Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 991
Middle-Income Kenya Still in Need of Aid
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 04 (IPS) - Coffee farmer Gabriel Kimwaki from Nyeri County, in central Kenya, is considering "giving up farming altogether".
Global Tax-Evasion Crackdown Sidestepping Poorest Countries
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 04 (IPS) - While a major global campaign to cut down on tax evasion is picking up momentum, anti-poverty advocates say the initiative overlooks the world's poorest countries.
U.N. Favours Changeover from Landlocked to ‘Land-linked’
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Nov 04 (IPS) - Some 440 million people are living in 32 countries that are among the world's poorest, most of them least developed, and geographically isolated from world markets not only because they have very few commodities to export, but also because they have no direct territorial access to the sea.
Dirty Energy, Dirty Tactics
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 03 (IPS) - "Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are higher than ever, and we're seeing more and more extreme weather and climate events….We can't prevent a large scale disaster if we don't heed this kind of hard science."
Mobile Payments to Determine Future of Global Economy
- Inter Press Service
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Nov 03 (IPS) - Half the global working age population does not have a bank account, yet six billion people have access to a mobile phone. Ninety percent of people in developing countries have mobile phone subscriptions and 84 percent have signed up to mobile broadband subscriptions.
Using Phytotechnology to Remedy Damage Caused by Mining
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Nov 03 (IPS) - Combating the negative effects of its own production processes is one of the challenges facing the mining industry, one of the pillars of the Chilean economy.
Uganda Still Grapples with Inadequate Funds to Tackle Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Nov 03 (IPS) - Until last month, Allen Nambozo's only source of income was the cabbages, carrots and bananas she grew along the slopes of Uganda's Mount Elgon in the eastern district of Bulambuli.
OPINION: The Irresistible Attraction of Radical Islam
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 03 (IPS) - The Oct. 23 attack on the Canadian Parliament building by a Canadian who had converted to Islam just a month earlier should create some interest in why an increasing number of young people are willing to sacrifice their lives for a radical view of Islam.
Lacklustre Early Warning System Brings Tragedy to a Languid Mountainside
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Nov 02 (IPS) - When early warning systems fail, death comes quickly to unsuspecting victims of natural disasters. It is a reality that millions of Sri Lankans have experienced repeatedly in the last decade, and yet those responsible for preventing human fatalities continue to make the same mistakes.
OPINION: The Pentagon Comes Up Short on Climate
- Inter Press Service
Fredericksburg, VIRGINIA, Nov 01 (IPS) - The Pentagon recently released a new report sounding the alarm on the national security threats posed by climate change. Like previous reports on the subject, this one makes clear that Department of Defence (DoD) planners believe that global warming will seriously challenge our nation's military forces.
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