News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1037
Opinion: From New York to Addis Ababa, Financing for Development on Life Support - Part One
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 09 (IPS) - Lack of ambition and consensus in the New York negotiations begs the question of whether governments in Addis Ababa will salvage or further dilute the outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development from July 13-16.
Q&A: “If We Don't Close the Poverty Gap, the 21st Century Will End in Extreme Violence”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 09 (IPS) - Implementation of the ambitious post-2015 development agenda which will be adopted in September 2015 at the United Nations depends to a large extent on funding.
“Why Hire a Lawyer When You Can Buy a Judge?”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 08 (IPS) - A woman is stopped at a checkpoint; she gives birth, and dies. Another is sold in a slave market. A boy is killed by a tank. A young man drowns at sea, trying to reach a haven safe from oppression and poverty.
Civil Society has Vital Role to Play in Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 08 (IPS) - "The action of the private sector can make or break the post-2015 development agenda," Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, said in his opening remarks at a side event hosted in the context of a high-level political forum at the U.N. on Tuesday.
Humanitarian Emergencies Lend Urgency to World Population Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 08 (IPS) - On the eve of World Population Day, the United Nations is fighting a virtually losing battle against growing humanitarian emergencies triggered mostly by military conflicts that are displacing people by the millions – and rendering them either homeless or reducing them to the status of refugees.
Opinion: Scale Up Innovative Financing for Development
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 08 (IPS) - More than four decades ago, the richer members of the international community committed to deliver at least 0.7 percent of their respective national incomes as official development assistance.
Q&A: “Climate Change is About Much More Than Temperature”
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 07 (IPS) - The cost of inaction is high when it comes to climate change and, so far, countries' commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are not enough, says Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
Will the New BRICS Bank Break with Traditional Development Models, or Replicate Them?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 07 (IPS) - Just days ahead of a summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in which the five countries are expected to formally launch their New Development Bank (NDB), 40 NGOs and civil society groups have penned an open letter to their respective governments urging transparency and accountability in the proposed banking process.
"Books, Not Bullets," Malala Yousafzai Urges at Oslo Summit
- Inter Press Service
Opinion: SDGs, FfD and Every Single Dollar in the World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 07 (IPS) - Ethiopia will host an important meeting on Financing for Development (FfD) Conference next week. One of the most-asked questions is: How much will it cost us to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
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