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Money, Knowledge and Controversy in Brazil’s Development Bank
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 08 (IPS) - Brazil's rush to build hydroelectric dams, refineries, railways, ports and other megaprojects since the last decade, not only at home but in other countries as well, has been fueled by the sheer volume of financing from its development bank.
Opinion: The Road to Paris and the Path to Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Aug 07 (IPS) - Renewable energy is now being seen by many people around the world as a cost-effective development solution both for developed and developing nations. Countries have slowly been realising that the use of coal and the huge amount of carbon emissions it generates harms the environment and impacts our daily activities.
Obama Takes Lead on Climate Change Ahead of U.N. Talks in Paris
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - This week, U.S. President Barack Obama formally unveiled the details of his Clean Power Plan (CPP), a comprehensive carbon-cutting strategy he described as "the biggest and most important step…ever taken to combat climate change" in a prior video address posted on Facebook.
Unique Alliance Between Gauchos and Environmentalists Protects Argentina’s Pampas
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 07 (IPS) - The traditions of Argentina's gauchos or cowboys have joined together with modern agricultural technology in a unique alliance between stockbreeders and environmentalists aimed at preserving biodiversity in the pampas, boosting productivity, and enhancing the flavour of this South America's country's famous beef.
U.N. Post-2015 Development Agenda Adopted Amidst Closed-Door Deals
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - At about a quarter to seven on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 2, the member states of the United Nations adopted the post-2015 development agenda outcome document, titled "Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda."
Trans Fat Substitute May Lead to More Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 06 (IPS) - Following growing concerns in the United States about the risks of trans fat since 1999, demand for palm oil, a cheap substitute for trans fat, more than doubled over the last decade and is expected to increase, eliciting concerns about deforestation in several Southeast Asian countries that provide 85 percent of the world's palm oil.
Opinion: No Aid, No Tax, No Development
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 05 (IPS) - The Addis Ababa Action Agenda is widely seen as a major disappointment for developing countries as well as others hoping for adequate means of implementation to realise national development ambitions and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
U.N. Taps Private Sector to Fund Development, Advocate Social Causes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 05 (IPS) - When the United Nations seeks outside financial assistance either for development needs or to advocate social causes, it invariably turns to the private sector these days.
Humanitarian Crisis Looming Over Venezuela, Says ICG
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Aug 05 (IPS) - A Brussels-based think-tank has warned Venezuela of an impending humanitarian calamity in tandem with growing political instability.
Fish Farming Now a Big Hit in Africa
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 05 (IPS) - Hillary Thompson, aged 62, throws some grains of left-over rice from his last meal, mixed with some beer dregs from his sorghum brew, into a swimming pool that he has converted into a fish pond.
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