News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1084
Big Soda Challenged on World Diabetes Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) - Corporations marketing unhealthy foods to poorer consumers are being challenged for their role in the growing global burden of diseases like diabetes.
Polarised Congress Reflects Divided U.S. Public
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 12 (IPS) - Less than 15 percent of U.S. citizens approve of the job that Congress is doing, a 40-year low, and few expect last week's congressional elections to herald a new era of political cooperation.
OPINION: Obstacles to Development Arising from the International System
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Nov 12 (IPS) - As the international community wades into the political discussions regarding the alternatives to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after 2015 and the design of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as mandated by the Rio+20 conference, it is timely to consider the question of whether development is a matter mostly of individual effort on the part of nation-states or whether there are elements in the international economic system that could serve as significant obstacles to national development efforts.
U.N. Chief Eyes Upcoming Summits to Resolve Development Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 (IPS) - The continued widespread economic recession - aggravated by the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa - is threatening to undermine the U.N.'s highly-touted post-2015 development agenda.
Why Are G20 Governments Subsidising Dangerous Climate Change?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Nov 11 (IPS) - Just a week after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gave its starkest warning yet that the vast majority of existing oil, gas and coal reserves need to be kept in the ground, a new report reveals that governments are flagrantly ignoring these warnings and continuing to subsidise exploration for fossil fuels.
Fishing for Peace in Korea
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (IPS) - Environmental problems, by their nature, don't respect borders. Air and sea pollution often affect countries that had nothing to do with their production. Many extreme weather events, like typhoons, strike more than one country. Climate change affects everyone.
As TPP Trade Talks Miss Third Deadline, Opponents Claim Momentum
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (IPS) - For the third year in a row, government negotiators for 12 Pacific Rim countries have missed an internal deadline to reach agreement on a controversial U.S.-led trade deal.
A Fair Climate Treaty or None at All, Jamaica Warns
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov 10 (IPS) - As the clock counts down to the last major climate change meeting of the year, before countries must agree on a definitive new treaty in 2015, a senior United Nations official says members of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) "need to be innovative and think outside the box" if they hope to make progress on key issues.
Trapped Populations – Hostages of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Nov 10 (IPS) - Climate change is projected by many scientists to bring with it a range of calamities – from widespread floods, to prolonged heatwaves and slowly but relentlessly rising seas – taking the heaviest toll on those already most vulnerable.
Q&A: Emerging Powers Have a Key Role in Peace and Security
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 10 (IPS) - Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser currently heads the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Between 2011-2012 he was president of the General Assembly, setting the agenda for debate in the assembly during the Arab Spring.
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