Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 470
World Bank Calls for Development Policy “Redesign” around Human Behaviour
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - The World Bank has taken an unusual but highly visible step away from traditional economics, encouraging policymakers and development implementers to place far more emphasis on research into local human behaviour when drawing up plans and projects.
Iraqi Kurds Seek Greater Balance between Ankara and Baghdad
- Inter Press Service
ERBIL, Dic 04 (IPS) - After a period of frostiness, Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Turkey seem intent on mending ties, as each of the parties show signs of needing the other.
Q&A: Why Kyoto’s Clean Development Mechanism is at a Crossroads
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 04 (IPS) - The U.N. mechanism for supporting carbon emissions projects in developing countries – the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) – is in crisis as a result of a dramatic slump in the prices being paid for carbon credits.
Climate Finance Flowing, But for Many, the Well Remains Dry
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 04 (IPS) - For more than 10 years, Mildred Crawford has been "a voice in the wilderness" crying out on behalf of rural women in agriculture.
Africa Laments as Kyoto Protocol Hangs in Limbo
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 03 (IPS) - African countries fought hard for the Kyoto Protocol not to die on African soil at the 2011 Climate Change Conference in South Africa, but they say it is now languishing in limbo because developed countries are taking what they called "baby steps" towards ratification of the Doha Amendment that gave it a new lease of life.
OPINION: Japan's Misuse of Climate Funds for Dirty Coal Plants Exposed
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 03 (IPS) - World governments gathered in Lima, Peru for the latest round of U.N. climate negotiations should have finance on their mind.
Native Villagers in Honduras Bet on Food Security – and Win
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, Honduras, Dic 03 (IPS) - The town's dynamic mayor, Sandro Martínez, assumed the commitment of turning the Honduran municipality of Victoria into a model of food and nutritional security and environmental protection by means of municipal public policies based on broad social and community participation and international development aid.
Will Rollout of Green Technologies Get a Boost at Lima Climate Summit?
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 02 (IPS) - The road towards a green economy is paved with both reward and risk, and policymakers must seek to balance these out if the transition to low-carbon fuel sources is to succeed on the required scale, climate experts say.
First Phase of Global Fracking Expansion: Ensuring Friendly Legislation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 01 (IPS) - Multinational oil and gas companies are engaged in a quiet but broad attempt to prepare the groundwork for a significant global expansion of shale gas development, according to a study released Monday.
OPINION: Climate Justice Is the Only Way to Solve Our Climate Crisis
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 01 (IPS) - In November, the world's top climate scientists issued their latest warning that the climate crisis is rapidly worsening on a number of fronts, and that we must stop our climate-polluting way of producing energy if we are to stand a chance of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.
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