Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Peter Newell * BRIGHTON, United Kingdom, Nov 22, 2011 (Tierramérica) – Carbon markets are under attack on all sides, despite ongoing faith in their ability to deliver meaningful reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs). As the Durban climate summit approaches and as the first commitment period of the [...]
Millions Stand to Benefit from Farmers’ Co-ops
November 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22, 2011 (IPS) – The 925 million people who went hungry in 2010 are just one facet of an ever-worsening food security crisis. Both food producers and consumers face the consequences of price volatility and unsustainable agricultural practices – challenges that leave [...]
Survival Fear Stalks Millions in West Africa
November 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsReport NAIROBI (IDN) – Massive leasing of lands, which the government of Mali justifies with the need to "modernize" the country’s agriculture, is threatening the survival of populations dependent on the water flows of the Niger River in Mali and in the rest of [...]
The Tale of Two Cleaned Up Asian Cities
November 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Taro Ichikawa IDN-InDepth NewsFeature DALIAN (IDN) – The partner cities of Dalian in Northern China and Kitakyushu in Western Japan have distinguished themselves as dedicated proponents of pollution control and clean environment. Back in the 1960s and 1970s the two cities were severely polluted by heavy industry [...]
EL SALVADOR: Giving Young Slum Dwellers a Chance
November 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Edgardo Ayala SAN SALVADOR, Nov 18, 2011 (IPS) – In a country where hard-line policies have failed to make a dent in soaring levels of violent crime, Salesian priest José María Moratalla has produced good results by offering educational and vocational opportunities to juvenile offenders and young [...]
CENTRAL ASIA: Together They Lose
November 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Christopher Pala ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Nov 18, 2011 (IPS) – Rarely have so many donor countries spent so much for so long to achieve so little. In fact, the scores of Western countries ranging from the Netherlands to the United States that have tried for 20 years to [...]
World’s Biggest Hydropower Scheme Will Leave Africans in the Dark
November 15, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN , Nov 15, 2011 (IPS) – South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to build a major hydroelectric power project, which is said to bring electricity to more than half of the continent’s 900 million people. But economic [...]
IEA Report Advises Governments to Embrace Renewables and Nuclear
November 15, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Originally Published on Oilprice.com By. John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com The good news is that on 8 November the International Energy Agency released its 2011 “World Energy Outlook.” While it will cheer nuclear advocates, overall the report makes for grim reading. Pulling no punches, the report states at the outset, [...]
ARGENTINA: Needs Outstrip Efforts to Build Affordable Housing
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Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12, 2011 (IPS) – The Argentine economy has grown steadily since 2003, and hundreds of thousands of social housing units have been built. Nevertheless, the protests and conflicts that periodically break out make it clear that the solutions have failed to keep [...]
Eurozone Crisis Could Spill Over into Developing World
August 15, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Aug 15, 2011 (IPS) – When the global economy was hit by a severe recession in 2008- 2009, the negative fallout impacted heavily on the world’s developing nations, hindering the U.N.’s key development goals, including plans for the elimination of extreme poverty and [...]
