Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 413
Latin America Has Enormous Untapped Potential for Green Infrastructure
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Aug 12 (IPS) - Latin America is facing a two-pronged challenge: double power generation by 2050 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The only solution? Green energy.
Opinion: Crisis, Emergency Measures and Failure of the ISDS System: The Case of Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 (IPS) - The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system has come under increasing criticism in recent years.
Widowhood in Papua New Guinea Brings an Uncertain Future
- Inter Press Service
GOROKA, Papua New Guinea, Aug 11 (IPS) - It has only been six months since Iveti, 37, lost her husband of 18 years, but already she is facing hardship and worry about the future.
Pope Francis Joins Battle Against Transgenic Crops
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 11 (IPS) - A few centuries ago, the biotechnology industry would have been able to buy a papal bull to expiate its sins and grant it redemption. But in his encyclical on the environment, "Laudato Si", Pope Francis condemns genetically modified organisms (GMOs) without leaving room for a pardon.
Caribbean Artists Raise Their Voices for Climate Justice
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Aug 10 (IPS) - Award-winning St. Lucian poet and playwright Kendel Hippolyte thinks that Caribbean nationals should view the Earth as their mother.
Money, Knowledge and Controversy in Brazil’s Development Bank
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 08 (IPS) - Brazil's rush to build hydroelectric dams, refineries, railways, ports and other megaprojects since the last decade, not only at home but in other countries as well, has been fueled by the sheer volume of financing from its development bank.
Opinion: The Road to Paris and the Path to Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Aug 07 (IPS) - Renewable energy is now being seen by many people around the world as a cost-effective development solution both for developed and developing nations. Countries have slowly been realising that the use of coal and the huge amount of carbon emissions it generates harms the environment and impacts our daily activities.
Obama Takes Lead on Climate Change Ahead of U.N. Talks in Paris
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - This week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally unveiled the details of his Clean Power Plan (CPP), a comprehensive carbon-cutting strategy he described as "the biggest and most important step…ever taken to combat climate change" in a prior video address posted on Facebook.
Unique Alliance Between Gauchos and Environmentalists Protects Argentina’s Pampas
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 07 (IPS) - The traditions of Argentina's gauchos or cowboys have joined together with modern agricultural technology in a unique alliance between stockbreeders and environmentalists aimed at preserving biodiversity in the pampas, boosting productivity, and enhancing the flavour of this South America's country's famous beef.
U.N. Post-2015 Development Agenda Adopted Amidst Closed-Door Deals
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - At about a quarter to seven on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 2, the member states of the United Nations adopted the post-2015 development agenda outcome document, titled "Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda."
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