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Issue No. 285 (May 2014)
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COVER:
Time is running out to combat climate change
New
UN report sheds light on worsening climate crisis
The climate crisis is more acute than previously reported and mitigation
measures are necessary to avert a disaster.
By Martin Khor
A
roadmap for survival
The latest UN report on addressing climate change reflects a strong
Western bias, but it's the most comprehensive tool we've got.
By Oscar
Reyes
Contentious
issues at the Berlin climate change meeting
Some contentious issues arose at the UN climate change meeting in
Berlin.
By Meena Raman
Developing
countries express reservations over UN climate change report
The latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
was not without its biases and flaws.
By Meena Raman
IPCC
report warns of 'growing adaptation deficit'
An IPCC report found a lack of adequate resources to adapt to the
growing impacts of climate change.
By Carey
L Biron
Carbon
dioxide concentrations in atmosphere reach record level
The average level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has exceeded
400 parts per million for an entire month.
By Indrajit
Bose
Ice
picks: Five pieces of ice news revealing Earth's ice cover is in serious
decline
The Earth's vast ice sheets are diminishing at an alarming speed.
By Roz Pidcock
The
monsoon conundrum
Climate change expected to exacerbate extreme weather events is
happening, warn studies, and will only worsen.
By Indrajit
Bose
US
House of Representatives votes to deny climate science
While people all over the world are waking up to the realities of
climate change, and as the US is more frequently experiencing extreme
weather events, the US House of Representatives has gone out on a limb.
By Ryan Koronowski
ECOLOGY
Over
76% of the seed market is now patented by corporations
Just six companies in the world have patented most of the seeds
grown in the entire global agricultural market.
By Christina Sarich
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ECONOMICS
The
perils of financial freedom
China's current leadership should be under no illusion that free
markets are a panacea for the financial sector.
By Adair Turner
Don't
call Turkey mine disaster an accident - privatisation made it inevitable
In May, an explosion at a coal mine in a Turkish village caused
301 workers to be killed in what was the worst mine disaster in the
country's history.
By Erinç Yeldan
With
friends like the IMF and EU, Ukraine doesn't need enemies
Kiev may face disillusionment with Europe if it follows austerity
prescriptions.
By Mark Weisbrot
WORLD AFFAIRS
Saudi
Arabia, militarism and new conflicts
The main problem that Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries face is
not external but much closer to home.
By Farhang
Jahanpour
Nepal:
A young democracy with much to show but still far to go
Nepal deserves attention for its political accomplishments.
By Gabriele
Koehler
HUMAN RIGHTS
Small
farmers' loss of land increases world hunger
Small farmers produce most of the world's food but are now squeezed
onto less than 25% of the world's farmland, a new report reveals.
By Stephen
Leahy
WOMEN
On
the street that's home
Attention is drawn to the sad plight of street girls and mothers
in Egypt.
By Rachel
Williamson
VIEWPOINT
Some
reflections on the Ukraine crisis
While much of the focus of analysis of the Ukraine crisis has been
on the relationship between the West and Russia, the role of the Ukrainian
ruling elite is often ignored.
By T Rajamoorthy
ANNIVERSARY
War:
commemoration against remembering
A campaign has been under way to project the First World War as
a necessary and just war.
By Jeremy Seabrook
POETRY
Vespers
By Rachel Williamson
Teacher,
journalist and former director of Radio Dahomey, Emile Ologoudou
was born in Dahomey (now known as Benin) in June 1935. He has produced
several books of poems.
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