Global IssuesNews headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 3
COP 16 Conference made Key Steps Towards a More Just Transition for Indigenous Peoples & Peasant Communities
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar 03 (IPS) - With global temperatures continuing to break records and every global indicator of the health of the natural world showing decline, the need to quickly move away from fossil fuels and environmentally destructive practices has never been more apparent. But as has often been pointed out, how this ‘green transition’ is achieved matters.
The Gates to Paradise Are Closing
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Feb 28 (IPS) - In 2020, a historic announcement emerged from the Global Trafficking in Persons Report, an annual assessment that evaluates human exploitation in 129 countries. For the first time, the world witnessed a 13% decrease in the number of victims. For those of us who fight against this heinous crime, it felt as if a door to paradise had opened—an Eden where no human being is for sale.
Water Supply Issues Keep Flowing in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Feb 28 (IPS) - Problems such as hydraulic network breakdowns, water lost through leaks, power outages, and even fuel shortages are making access to water supply services difficult for the population in Cuba
Looming Tariffs Threaten Food Supplies
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Feb 28 (IPS) - Who bears the brunt in trade wars? The answer is absolutely everyone. Not just the countries enacting or retaliating with tariffs and export bans, and not just the citizens of those countries. Its everyone.
U.S. Passes on UN Ukraine Resolution amid the Humanitarian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (IPS) - From late 2024 to early 2025, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine has taken a turn for the worst, with poverty, violence, displacement, and damage to critical infrastructures having grown in intensity. Following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, tensions have grown among member states of the United Nations (UN) on how to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian War.
African Leaders Challenged To Unite Against Energy Transition Mineral Oppressors
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 27 (IPS) - Renewable energy and climate change activists have challenged African heads of state to take a united stance to safeguard essential mineral resources, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other parts of the continent, which are selfishly exploited by foreign miners with disregard for poverty-stricken local communities.
20 Years of the WHO FCTC: It’s Time to Make Big Tobacco Pay
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Philippines / PANAMA CITY, Panama, Feb 27 (IPS) - The world took a historic step in the fight against tobacco when the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) came into force—the first legally binding global health treaty of its kind.
Hortolandia Emerges as an Energy and Environmental City in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
HORTOLANDIA, Brazil, Feb 26 (IPS) - Almost everything seems new or under construction in the southern Brazilian city of Hortolandia, from its wide avenues and cable-stayed bridge to its large buildings and riverside parks.
Life-Changing Quarry Mining Shatters Lives in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 26 (IPS) - On Christmas Day in 2022, 27-year-old Thabani Dlodlo’s eight-year-old son drowned in a flooded pit dug up by quarry miners in the vicinity of Pumula North, a high-density suburb in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city.
How AI Can Help Both Tax Collectors and Taxpayers
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Feb 26 (IPS) - New technologies have the potential to improve the relationship between governments and citizens. Tax portals, customs IT systems and online services have simplified interactions with public authorities, reduced bureaucratic hurdles, and increased transparency. Now, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is emerging as the next transformative force.
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