Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 307
OPINION: To Conserve Arctic Species, Take Action in Africa
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Dic 04 (IPS) - So great are the contrasts between the frozen empty expanses of the far north and Africa's baking deserts, steamy rain forests and savannahs that any direct connections between the two seem far-fetched - if they indeed exist at all.
Climate Finance Flowing, But for Many, the Well Remains Dry
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 04 (IPS) - For more than 10 years, Mildred Crawford has been "a voice in the wilderness" crying out on behalf of rural women in agriculture.
Africa Laments as Kyoto Protocol Hangs in Limbo
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 03 (IPS) - African countries fought hard for the Kyoto Protocol not to die on African soil at the 2011 Climate Change Conference in South Africa, but they say it is now languishing in limbo because developed countries are taking what they called "baby steps" towards ratification of the Doha Amendment that gave it a new lease of life.
OPINION: Japan's Misuse of Climate Funds for Dirty Coal Plants Exposed
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 03 (IPS) - World governments gathered in Lima, Peru for the latest round of U.N. climate negotiations should have finance on their mind.
Football Stars Join ‘Africa United’ Campaign to Stop Spread of Ebola
- Inter Press Service
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Dic 03 (IPS) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has joined a number of football stars, celebrities, international health organisations and corporations in the ‘Africa United' global health communications campaign aimed at preventing the spread of Ebola in West Africa.
Will Rollout of Green Technologies Get a Boost at Lima Climate Summit?
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 02 (IPS) - The road towards a green economy is paved with both reward and risk, and policymakers must seek to balance these out if the transition to low-carbon fuel sources is to succeed on the required scale, climate experts say.
Ebola Overshadows Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Dic 01 (IPS) - The outbreak of the deadly Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone has dwarfed the campaign against HIV/AIDS, to the extent that patients no longer go to hospitals and treatment centres out of fear of contracting the Ebola virus.
First Phase of Global Fracking Expansion: Ensuring Friendly Legislation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 01 (IPS) - Multinational oil and gas companies are engaged in a quiet but broad attempt to prepare the groundwork for a significant global expansion of shale gas development, according to a study released Monday.
OPINION: Climate Justice Is the Only Way to Solve Our Climate Crisis
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 01 (IPS) - In November, the world's top climate scientists issued their latest warning that the climate crisis is rapidly worsening on a number of fronts, and that we must stop our climate-polluting way of producing energy if we are to stand a chance of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.
HIV Prevention is Failing Young South African Women
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Dic 01 (IPS) - When she found out that she had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Thabisile Mkhize (not her real name) was scared.
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