Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1506
U.S. Carbon Emissions Down Seven Percent In Four Years
- Inter Press Service
Between 2007 and 2011, carbon emissions from coal use in the United States dropped 10 percent. During the same period, emissions from oil use dropped 11 percent.
Q&A: 'Food Is Not a Business, But a Human Right'
- Inter Press Service
Rural women and small-scale producers play a key role in providing food security and food sovereignty, but many large multinational corporations threaten that progress by undermining populations' independence when it comes to food.
CUBA: The Elusive Horn of Plenty
- Inter Press Service
Cubans are still waiting for changes and measures implemented in agriculture to translate into cheaper food. Meanwhile, the government is adjusting its budget, because more than the 1.6 billion dollars initially allocated for food spending will likely be needed.
Argentina Lags in Microfinance, Despite Huge Potential
- Inter Press Service
Although microfinance is more deeply rooted in Latin America than in other regions, in Argentina the sector is less developed, but has enormous potential, experts say.
DR CONGO: Rehabilitating Former Child Soldiers Who 'Liked' Killing
- Inter Press Service
Murhula’s* life changed forever when he was nine years old. It was the year that he learned to kill, torture and rape.
COLOMBIA: Amazonas 2030 - Indicators for the Climate Crisis
- Inter Press Service
'It's great news' that the Colombian government is studying the cancellation of mining titles that have been granted in protected areas and in border zones declared national security areas, anthropologist Martín von Hildebrand, director of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation, told Tierrramérica.
Climate Change Could Unravel Development Progress
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations unveiled its 22nd annual Human Development Report on Wednesday, with grave warnings that unless countries take action against climate change and implement sustainable solutions, progress in human development will be in serious jeopardy.
KAZAKHSTAN: Sea Reclaimed as Lake
- Inter Press Service
Just six years after the completion of a dike that raised the level of the northern part of the Aral Sea by two metres and slashed its salt content by two-thirds, this remote Central Asian lake once synonymous with ecological catastrophe has become a model of environmental recovery.
GREECE: Austerity Measures Responsible For Athens’ ‘New Poor’
- Inter Press Service
Harsh austerity measures and a struggling economy have given birth to the ‘new poor’ in Athens, a term used to describe those suffering the impacts of social exclusion and rapidly shrinking civic welfare institutions.
GHANA: Toxic Electronic Waste Contaminates Surrounding Area
- Inter Press Service
Mountains of hazardous waste grow by about 40 million tons every year. This waste, mostly from Europe and North America, is burned in developing countries like Ghana in a hazardous effort to recover valuable metals.
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