Global IssuesNews headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 744
Big Oil Privately Accepted Global Warming, but Publicly Battled Climate Science
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Jul 17 (IPS) - For decades, executives and decision makers at major U.S. and European fossil fuel companies were aware that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused global warming, but still provided millions in funding to boost disinformation campaigns and sponsor scientists who denied climate change.
New Convention Will Help Protect Latin America’s Elderly
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 17 (IPS) - "Our rights are only partially respected; in some places we are given special attention, but in others it is quite the opposite. There is a lack of education and respect for people my age," Hilda Téllez, a 70-year-old Mexican woman, told IPS.
2014 Another Record-Shattering Year for Climate
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 17 (IPS) - A new report by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Weather and Climate has found that 2014 was the warmest year ever recorded, with Eastern North America the only major region in the world to experience below-average annual temperatures.
Indigenous People in Brazil’s Amazon – Crushed by the Belo Monte Dam?
- Inter Press Service
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, Jul 16 (IPS) - Ethnocide, the new accusation leveled against the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, brings to light deeper underlying aspects of the conflicts and controversies unleashed by megaprojects in Brazil's Amazon rainforest.
Opinion: Unrestrained ‘Privatisation of Poverty-Reduction’ Puts Human Rights at Risk
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 16 (IPS) - Corporate lobbyists are unusual guests at development meetings, but when the United Nations held its Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa this week to decide who pays for its new "Sustainable Development Goals", some governments laid out the red carpet for the private sector.
IPS Reporter Wins Dag Hammarskjöld Fellowship
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (IPS) - IPS journalist Fabíola Ortiz is the winner of one of four prestigious Dag Hammarskjöld fellowships to cover the United Nations in fall 2015.
Civil Society Sceptical Over “Action Agenda” to Finance Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS/ADDIS ABABA, Jul 15 (IPS) - Despite high expectations, the third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) ended on a predictable note: the United Nations proclaimed it a roaring success while most civil society organisations (CSOs) expressed scepticism over the final outcome.
Fear Stalks Students in Northern Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) - It has been seven months since a group of gunmen raided the Army Public School in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, killing 145 people, including 132 students.
Opinion: What Will It Take to Bring a Second Green Revolution to India?
- Inter Press Service
LUDHIANA, India, Jul 15 (IPS) - Long-term agricultural growth in India is slowing down. The lands that saw remarkable increases in productivity in the 1970s and 80s, thanks to the technology rolled out as part of the first "Green Revolution", are not yielding the same results today.
In Search of Jobs, Cameroonian Women May End Up as Slaves in Middle East
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Jul 15 (IPS) - Her lips are quavering her hands trembling. Susan (not her real name) struggles to suppress stubborn tears, but the outburst comes, spontaneously, and the tears stream down her cheeks as she sobs profusely.
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