News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1069
ISIS Complicates Iran’s Nuclear Focus at UNGA
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 22 (IPS) - Iran's foreign minister arrived in New York last week with his sights set on a final deal on Iran's nuclear programme. But a pressing regional conflict is hanging heavily over the already strained negotiations as Iran and world powers resume talks on the sidelines of this week's U.N. General Assembly.
Green Economy Isn't Rocket Science – And It's Not Even Costly
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 22 (IPS) - Acting on climate change will not hurt domestic economic growth, and in fact is more likely to boost growth, most analyses now show.
Only the Crazy and Economists Believe Growth is Endless
- Inter Press Service
LEIPZIG, Sep 22 (IPS) - From the mid-20th century onwards, economic growth has come to count as a self-evident goal in economic policies and GDP to be seen as the most important index for measuring economic activities.
Half a Century of Struggle Against Underdevelopment
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 22 (IPS) - The idea of creating Inter Press Service (IPS) arose in the early 1960s in response to awareness that a vacuum existed in the world of journalism, which had two basic aspects.
French Add Voice to Global Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Sep 21 (IPS) - As if to highlight the reality of climate change, the rain came pouring down here as demonstrators prepared to rally for political action to combat global warming.
Will Governments Keep Their Promises on the Human Right to Water?
- Inter Press Service
AHMEDABAD, India, Sep 20 (IPS) - It was a dramatic moment at the United Nations when it voted in 2010 to affirm water and sanitation as a human right.
U.N. Urged to Reaffirm Reproductive Rights in Post-2015 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - The U.N.'s post-2015 development agenda has been described as the most far-reaching and comprehensive development-related endeavour ever undertaken by the world body.
OPINION: Step Up Efforts Against Hunger
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 19 (IPS) - At the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS), heads of government and the international community committed themselves to reducing the number of hungry people in the world by half. Five years later, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) lowered this level of ambition by only seeking to halve the proportion of the hungry.
Geographical Divide in Maternal Health for Syrian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
DOHUK, Iraq, Sep 19 (IPS) - At the largest refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan, young Syrian mothers and pregnant women are considered relatively lucky.
New Fund to Build on “Unprecedented Convergence” Around Land Rights
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 18 (IPS) - Starting next year, a new grant-making initiative will aim to fill what organisers say has been a longstanding gap in international coordination and funding around the recognition of community land rights.
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