Global Justice http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/ Global (in)justice in the context of globalization, resource conflict, and climate change en Copyright 2007 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:53:27 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules - New York Times

7/31/07 Celia Dugger, NY Times.

Evelyn Hockstein for The New York Times

A woman let water flow into her sorghum plot, part of an American-financed irrigation project in northwestern Kenya. Families were promised corn for their work, but it never arrived. More Photos >


LOKWII, Kenya -- As the United States Congress debates an omnibus farm bill, it is considering a small change that advocates say could make a big difference to the world's hungriest people: allowing the federal government to buy some food in Africa to feed the famished, rather than shipping it all overseas from America.
 
]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/kenyan_farmers_fate_caught_up.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/kenyan_farmers_fate_caught_up.html Globalization Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:53:27 -0800 Hard Times For U.S. Workers Hard Times For U.S. Workers The federal minimum wage recently rose 70 cents, to 5.85 dollars per hour, the first increase in nearly a decade. While the minimum wage has risen, its effect has been partially offset by a May U.S. Supreme Court ruling that tightened the conditions for demonstrating discrimination in "pay parity" cases--strengthening the hand of employers. The rights and bargaining power of U.S. workers have declined since 2000.]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/hard-times-for-us-workers.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/hard-times-for-us-workers.html Globalization Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:35:52 -0800 Climate change escalates Darfur crisis 7/27/07 Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, Climate change escalates Darfur crisis

Iriba, Chad - With Darfur refugee women waiting up to two days for their chance to fill buckets at a communal water point, it's only a matter of time before bickering turns into a full-fledged fight.

]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/climate-change-escalates-darfu.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/climate-change-escalates-darfu.html Climate Displacement Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:28:14 -0800 Rich World's Consumerism May Cause African Famines, Experts Warn Rich World's Consumerism May Cause African Famines, Experts Warn7/1/07 AFP
by Anita Purcell-Sjoelund

Food production in developing countries will halve in the next 20 years unless wealthy nations lower their rate of consumption, the Stockholm Environment Institute warned at a weekend conference.



]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/rich_worlds_consumerism_may_ca.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/rich_worlds_consumerism_may_ca.html Globalization Resources Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:52:31 -0800 No Oil Yet, but Tiny African Isle Finds Slippery Dealings No Oil Yet, but Tiny African Isle Finds Slippery Dealings
7/02/07 Barry Meier & Jad Mouawad. NY Times

A decade ago, geologists found signs that one of Africa's least-known countries, the tiny island nation of São Tomé and Principe, might hold a king's ransom in oil.

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By JASON DePARLE
Published: June 24, 2007

James Hill for The New York Times

Stenio da Luz dos Reis, 17, lives in Cape Verde but longs to join his mother in the Netherlands. She moved there in 2001 to find work.

MINDELO, Cape Verde -- Virtually every aspect of global migration can be seen in this tiny West African nation, where the number of people who have left approaches the number who remain and almost everyone has a close relative in Europe or America.


]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/in_a_world_on_the_move_a_tiny_1.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/07/in_a_world_on_the_move_a_tiny_1.html Globalization Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:19:17 -0800 UNFPA - state of world population 2006 UNFPA - state of world population 2006 
]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/06/unfpa_state_of_world_populatio.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/06/unfpa_state_of_world_populatio.html Globalization Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:14:10 -0800 Planet of the slums: UN warns urban populations set to double Planet of the slums: UN warns urban populations set to double

By Daniel Howden, Deputy Foreign Editor

Published: 27 June 2007

The combined forces of population growth and urbanisation are creating a planet of slums, where the urban population will have doubled by 2030, according to a report released by the United Nations today.



]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/06/planet_of_the_slums_un_warns_u.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/06/planet_of_the_slums_un_warns_u.html Globalization Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:58:43 -0800 Human tide: the real migration crisis Human tide: the real migration crisis ]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/06/human_tide_the_real_migration.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/06/human_tide_the_real_migration.html Reports Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:35:27 -0800 Study Sees Climate Change Impact on Alaska Study Sees Climate Change Impact on Alaska - New York Times

June 28, 2007
By WILLIAM YARDLEY

Many of Alaska's roads, runways, railroads and water and sewer systems will wear out more quickly and cost more to repair or replace because of climate change, according to a study released yesterday.

Higher temperatures, melting permafrost, a reduction in polar ice and increased flooding are expected to raise the repair and replacement cost of thousands of infrastructure projects as much as $6.1 billion for a total of nearly $40 billion -- about a 20 percent increase -- from now to 2030, according to the study, by the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

]]> http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/06/study_sees_climate_change_impa.html http://www.uncommonthought.net/global/2007/06/study_sees_climate_change_impa.html Climate Displacement Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:03:01 -0800 UN issues desertification warning BBC NEWS | Africa | UN issues desertification warning

  • Tens of millions of people could be driven from their homes by encroaching deserts, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, a report says.

    The study by the United Nations University suggests climate change is making desertification "the greatest environmental challenge of our times".

    If action is not taken, the report warns that some 50 million people could be displaced within the next 10 years.

    The study was produced by more than 200 experts from 25 countries.

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