Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 428
Opinion: GM Cotton a False Promise for Africa
- Inter Press Service
MELVILLE, South Africa, Jun 15 (IPS) - Genetically modified (GM) cotton has been produced globally for almost two decades, yet to date only three African countries have grown GM cotton on a commercial basis – South Africa, Burkina Faso and Sudan.
U.N. Urged to Put Global Citizenship at Centre of Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) - When Denmark hosted the World Summit on Social Development (WSSD) in March 1995, one of the conclusions of that international gathering in Copenhagen was to create a new social contract with "people at the centre of development."
Peru a Shining Example for South America’s Climate Action Plans
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Jun 12 (IPS) - This week, Peru became the first South American nation to publicly announce its Climate Action Plan, or INDC. In doing so, it may have set the scene for a new wave of highly transparent and ambitious INDC submissions from the continent.
Opinion: Journey Towards an African Taxation Renaissance
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 12 (IPS) - Africa is known as the ‘paradox of plenty'. How can a continent so rich in natural resources be so poor?
Organic Cacao Farmers Help Reforest Brazil’s Amazon Jungle
- Inter Press Service
MEDICILÂNDIA, Brazil, Jun 11 (IPS) - "Now we realise what a paradise we live in," said Darcirio Wronski, a leader of the organic cacao producers in the region where the Trans-Amazonian highway cuts across the Xingú river basin in northern Brazil.
Infrastructure Boom in Emerging Economies Hits Record Levels – but at What Cost?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - According to new data released by the World Bank Tuesday, investments in infrastructure in 139 emerging economies shot up to 107.5 billion dollars in 2014, with just five countries – Brazil, Colombia, India, Peru and Turkey – accounting for 73 percent of the total.
Small Victories at Bonn Climate Talks
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - As climate talks wind down in Bonn, Germany, observers of the negotiations say that despite some progress on a draft text, key issues remain unresolved and will carry over at least until the next round in August.
Africa on Threshold of Triple Energy Win for People, Power and Planet
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, Jun 11 (IPS) - Renewable energy is at the forefront of the changes sweeping Africa, and a "triple win" is within the region's grasp to increase agricultural productivity, improve resilience to climate change, and contribute to long-term reductions in dangerous carbon emissions.
Opinion: G7 Makes Commitment on Climate … to Climate Chaos
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 11 (IPS) - One of the promises made by the leaders of the world's seven richest nations when they met at Schloss Elmau in Germany earlier this week was an energy transition over the next decades, aiming to gradually phase out fossil fuel emissions this century to avoid the worst of climate change.
A Regional Foodbasket Plans for the Worst
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Jun 10 (IPS) - Despite its highly variable climate, Guyana is the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country that enjoys food security. But rapid climate change could pose a challenge not only for Guyana, but for its Caribbean neigbours who depend on the South American country for much of their produce.
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