News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 130
Campaign for a Fossil Fuels Non-proliferation Treaty Gathers Steam
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 03 (IPS) - When it comes to moral endorsements, having the Vatican’s backing takes some beating. So the international campaign for a legally binding Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty took a huge step forward in July when Cardinal Michael Czerny, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, gave it his total support.
Counting the Massive Financial Costs of Illegal Fishing
- Inter Press Service
Nov 02 (IPS) - As a new report lays bare the massive financial costs to developing states of illegal fishing, campaigners are hoping that drawing attention to the practice’s devastating economic effects will help push governments to greater action against the illicit trade.
Early Coal Retirement: How about a Global Auction
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 02 (IPS) - Report after report highlights that we can only achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions required by the climate goals of the Paris Agreement if much of the existing coal power generation capacity is retired early. To this end, one concept that deserves greater consideration is conducting an auction for early retirement of coal power plants worldwide: a global coal retirement auction. This article sets out the broad outlines of how this global auction might operate.
UN chief warmly welcomes Russia decision to end suspension from Ukraine grain deal
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday issued a statement warmly welcoming Russia’s decision to resume its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly ten million metric tonnes of vital foodstuffs to be shipped from Ukraine.
Oil Exporters Make Markets, Not War
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Nov 01 (IPS) - The decision to cut oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies as of Nov. 1 comes in response to the need to face a shrinking market, although it also forms part of the current clash between Russia and the West.
Developing Countries Need Monetary Financing
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and DAKAR, Nov 01 (IPS) - Developing countries have long been told to avoid borrowing from central banks (CBs) to finance government spending. Many have even legislated against CB financing of fiscal expenditure.
A New Digitalisation Effort in Bangladesh Could Change Community Health Globally
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct 31 (IPS) - The digital transformation of thousands of community health workers in Bangladesh has dramatically enhanced their work, while enabling the creation and tracking of a healthcare database covering 64 million people. The resulting model holds remarkable promise for the health of the world, especially in the context of evolving pandemics.
Global jobs market set to deteriorate amid Ukraine war shocks: ILO
- UN News
The outlook for global labour markets has worsened in recent months and if current trends continue, vacancies will grow more scarce while global jobs growth will deteriorate significantly during the rest of the year, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
War, Greed and Mass Manipulation
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Oct 26 (IPS) - In his treatise On War, the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) stated that war is “merely a continuation of policy with other means”. With his experience from the Napoleonic Wars von Clausewitz knew that totalitarian regimes could end up conducting huge and ruthless military campaigns. Furthermore, he assumed that to win a war it is necessary to mobilize and indoctrinate the inhabitants of an entire nation. Such an endeavour is called total war, a term that actually can be applied to Putin’s war in Ukraine.
While Developing Nations Hang on to a Cliffs Edge, G20 & IMF Officials Repeat Empty Words at Their Annual Meetings
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 26 (IPS) - Held in-person for the first time in three years, the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank last week in Washington, D.C. failed to offer solutions to the dozens of developing countries in debt distress or on the forewarned global recession instigated by monetary tightening.
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