News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1038
Opinion: The End of the Greek Tragedy?
- Inter Press Service
BARCELONA, Jul 07 (IPS) - The decisive result of the Greek referendum held Jul. 5, in which voters overwhelmingly rejected (61.3 to 38.7 percent) the terms of an international bailout, has opened a new chapter not only for the future of Greece, but also in terms of the essence of the European Union itself.
Climate Commission Issues Blueprint for Low-Carbon Economy
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 07 (IPS) - Up to 96 percent of the emissions reductions needed by 2030 to keep hold global warming below a critical threshold of two degrees C could be achieved through a series of 10 steps, says a new report released by the Global Commission on the Economy and the Climate.
Day One of Oslo Summit Urges Increased Funding for Global Education
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - At the first day of the Oslo Summit on Education for Development, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a personal story of his experience during the Korean War, when his family "had to run for the mountains". He spoke of how he was able to receive textbooks because of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Putting the “Integrity of the Earth’s Ecosystems” at the Centre of the Sustainable Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - By 2050, we will be a world of nine billion people. Not only does this mean there'll be two million more mouths to feed than there are at present, it also means these mouths will be consuming more – in the next 20 years, for instance, an estimated three billion people will enter the middle class, in addition to the 1.8 billion estimated to be within that income bracket today.
Despite Scepticism, U.N. Hails Its Anti-Poverty Programme
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - The United Nations, which launched one of its most ambitious anti-poverty development programmes back in 2000, has hailed it as a riveting success story – despite shortcomings.
Opinion: Religion and the SDGs – The ‘New Normal’ and Calls for Action
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) - In 2007, an op-ed in the International Herald Tribune argued that you "gotta have faith in the U.N".
Opinion: Love & Mercy, the Croatian Way
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 06 (IPS) - Last week, I went to see the new flick "Love & Mercy," about the life of Brian Wilson, a singer, songwriter, and the genius behind The Beach Boys. I hadn't heard much about the film. In fact, I was expecting a summer movie about surfing and fun; The Beach Boys playing Kokomo, Good Vibrations, and Surfin' U.S.A. on sunny California beaches.
U.N. Swears by Hefty 100 Billion Dollar Target to Fight Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 03 (IPS) - The most devastating impact of climate change – including rising sea levels, floods, cyclones and both droughts and heavy monsoons – will be felt mostly by the world's poorest nations.
Child Labour: A Hidden Atrocity of the Syrian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 03 (IPS) - In a conflict that has claimed over 220,000 lives and injured a further 840,000 people as of January 2015, it is sometimes hard to see beyond the death toll.
Drastic CO2 Cuts Needed to Save Oceans
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 03 (IPS) - If global carbon dioxide emissions are not dramatically curbed, the world's oceans – and the many services they provide humanity – will suffer "massive and mostly irreversible impacts," researchers warned in Science magazine Friday.
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