Global Issues
News headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”, page 445
Africa’s Rural Women Must Count in Water Management
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 26 (IPS) - More women's voices are being heard at international platforms to address the post-2015 water agenda, as witnessed at the recently concluded international U.N International Water Conference held from Jan. 15 to 17 in Zaragoza, Spain.
Renewables Can Benefit Water, Energy and Food Nexus
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 26 (IPS) - With global energy needs projected to increase by 35 percent by 2035, a new report says meeting this demand could increase water withdrawals in the energy sector unless more cost effective renewable energy sources are deployed in power, water and food production.
Not Without Our Daughters: Lambada Women Fight Infanticide and Child Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
CHANDAMPET, India, Jan 26 (IPS) - At 11 years of age, Banawat Gangotri already has four years of work experience as a farm labourer. The child, a member of the nomadic Lambada community from the village of Bugga Thanda in India's southern Telangana state, plucked cotton and chillies from nine a.m. until 5 p.m. for about a dollar daily.
Aboriginal Businesses Stimulate Positive Change in Australia
- Inter Press Service
MOSSMAN, Queensland, Australia, Jan 26 (IPS) - Roy Roger Gibson, an indigenous Kuku Yalanji elder, would watch thousands of tourists and vehicles trampling his pristine land while working on the sugarcane fields in Far North Queensland. His people were suffering and their culture was being eroded. The native wildlife was disappearing. He dreamt of turning this around.
After Nine Years of Foot-Dragging, U.N. Ready for Talks on High Seas Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 (IPS) - After four days of intense negotiations - preceded by nine years of dilly-dallying - the United Nations has agreed to convene an intergovernmental conference aimed at drafting a legally binding treaty to conserve marine life and govern the mostly lawless high seas beyond national jurisdiction.
OPINION: Greece Gives EU the Chance to Rediscover Its Social Responsibility
- Inter Press Service
COVENTRY, England, Jan 24 (IPS) - The European Union should not be afraid of the leftist opposition party Syriza winning the Greek election, but see it as a chance to rediscover its founding principle - the social dimension that created it and without which it cannot survive.
Obama-Congress Iran Sanctions Battle Goes International
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (IPS) - While it's anyone's guess whether a final deal will be reached over Iran's nuclear programme this year, a number of key international actors have forcefully weighed in on calls from within the U.S. congress to impose more sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
A “Rosetta Stone” for Conducting Biodiversity Assessments
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 (IPS) - This month saw an important milestone reached by the U.N.'s young Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES): Publication of its first public product.
OPINION: Banks, Inequality and Citizens
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 22 (IPS) - Every day we receive striking data on major issues which should create tumult and action, but life goes on as if those data had nothing to do with people's lives.
Africa Needs to Move Forward on Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 22 (IPS) - Diversification of Africa's electricity sources by embarking on renewable energy solutions – such as solar, wind, geothermal and hydro power – is being heralded as a solution to the continent's energy poverty.
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