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Global Goals2015-11-302023-07-10

Entwicklung: UN-Generalsekretär fordert neuen Marshall-Plan für Konfliktstaaten

Von Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN/NEW YORK (IDN) – Während Europa und die USA eine hoch emotionale Debatte über internationalen Terrorismus führen und Bestrafungsaktionen durchführen – wobei der französische Präsident François Hollande erklärt, dass “Frankreich sich im Krieg befindet” – wirken die Ausführungen von UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki-moon weitaus rationaler. Bekanntermaßen arbeitet er an einem umfassenden Aktionsplan zur Verhütung von gewaltbereitem Extremismus, der im nächsten Jahr der UN-Vollversammlung vorgestellt werden soll.

Global Goals2015-11-302023-07-10

Costa Rica: Mit Aufforstung und Artenschutz zum ersten klimaneutralen Staat

Von Fabíola Ortiz

SAN JOSE (IDN) – Naturschützer und Wissenschaftler wollen aus Costa Rica einen riesigen Naturpark machen. Der Schutz der Artenvielfalt und die Wiederaufforstung von Wäldern würden nicht nur den lokalen Gemeinschaften wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung ermöglichen, sondern das Land auch seinem Ziel näher bringen, die erste klimaneutrale Volkswirtschaft der Welt zu werden.

Climate Action2015-11-292023-07-10

Thinking or Not Thinking About Tomorrow

BERLIN (IDN) – A series of interviews with the German Economic Affairs and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel and with leading representatives of energy industries of the country, broadcast by the German public television network in run-up to COP21 in Paris, seemed to prove what critics of climate change conferences often claim: The governments of industrialised countries model their opinions and policies on the criteria laid down by private businesses.

Climate Change2015-11-292023-07-10

Thinking or Not Thinking About Tomorrow

By Julio Godoy* | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis

GLOBAL ISSUES2015-11-272023-07-10

79-Nation ACP Group Set to Become a Global Player

By Ramesh Jaura | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis


Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama	Lesotho Finance Minister Dr. ‘Mamphono Khaketla	ACP Secretary General Dr Patrick I. Gomes

BERLIN | BRUSSELS (IDN) – The 79-nation group of Afrian, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries is determined to become a global player within and outside the United Nations system and at the same time bring the Brussels-based Secretariat closer to the seven ACP regions by participating in regional summits, on-going discussions within the group reveal.

ACP Group of States2015-11-272023-07-10

79-Nation ACP Group Set to Become a Global Player


Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama	Lesotho Finance Minister Dr. ‘Mamphono Khaketla	ACP Secretary General Dr Patrick I. Gomes

Climate Action2015-11-262023-07-10

Climate Summit An Opportunity for Accelerating Transformation

TORONTO (IDN) – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) expects the twenty-first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – from November 30 to December 11 in Paris – to be a “turning point”.

It expects COP21 to send “a loud and clear signal to citizens, markets and the private sector that the transformation of the global economy is inevitable, beneficial, and already underway”.

Governments from around the world are meeting in Paris to reach a new climate change agreement that aims to keep global average temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) – the level beyond which there will be irreversible impacts.

GLOBAL ISSUES2015-11-262023-07-10

Huge Sporting Events Must Uphold Human Rights

By OHCHR* | IDN-InDepthNews Feature

GENEVA (IDN) – A human rights based approach to mega sporting events would not just generate good on and off the playing field, but it would also help generate certainty for sponsors, said Brent Wilton, Global Director, Workplace Rights and Human Rights for Coca Cola.

“We want to make sure that when people are inside that stadium and that event kicks off and there is happiness inside, that the people who are outside that stadium are not worse off by not having had their rights respected,” he said.

Wilton was one of several speakers during a panel discussion on identifying solutions to key human rights challenges associated with huge sporting events.

Global Goals2015-11-262023-07-10

Asien: Erneuerbare Energien können Wachstum in Schwellenländern stützen

Von Krishan Dutt

KUALA LUMPUR (IDN) – Bei der künftigen Entwicklung in Südostasien, China und Indien werden erneuerbare Energien aller Voraussicht nach eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Das geht aus einem gemeinsamen Bericht des in Paris ansässigen Entwicklungszentrums der Organisation für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OSZE), der UN-Wirtschafts- und Sozialkommission für Asien und den Pazifikraum (ESCAP) und des Asiatischen Entwicklungsbankinstituts hervor, der den asiatischen Schwellenländern für 2015 und die folgenden fünf Jahre ein robustes Wachstum vorhersagt.

GLOBAL ISSUES2015-11-262023-07-10

The Gap between Rhetoric and Reality – Human vs Military Security

By Roberto Savio* | IDN-InDepthNews Viewpoint

ROME (IDN) – The downing of a Russian jet on November 24 by Turkey near the Syrian border will complicate even more the mess surrounding Syria.

Putin has called Turkey an “accomplice of terrorists”, and has denounced that the oil extracted by the Islamic State (ISIS), which is vital for its finances, is sold through Turkey, This was an open secret, as it is an open secret that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are in fact financing Sunni terrorism.

Meanwhile, France is pushing for military support from European partners. British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised support, and has announced a 16.8 billion pound increase in Britain’s defence budget, while at the same time cutting public spending costs, including for education and health.