News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 107
Experts Fear Collapse of Global Civilisation
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 11 (IPS) - Experts on the health of our planet are terrified of the future. They can clearly see the coming collapse of global civilisation from an array of interconnected environmental problems.
Water Summit to Focus on Resolving Scarcities in Mideast
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (IPS) - Amidst a growing water crisis in the predominantly arid Middle East and North Africa (MENA), some of the world's most influential water experts will meet next week at the International Water Summit (IWS) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) to look for sustainable solutions.
Treaty “Insufficient” to Reduce Global Mercury Levels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Even as government negotiators from around the world prepare to gather next week for a final round of talks on a new international treaty limiting the use of mercury, scientists and activists are warning that the draft treaty is both too weak and too limited in scope to have a major impact.
Brazil Measures Rain Against Dengue
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 10 (IPS) - Mosquitoes that transmit dengue fever need clean, still water and warm night temperatures to reproduce and thrive. That is common knowledge, but now scientists in Brazil have managed to measure the relation between increased rainfall and temperatures and the risk of dengue epidemics in this city.
China's Rising Soybean Consumption Reshaping Western Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 08 (IPS) - Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade today go to China, making it far and away the world's largest importer.
A River Runs Dry in Tanzania
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 08 (IPS) - Avelina Elias Mkenda, a 52-year-old small-scale farmer in the Mbarali district of Tanzania's southwestern Mbeya region, can sense a change in her environment.
Villagers Wail Against Nuclear Power
- Inter Press Service
KUDANKULAM, India, Jan 06 (IPS) - Mahalakshmi, a housewife married to a farmer, is afraid for her family's future. The fifty-two-year-old woman is also frustrated that Indian authorities have "betrayed" poor villagers.
OP-ED: Climate Inaction Is a Clear Failure of Democracy
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 04 (IPS) - Around the world, 2012 was the year of extreme weather, when we unequivocally learned that the fossil fuel energy that powers our societies is destroying them. Accepting this reality is the biggest challenge of the brand new year.
Amazon Regional Alliance to Confront the Climate Emergency
- Inter Press Service
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru, Dic 27 (IPS) - "When someone in Peru sneezes, someone in Brazil catches a cold. When a barrel of oil is produced in Ecuador, a neighbouring country ends up buying it," says prominent environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse.
The ‘Flattening’ of Gaza
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Dic 25 (IPS) - On Nov. 17, four days into Israel's eight-day assault on the Gaza Strip, deputy Israeli Prime Minister Eli Yishai publicly called for the Israeli army to "blow Gaza back to the Middle Ages, destroying all the infrastructure including roads and water".
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