News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1092
OPINION: Put People Power Back at Centre of Citizen Action
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 07 (IPS) - A few weeks ago, I co-signed perhaps the most import open letter of my career. It was an open provocation to my fellow activists and colleagues, to the members of our organisation, and to all those who, like me, earn their living in the civil society sector.
Schools Open In Iraqi Kurdistan ... But for Refugees Not Students
- Inter Press Service
ERBIL, Iraq, Oct 07 (IPS) - "We had ten minutes to leave our hometown," says 33-year-old Kamal Faris who, together with his entire family, was forced to flee the threat of Islamic State (IS) fighters approaching his village.
U.S. Anti-ISIL Strategy Drawing Growing Scepticism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 07 (IPS) - Hopes that the strategy announced by President Barack Obama a month ago against the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) might yield a relatively quick victory have disappeared amidst growing fears that the U.S.-led air campaign has at most only slowed the radical group's advance.
U.S. Investigation into Illegal Timber Imports a “Sea Change”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 07 (IPS) - A year after a U.S. company was accused of engaging in the systematic importing of flooring made from illegally harvested timber, pressure is mounting on federal agencies currently investigating the allegations.
OPINION: Planet Racing Towards Catastrophe and Politics Just Looking On
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 06 (IPS) - If ever there was a need to prove that we are faced with a total lack of global governance, the U.N. Climate Summit, extraordinarily called by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sep. 23, makes a very good case.
Humanity Failing the Earth’s Ecosystems
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Oct 06 (IPS) - In pure numbers, the past few decades have been marked by destruction: over the last 40 years, Earth has lost 52 percent of its wild animals; nearly 17 percent of the world's forests have been felled in the last half-century; freshwater ecosystems have witnessed a 75-percent decline in animal populations since 1970; and nearly 95 percent of coral reefs are today threatened by pollution, coastal development and overfishing.
Sustaining the Future Through Culture
- Inter Press Service
FLORENCE, Oct 04 (IPS) - International experts working in the creative sector are calling for governments to recognise the integral role that culture plays in development and to ensure that culture is a part of the post-2015 United Nations development goals, to be discussed next year.
Q&A: “The Battle Continues”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - The Programme of Action adopted at the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) included chapters that defined concrete actions covering some 44 dimensions of population and development, including the need to provide for women and girls during times of conflict, the urgency of investments in young people's capabilities, and the importance of women's political participation and representation.
OPINION: Less Hunger in the World and the Challenge for the Media
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 03 (IPS) - It is common belief that good news is less interesting for the general public than bad news; this is why media coverage tends to focus on catastrophic events and disasters, both natural and man-made.
New Global Declaration “Insufficient” to Tackle Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 03 (IPS) - Heads of state, civil society groups and the leaders of some of the world's largest companies this week urged their peers to sign on to a landmark new global agreement aimed at halting deforestation by 2030, even as others are warning the accord is too lax.
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