Global IssuesNews headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 47
Women Warriors Winning Fight to Bring Back Indigenous Food Traditions
- Inter Press Service
SHILLONG & BHUBANESWAR, India, Jun 25 (IPS) - As the school lunch bell goes off, 40 eager little bodies—41 if you count the school dog—burst out onto the veranda. Awaiting them are a stack of steel platters, into which will be ladled a nutritious and delicious lunch, all of it indigenous cuisine.
Germanys Climate Envoy Talks Partnerships with SIDS; Urges G20 Nations to Step Up Emissions Reductions
- Inter Press Service
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, Jun 25 (IPS) - Germany’s State Secretary and Special Envoy on International Climate Action, Jennifer Morgan, has emphasized the need for urgent climate action and called on G20 nations to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Over three million preventable deaths per year due to alcohol and drug use
- UN News
Over three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found. Of these deaths, 2.6 million were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for nearly five per cent of all deaths, with the highest numbers in the WHO European Region and African Region.
The World Bank Must Double Its Fund for the Poorest Nations like Mine to Tackle Hunger Crisis
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Malawi, Jun 21 (IPS) - After El Niño-induced floods and devastating drought, roughly two in five people in Malawi – a country of some 20 million people – are now facing the looming prospect of acute hunger by the end of the year.
Unveiling the Dark Matter of Food, Diets and Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
Jun 20 (IPS) - This year, bee pollen has become a trendy superfood thanks to a wide range of potential benefits. Last year, sea moss led the superfood trends. Before that, it was turmeric.
Food Insecurity - Haiti: A Call To Action for All Caribbean and Latin American Countries
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jun 20 (IPS) - Although the most recent evidence shows signs of improvement in food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean, the data reveal a worrying upward trend in Haiti and sectors of the subregion.
Peoples' Climate Vote Shows Global Support for Stronger Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Jun 20 (IPS) - The global public opinion research on climate change reveals that 80 percent, or four out of five, of people globally want their governments to take stronger action to tackle the climate crisis.
New Caledonia: Time to Talk about Decolonisation
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 20 (IPS) - The violence that rocked New Caledonia last month has subsided. French President Emmanuel Macron has recently announced the suspension of changes to voting rights in the Pacific island nation, annexed by his country in 1853. His attempt to introduce these changes sparked weeks of violence.
Global foreign investment declines for second year as geopolitical tensions rise, UN trade body reports
- UN News
Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by two per cent to $1.3 trillion in 2023 amid global economic slowdown and rising geopolitical tensions, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD.
Government Debt Is Symptom, Not Cause
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 20 (IPS) - Developing country governments are being blamed for irresponsibly borrowing too much. The resulting debt stress has blocked investments and growth in this unequal and unfair world economic order.
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