G8 Summit: Feed the Hungry or Fuel Hunger?
The food crisis is still with us in the form of impoverished farmers and impoverished analysis.
The Anti-Climate Summit
When it comes to climate change, columnist Walden Bello writes, the G8 got its numbers all wrong.
Missed Opportunity in Hokkaido
G8 leaders’ seclusion at the Lake Toyako resort was symbolic of their larger isolation from global public opinion on fighting global warming.
Brilliant Plans to Destroy the Planet: The World Bank Tackles Climate Change
The World Bank’s new Climate Investment Funds will do nothing to help the climate; they’ll just give the bank more clout.
Bush’s Last Chance on Climate
At the G-8 Summit, Bush can help the developing world bear the brunt of climate damage caused by the developing world. But don’t hold your breath.
Climate Change Flap at the G8
George W. Bush and Angela Merkel are fighting over the weather. But a leaked draft of the G8 statement, explains columnist Walden Bello, reveals that the spat is over details not substance.
Investors Aim to Profit from Zambia’s Poverty
“Vulture Fund” is example of profiteering at its worst.
The Devil’s Brew of Poverty Relief
Cut global poverty in half by 2015? Not with the current mix of debt relief, U.S. trade policy, bureaucratic inertia, and greedy brokers.
Still Waiting For Debt Relief
Much more work remains to be done to eliminate unjust debts that stifle countries in the developing world.
Another False Start for Fighting Global Warming
In the aftermath of the third- and fourth-most devastating hurricanes in Atlantic basin history, people are beginning to talk about the connections between extreme weather events and global warming.