Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 251
WFO Calls for Farmer-Centred Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 09 (IPS) - Over 600 delegates representing at least 570 million farms scattered around the world gathered in Zambia from May 4-7 under the umbrella of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) to discuss climate change, land tenure, innovations and capacity building as four pillars on which to build agricultural development.
Farmers Can Weather Climate Change – With Financing
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 06 (IPS) - Merian Kalala, a farmer in Solwezi, capital of the North-Western Province of Zambia, knows firsthand that climate change is posing massive problems for agricultural productivity.
No Farmers, No Food — True But Not Enough
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, May 06 (IPS) - Agriculture is the primary sector of all economies. It is the sector responsible for granting food and nutrition security to all human beings. Consequently it is responsible for social stability and health. And it provides work opportunities to families, men, women and youth, and largely contributes to the country Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
An Inclusive and Sustainable Approach to Rural Electrification in India: Case of Decentralized Renewable Systems
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, May 06 (IPS) - The Declaration of 2014- 2024 as the ‘Decade of Sustainable Energy for All' by the United Nations (UN) is a clear manifestation of the importance attached to energy in the process of development. Setting ‘Universal Access to Energy' as one of the goals of UN's ‘SE4All' initiative is reiteration of the fact that access to energy constitutes an essential ingredient in the process of economic development of any country. This underscores the complex and inextricable link that exists between energy and sustainable development.
Religious Leaders Can End Harmful Cultural Practices & Advance Women’s Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
, May 05 (IPS) - Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Farmers Hold Keys to Ending Poverty, Hunger, FAO Says
- Inter Press Service
LIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 05 (IPS) - With recent data showing that 793 million people still go to bed hungry, ending hunger and poverty in 15 years is the next development challenge that world leaders have set for themselves.
The Waves of the Pacific Are on Chile’s Energy Horizon
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 04 (IPS) - Chile, a country with 6,435 km of Pacific Ocean coast line, could find in wave and tidal power a solution to its need to diversify its energy mix.
New Generation Aims to Plug Africa's Research Deficit
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, May 04 (IPS) - The tonnes of uncollected garbage piling up on the streets of her home in Cairo was a brain wave for Sherien Elagroudy.
Grilled for a Retweet: Press Freedom in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 02 (IPS) - In early January, Judith Akolo, a journalist with the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, found herself in unfamiliar territory when she was summoned and grilled by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for retweeting a Twitter message.
Media Freedom in Africa Remains Under Attack
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 30 (IPS) - Imagine a world without the media, where we have no verified information about what's going on around us. Where everything is hearsay and gossip, where there are no trusted sources of information. It would be hard to operate in a world like that: to make decisions about what to do about the things that affect our lives.
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