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AFRICA: Climate Change Worsening Farming’s Trade-Related Woes
Numerous research institutes and international organisations agree that climate change will in the short and medium term worsen Africa's agriculture and food production capabilities, unless greenhouse gases emissions (GHE) are substantially reduced and adequate trade and investment policies put in place.GERMANY: Muslims Targeted Again
Immigrants and foreigners were again targeted through the election campaign last month by right-wing politicians looking to win votes through racist statements.GERMANY: Crisis Shackles New Govt
The economic crisis looks set to reduce the new government's commitments in development and environmental policy.G20: Stiglitz and Sen Come In Too Late
A new report on Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress presented earlier this month in Paris by Nobel prize winners Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen is a late, and quite modest contribution to an old debate, many experts say.CLIMATE CHANGE: Rising Seas Demand Better Family Planning
A rising population and climate change need to be considered together in an integrated policy, experts demanded at a forum on sexual and reproductive health and development held in Berlin Sep. 2-4.DEVELOPMENT: Dying at Childbirth Every Minute
Fifteen years after 179 nations agreed to implement a plan of action on sexual health, a woman still dies every minute because of inadequate pregnancy and birth services, according to the World Health Organisation.EUROPE: Socialists Sinking Between Left and Right
The rise of The Left party in regional elections in Germany may signal a rearrangement at the cost of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), political analysts say.EUROPE: Wind Becomes More Energising
The 12 giant wind turbines tower more than 100 metres above the sea, some 50 kilometres north of Borkum island in the North Sea close to the border with the Netherlands.GERMANY: Terror Plot Emerges as Secret Service Game
It was announced as a terror plot busted. German police had captured three young Muslim men in the small village Medebach-Oberschledor, some 450 km southwest of Berlin Sep. 4 in 2007. The police declared they had seized 730 kilograms of hydrogen peroxide, enough to make 550 kg of explosives.CLIMATE CHANGE: ’15 Days to Copenhagen’
The disappointing results of negotiations in Bonn last week are indication that industrialised countries are unwilling to make substantial contributions to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.NIGER: Foreign Investments in Uranium Polluting Politics
The reform of Niger's constitution to allow president Mamadou Tandja to remain in power beyond his original mandate and even become president for life, was motivated by the hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into the West African country as a consequence of opaque foreign, especially French, investments in the local uranium mines.GERMANY: Opposition Builds Up Over Afghanistan
German writers and philosophers have begun to condemn military intervention in Afghanistan as an "invasion", a "mistake", and a "delusion".ECONOMY: Bonuses Rise With Losses
European banks are back to paying high bonuses to managers despite their heavy losses. But this time most of the money is coming out of taxpayers' pockets.EUROPE: Roma Dead Less Remembered
A ceremony at Auschwitz Sunday to commemorate the half a million Sinti and Roma killed by the Nazis became a reminder of the threats these people continue to face across Europe.GERMANY: Nuclear Power Fails, And Nobody Notices
Seven German nuclear plants have failed to generate any electricity this month due to technical breakdowns. They have about half the production capacity of Germany's 17 nuclear reactors, but Germany did not suffer any power shortages.ENERGY: African Sun may Light up European Homes
Twelve German companies have drawn up ambitious plans to meet at least 15 percent of the European electricity demand by 2020 from solar thermal power plants installed in the North African Maghreb region.MEDIA: African Journalists Reject EU-sponsored Observatory
A project to create a Pan-African Media Observatory (PAMO), sponsored by the European Union in cooperation with the African union, has been rejected by numerous African journalist organisations.WORLD-TRADE: "Make Doha Round About Development Again"
The present global economic crisis and the need to reform the international financial architecture should encourage a return to the original focus on development in the international negotiations on agriculture, trade and development, also known as the Doha Round, according to two economists studying the issue.ENERGY: Germany Gets Some Nuclear Jolts
The faults at the nuclear plant at Kruemmel near Hamburg surfaced just three days after Chancellor Angela Merkel declared nuclear energy "indispensable" to Germany.AFRICA: FAO Paper On Land Grab Is "Wishy-Washy"
The boom in the acquisition of arable land in Africa by foreign companies and governments has stirred an international debate between international institutions such as the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and non-governmental groups and independent experts.
Q&A: Water Scarcity Threatens Half the Planet
If the world's governments fail to reach an immediate agreement on how to manage water resources by 2030, half the planet's population will not have enough water to survive, scientist Jonathan Baillie told Tierramérica.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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