Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1482
Growing Calls for Water to be Prioritised
- Inter Press Service
Efforts to establish water as an agenda item in its own right in climate change negotiations are gaining momentum in Durban, South Africa. Water experts say doing this will lead to a greater focus on developing policy, and attract more resources into the water sector through adaptation programs.
TRADE: Small Steps towards Emission Reduction Deal
- Inter Press Service
Emerging economies China, South Africa and Brazil have indicated their openness to legally-binding carbon emission reduction targets from 2020 during the United Nations climate change summit in Durban, South Africa.
OP-ED: Occupy Foreign Affairs
- Inter Press Service
It's not the topic of George Packer's latest essay that's particularly surprising. Inequality, he writes, is undermining democracy. Progressives have been hammering home this message for years if not decades.
CUBA: Mural-Lined Street Transforms Neighbourhood
- Inter Press Service
Forget about finding Cantarrana on a map or travel guide to Cuba. 'Nobody knew about us; we didn’t exist,' said one resident of this working-class neighbourhood on the west side of Havana.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Biofuels Are Not the Solution
- Inter Press Service
Science tells us that we are heading for a climate crisis, yet it is within our means to change course.
'Fracking' for Shale Gas: Neither Clean nor Green
- Inter Press Service
Hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking' is being used to tap the last remaining natural gas deposits across large areas of the United States and western Canada, fueling continued dependence on hydrocarbons instead of a shift to genuinely clean energy sources to cool the planet.
Shale Gas May Be a Mexican Mirage
- Inter Press Service
In spite of mounting scientific evidence about its negative aspects, Mexico is getting ready to intensify exploration for shale gas, natural gas found trapped in shale, a sedimentary rock.
Q&A: Time for a New Agricultural Revolution
- Inter Press Service
Negotiators at the 17th Conference of Parties owe it to the world’s more than seven billion people to deliver a deal with a work plan for agriculture, a sector that is expected to be the worst affected by climate change.
Climate Change Killing Womens' Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
Talata Nsor, a 54-year-old woman from Bolgatanga community in Northern Ghana, has been weaving the cultural Bolga baskets, which are named after her community, her entire life.
BOOK-BURMA: On the New Road to Mandalay
- Inter Press Service
Condemned for decades as an international pariah, Burma is enjoying a diplomatic spring with droves of former critics heading towards the Southeast Asian nation.
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