Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 253
Unsung Heroes of Rural Resilience
- Inter Press Service
PEMBA, Southern Zambia, Apr 22 (IPS) - In scorching heat, Ellen Kacha, inspects her almost failed maize crop, which now looks promising after a rare occurrence this season -- normal rainfall for at least two weeks.
Climate: Africa’s Human Existence Is at Severe Risk
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 21 (IPS) - "Africa's human existence and development is under threat from the adverse impacts of climate change – its population, ecosystems and unique biodiversity will all be the major victims of global climate change."
OPINION: Breaking the Grip of Rimbunan Hijau over Papua New Guinea
- Inter Press Service
OAKLAND, Apr 20 (IPS) - James Sze Yuan Lau and Ivan Su Chiu Lu must be extremely busy men. Together, they are listed as directors of some 30 companies involved in various activities and services related to logging or agribusiness in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The former is the managing director of Rimbunan Hijau (RH) PNG and son-in-law of RH's founder Tiong Hiew King; the latter is executive director of RH PNG Ltd.. All but two of these 30 companies have the same registered address at 479 Kennedy Road, in the national capital, Port Moresby–the headquarter of the RH group in the country.
Champions of Hygiene
- Inter Press Service
NAKURU, Kenya, Apr 20 (IPS) - Lydia Abuya, a tenant living in the Kaptembwa informal settlement west of Nakuru town, leaves one of the six on-plot toilets. She returns with a pail of water to splash away the waste.
Opinion: The Empire’s New Clothes? Conjuring Growth from the TPP
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 19 (IPS) - While the main US motivation for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been to counter China's influence in the region, it has also been used to undermine the Doha ‘Development' Round of trade negotiations to better advance politically influential US corporate interests. Hence, it has become all the more necessary to legitimize the TPP in terms of its ostensible benefits. Touted as a ‘gold standard' 21st century trade deal, it is nonetheless necessary to ascertain what gains can really be expected and whether these exceed its costs.
Developing countries left out of global tax decisions
- Inter Press Service
, Apr 19 (IPS) - Over one hundred developing countries continue to be left out of global tax cooperation negotiations despite leaks such as the Panama papers showing the high cost of tax avoidance.
Climate Change and the Middle East (II)<br> No Water in the Kingdom of the Two Seas—Nor Elsewhere
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 18 (IPS) - There is an oil producing country situated in the Gulf region, made of a cluster of islands. It is small, surface and population wise. But it holds the dubious privilege of ranking top of the list of 14 out of the 33 countries most likely to be water-stressed in the year 2040.
Climate Change (I)<br>Will the Middle East Become ‘Uninhabitable’?
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 18 (IPS) - This is not about any alarming header—it is the dramatic conclusion of several scientific studies about the on-going climate change impact on the Middle East region, particularly in the Gulf area. The examples are stark.
Innovations Boost Income for Women Rice Farmers
- Inter Press Service
MALANVILLE, Benin, Apr 18 (IPS) - Salabanya Tabaitou no longer squints from the irritating wood smoke each time she has to parboil her rice paddy.
Now Tabaitou feeds logs into a chute of a specially designed brick stove with a chimney that draws away the smoke. The stove with a stainless steel parboiling vessel cooks her rice in 20 minutes - something she would have spent two hours doing using the traditional method.
Maquilas Help Drive Industrialisation in Paraguay
- Inter Press Service
ASUNCION, Apr 16 (IPS) - "There were cases of people who stopped coming to work after receiving their first wages and then came back a few days later to ask if there was more work," because they were used to casual work in the informal economy, said Ivonne Ginard.
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