Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 485
Most Nations Reducing Worst Forms of Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 08 (IPS) - Most of the world's governments are taking measures to reduce the worst and most hazardous forms of child labour, according to a major report released here Tuesday by the U.S. Labour Department.
Synthetic Biology Could Open a Whole New Can of Worms
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 07 (IPS) - Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is the world's leading producer of vetiver. In the southwest of the country, vetiver production is hard to ignore.
Brazil’s Two-Party System Leaves Amazon Activist Behind
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 07 (IPS) - The dream of electing Brazil's first black president, an environmental activist from the Amazon jungle, lasted only 40 days and was frustrated in Sunday's elections. In the end, it is the two parties that have dominated Brazilian politics for the last 20 years that will face off in the second round of voting on Oct. 26.
Financing for Biodiversity: A Simple Matter of Keeping Promises
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 07 (IPS) - With governments, activists and scientists tearing their hair out over the world's impending crisis in biodiversity, the outgoing president of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) delivered a simple message to participants at the 12th Conference of the Parties to the CBD (COP12) currently underway in the Republic of Korea's northern Pyeongchang county: honour the promises you made last year.
U.S. Investigation into Illegal Timber Imports a “Sea Change”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 07 (IPS) - A year after a U.S. company was accused of engaging in the systematic importing of flooring made from illegally harvested timber, pressure is mounting on federal agencies currently investigating the allegations.
Harper Playing Defence in Canada's Pipeline Politics
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Oct 06 (IPS) - Canada's tar sands oil boom may be in jeopardy and it appears the ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not have any plan B in its ambition to remake this resource-rich country into "an energy superpower."
Antigua Faces Climate Risks with Ambitious Renewables Target
- Inter Press Service
HODGES BAY, Antigua, Oct 06 (IPS) - Ruth Spencer is a pioneer in the field of solar energy. She promotes renewable technologies to communities throughout her homeland of Antigua and Barbuda, playing a small but important part in helping the country achieve its goal of a 20-percent reduction in the use of fossil fuels by 2020.
Humanity Failing the Earth’s Ecosystems
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Oct 06 (IPS) - In pure numbers, the past few decades have been marked by destruction: over the last 40 years, Earth has lost 52 percent of its wild animals; nearly 17 percent of the world's forests have been felled in the last half-century; freshwater ecosystems have witnessed a 75-percent decline in animal populations since 1970; and nearly 95 percent of coral reefs are today threatened by pollution, coastal development and overfishing.
Q&A: “The Battle Continues”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - The Programme of Action adopted at the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) included chapters that defined concrete actions covering some 44 dimensions of population and development, including the need to provide for women and girls during times of conflict, the urgency of investments in young people's capabilities, and the importance of women's political participation and representation.
Panama, a Country and a Canal with Development at Two Speeds
- Inter Press Service
PANAMA CITY, Oct 03 (IPS) - With the expansion of the canal, Panama hopes to see its share of global maritime trade rise threefold. And many Panamanians hope the mega-engineering project will reduce social inequalities in a country where development is moving ahead at two different speeds.
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