Global IssuesNews headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 21
Agroecology: The Game-Changing Solution to Global Food, Climate and Conflict Crises
- Inter Press Service
TURIN, Italy, Oct 08 (IPS) - Edward Mukiibi, President of Slow Food, champions agroecology as a transformative answer to the world's most pressing crises: food insecurity, climate change, and violent conflicts.
Continued Hostilities in Gaza Threaten the Second Round of Polio Vaccinations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 08 (IPS) - Over the past two months, the polio epidemic in Gaza has slowly mitigated due to response efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN). The first round of the polio vaccination campaign has been largely successful, with around 506,000 children having been immunized. If the Israel authorities allow for further humanitarian pauses, the second round is expected to begin on October 14. However, health officials are concerned that this will be more difficult than expected due to the continuance of deadly attacks in the past few weeks.
Artificial intelligence: rooting out bias and stereotypes
- UN News
As online tools using various forms of artificial intelligence become increasingly common, calls are growing for more action to ensure that they do not create or perpetuate stereotypes and gender bias.
Biogas, a Circular Energy, Advances in Brazil Thanks to Local Arrangements
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 07 (IPS) - "I don't know of a more sustainable technology for the transformation of society than biogas," said Professor Alex Enrich-Prast, an activist for this energy alternative with a highly diversified and decentralised expansion in Brazil.
Empowering Change & Resilience: Social Protection in the Age of Megatrends
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 07 (IPS) - Social protection systems are essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
However, social protection is insufficient across Asia and the Pacific, and the region is at risk from megatrends: climate change, demographic shifts and digitalization. Tens of millions of people have been pushed into extreme poverty since COVID-19, reversing past gains, and many millions more live precariously just above the poverty line.
To Put a Stop to Siphoning off Money, Start with Data
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 04 (IPS) - Khalid Saifullah, Fellow, Save Bangladesh USA Inc.The commonly used Bangla phrase for siphoning off money out of the country – "taka pachar" – is rather misleading. Because taka, the Bangladeshi currency, is never taken out of Bangladesh. It's not useful anywhere else. What goes out is its equivalence in foreign currencies, especially, US dollars. The technical term for such criminal act is Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Mistakenly, sometimes IFFs are referred to as money laundering – a processing of criminal proceeds to disguise their illegal origin.
Why Africa Should Embrace Territorial Markets to Withstand Climate Shocks and Crises
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Oct 04 (IPS) - African policymakers, local leaders and the private sector have been asked to create an enabling environment that will help African traders and farmer folks build reliable systems for food security and resilience through territorial markets.
Dominican Republic Orders the Expulsion of Thousands of Haitian Migrants
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - Over the past few months, the escalation of gang violence and mass displacement in Haiti have been of great concern for humanitarian organizations. Severe levels of armed violence have resulted in significant instability, with food insecurity, sexual violence, civilian casualities, and restricted freedom of movement plaguing the nation. Displacement cases have risen sharply, to the extent that the Dominican Republic has ordered the return of thousands of Haitian migrants.
Will Ukraine Benefit if IMF Ends its Punitive Fees on Debt Burdened Countries?
- Inter Press Service
KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 04 (IPS) - Over the coming month, the United States has a window of opportunity to lift a multi-billion-dollar burden from Ukraine, and other countries in financial distress, without costing the US taxpayer a dime.
The week the world comes to Manhattan: Looking back at UNGA79
- UN News
Every September when UN Headquarters in New York is swamped – massive motorcades, intense security, snipers on rooftops and world leaders descending along with throngs of diplomats, media and celebrities – it’s not easy to grasp what exactly is going on or what was achieved.
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