News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 97
Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 20 (IPS) - The growing and changing material requirements for new technologies have triggered natural resource scrambles for strategic minerals, generating dangerous rivalries fought out in the global South.
UN sets out bold solutions to rescue SDG finance
- UN News
Taking urgent steps to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, world leaders launched a high level dialogue on Financing for Development on Wednesday.
On UNGA margins, world leaders bolster bedrock of international law
- UN News
At the heart of global diplomacy within the iconic UN Headquarters in New York, another significant yet often less featured deliberation is unfolding this week: the Treaty Event.
Iran: One Year on, Whats Changed?
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 19 (IPS) - It’s a year since a photo of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini – bruised and in a coma she would never recover from after being arrested by the morality police for her supposedly improperly worn hijab – went viral, sending people onto the streets.
Annual cost for reaching the SDGs? More than $5 trillion
- UN News
The cost of achieving ambitious sustainable development targets is estimated at between $5.4 and $6.4 trillion per year between now and 2030, UN economists said on Tuesday.
We Must Act to Bridge the Gap Between Words and Deeds
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Sep 18 (IPS) - In today's increasingly interconnected world, marked by grave economic, environmental, and security crises that transcend global boundaries, it's abundantly clear that our interdependence is an undeniable reality.
Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile's Arid North
- Inter Press Service
COQUIMBO, Chile, Sep 18 (IPS) - The reuse of treated wastewater in vulnerable rural areas of Chile's arid north is emerging as a new resource for the inhabitants of this long, narrow South American country.
African Agro-Processors Call for Policies Conducive to Local Manufacturing
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Sep 15 (IPS) - Experts at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have called on African governments to make and review existing policies to protect the processing and agro-industrialisation of locally produced agricultural products.
Mexico Turns to Military Entrepreneurs
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITYhttps://ipsnoticias.net/2023/09/mexico-gira-hacia-los-militares-empresarios/, Sep 14 (IPS) - Courage, sadness and impotence are expressed by Mayan indigenous activist Sara López when she talks about the Mayan Train (TM), the Mexican government's biggest infrastructure project, which will cross the town where she lives and many others in the Yucatan Peninsula.
‘Thriving economies’ critical to eradicating hunger and poverty: McCain
- UN News
Addressing the Security Council on Thursday, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP), Cindy McCain, highlighted the growing need for humanitarian aid worldwide against a backdrop of reduced funding.
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