty Change
- Inter Press Service
A bid to change the EU treaty to resolve the eurozone debt crisis has foundered at a crunch summit in Brussels, after Britain refused to sign up without major concessions in return.
ARGENTINA: Poison from the Sky
- Inter Press Service
Argentina's soy boom has been a major source of foreign exchange. But the other side of the coin is the toxic effects among the rural population, from spraying agrochemicals.
Saving the Forests with Indigenous Knowledge
- Inter Press Service
For the Laibon community, a sub-tribe of Kenya’s Maasai ethnic group, the 33,000-hectare Loita Forest in the country’s Rift Valley Province is more than just a forest. It is a shrine.
Saffron and Silk Wither in the Valley
- Inter Press Service
The saffron and silk industries in Kashmir have been dying a silent death over the last decade, with production rates for both commodities witnessing up to 50 percent declines in some areas of the Kashmir Valley.
MIDEAST: Life Without Water a Growing Threat
- Inter Press Service
'Taking our water is not like taking a toy. Water is life, they cannot play with our lives like this,' says Maher Najjar, deputy general director of the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) of the recent Israeli threat to cut electricity, water and infrastructure services to the occupied Gaza Strip.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Following the Carbon Footprint to the 'Emissions Reduction' Fallacy
- Inter Press Service
According to official figures, the European Union member countries have successfully reduced their emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), especially of carbon dioxide (CO2), by more than 15 percent since 1990, thus more than fulfilling their commitments under the Kyoto protocol.
CARIBBEAN: Castro Comes Calling as U.S. Tries to Pull the Plug
- Inter Press Service
Even the rains seemed to have joined forces against Cuban President Raul Castro.
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