Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1493
CLIMATE CHANGE: Himalayan Nations Yet to Break the Ice
- Inter Press Service
Chungda Sherpa, a former herder from eastern Nepal, has a warning tale ahead of the United Nations climate change conference in Durban.
U.S.: Bottled Water Companies Target Minorities, But So Do Soda Firms
- Inter Press Service
Water is the lifeblood of this planet, whose inhabitants are watching its accelerated spiral into crisis mode even as they struggle to address the issues and lifestyles that are stretching the earth's resources thin.
KYRGYZSTAN: Bishkek Struggling to Find Right Economic Path
- Inter Press Service
In a small office on the second floor of the Kyrgyzstan Stock Exchange, a lone administrator checked the time and looked up from the computer: 'Two o'clock. No applications received. Auction for sale of Zalkar Bank is declared invalid.'
DEVELOPMENT: New Aid Model Expected at Busan
- Inter Press Service
A new model of making development assistance more successful is expected to emerge at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4), to be held Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 in Busan, Korea.
INDIA: Dangers of a Lax Nuclear Strategy
- Inter Press Service
On August 26, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned, taking responsibility for the disastrous meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was caused by the March 2011 undersea earthquake and ensuing tsunami.
PAKISTAN: Beating the Taliban on the Playing Fields
- Inter Press Service
An outbreak of sports fever has gripped the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Northern Pakistan, as increasing numbers of civilians and government officials latch on to team sports as their only armour against creeping militancy in the border region.
China Confronts its Own Greece
- Inter Press Service
Europe has its Greece moment and China has its Wenzhou crisis. When European leaders were calling on China to step in and provide a lifeline to the eurozone by investing in its bailout programme, voices inside China were saying Beijing should save Wenzhou and forget about Europe.
EL SALVADOR: Giving Young Slum Dwellers a Chance
- Inter Press Service
In a country where hard-line policies have failed to make a dent in soaring levels of violent crime, Salesian priest José María Moratalla has produced good results by offering educational and vocational opportunities to juvenile offenders and young people at risk of falling into crime.
U.S. Leads Challenge to Ban on Cluster Munitions
- Inter Press Service
Deliberations are underway for a United States-backed proposal to allow the continued use, production, trade and stockpiling of cluster munitions at the Fourth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva.
Unique Mexican Oasis in Danger of Vanishing
- Inter Press Service
A rare wetlands ecosystem in the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico that may hold key information about the origins of life on earth — and even about possible life on Mars — is in serious danger of disappearing if water continues to be extracted by agribusiness concerns, local scientists warn.
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