Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 256
‘Salty’ Concern: Tackling High Salt Consumption in China
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India and JONESBORO, US, Oct 07 (IPS) - China's almost meteoric transition from a being a low income to a middle income country within a span of four decades is often perceived as a miracle analogous to the post Second World War Japanese economic development experience.
China's GDP rose from $200 current United States dollars (US$ henceforth) in 1978 to $9,470 current US$ in 2018 (World Development Indicators, The World Bank). Unsurprisingly, China's rapid and near sustainable growth has attracted widespread interest among academics and policy makers alike.
Africa’s Mineral Wealth May Just have to Stay in the Ground to Protect a Changing Climate
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 07 (IPS) - As a result of climate change, resource extraction industries in Africa will be impacted by asset stranding, researchers say.
The Rise of Phantom Investments
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Oct 03 (IPS) - According to official statistics, Luxembourg, a country of 600,000 people, hosts as much foreign direct investment (FDI) as the United States and much more than China. Luxembourg's $4 trillion in FDI comes out to $6.6 million a person.
How Media Technocrats Manipulate Public Opinion
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Oct 02 (IPS) - In a 1974 article, Woody Allen poked fun at biblical stories presenting ludicrous paraphrases of The Book of Job, Abraham´s intended sacrifice of his son Isaac, as well as The Book of Proverbs. One of Allen´s invented proverbs was: "The wicked at heart probably know something", thus implementing that the "pure of heart", i.e. credulous people, know nothing.1
Giuliano da Empoli, a well-known Italian politician, culture personality and founder of the influential think tank Volta makes use of this Woody Allen quote to introduce his book Gli ingegneri del caos,2 The Engineers of Chaos.
China Wants to Mainstream Environmental Protection
- Inter Press Service
KUNSHAN, Jiangsu, China, Oct 02 (IPS) - In the 2014 China-US joint announcement on climate change, China promised to peak its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions around 2030. Later this commitment was cemented in the Paris Agreement signed in 2016.
Wall Street can Free the World’s 40 Million Modern-Day Slaves
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - Financiers in Wall Street, the City of London and other banking centres should play a bigger role in freeing the millions of people who endure slave-like working conditions globally, according to a new study.
Confronting New Climate Reality in Asia & the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 01 (IPS) - Last week, world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York for the Climate Action Summit. Their goal was simple: to increase ambition and accelerate action in the face of a mounting climate emergency.
Countercyclical Fiscal Policy Needed to Counter Global Economic Downturn
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 01 (IPS) - A conjuncture of developments, short- and medium-term, have conspired to further slow the world economy. In recent months, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), among others, has acknowledged that global economic prospects are worsening, forcing it to make not one, but at least five consecutive growth forecast revisions, all downward.
Q&A: How Vietnam went from Zero to Hero in Developing Solar Projects and What Other Countries Can Do for Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) - A week ago, downtown New York witnessed one of the most historic moments in the climate action moment — hundreds of thousands of people attended the Climate Strike, where teen activists delivered powerful speeches and blows to world leaders for not taking climate change seriously.
Investments to Cushion African Countries against Climate Shocks Not Enough
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina unveiled millions of dollars of new pledges at the United Nations this week amid growing fears of climate change ravaging the continent and derailing anti-poverty targets.
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