Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 987
G20 Seeks to Streamline Private Investment in Infrastructure
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (IPS) - Industrialised countries have agreed to collaborate on a new programme aimed at funnelling significant private-sector investment into global infrastructure projects, particularly in developing countries.
U.N. Concerned Over Ebola Backlash
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 17 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is working on an emergency footing to battle the outbreak of Ebola, is worried about the potential for further isolation of the hardest-hit nations in West Africa.
Will New Climate Treaty Be a Thriller, or Shaggy Dog Story?
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 17 (IPS) - This December, 195 nations plus the European Union will meet in Lima for two weeks for the crucial U.N. Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, known as COP 20. The hope in Lima is to produce the first complete draft of a new global climate agreement.
Building Disaster Resilience Amidst Rampant Poverty
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Nov 17 (IPS) - Of the thousands of landslide-prone villages he has visited and worked with, R M S Bandara, a high-ranking official from Sri Lanka's National Building Resources Organisation (NBRO), says only one has made him sit up and take note.
Ebola Outbreak Affects Key Development Areas in Sierra Leone
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Nov 17 (IPS) - The outbreak of the deadly Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone has badly affected the West African country's move towards meeting key development goals.
25 Years After Rights Convention, Children Still Need More Protection
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (IPS) - Next week marks 25 years since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a historic commitment to children and the most widely accepted human rights treaty in history.
Women’s Safety Schemes Go Mobile in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (IPS) - It was 9:45 pm when 23-year-old Manira Chaudhury, a final-year Master's student in New Delhi, who was traveling home in a rickshaw, pressed a button on her smart phone that sent out emergency alerts to two of her closest friends.
Latin America Moves Towards Decarbonising the Economy
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 14 (IPS) - When the advances made towards curbing global warming are analysed in the first 12 days of December in Lima, during the 20th climate conference, Latin America will present some achievements, as well as the many challenges it faces in "decarbonising development".
War-ravaged South Sudan Struggles to Contain AIDS
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Nov 14 (IPS) - Dressed in a flowered African print kitenge and a blue head scarf, Sabur Samson, 27, sits pensively at the HIV centre at Maridi Civil Hospital in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state.
U.S. Proposes Major Debt Relief for Ebola-Hit Countries
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (IPS) - The United States proposed Tuesday that the international community write off 100 million dollars in debt owed by West African countries hit hardest by the current Ebola outbreak. The money would be re-invested in health and other public programming.
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