Announcement of new and updated content on the globalissues.org web site. GlobalIssues.org is a web site attempting to look at various global issues to show they are inter-related.
- Climate change: historic emissions still matter
- COP17 - Durban Climate Conference
- Iran nuclear report: Regurgitating old stories as new information to justify sanctions?
A recent IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear program was portrayed by most Western mainstream media and politicians as new proof Iran is close to building nuclear weapons. The US Senate passed sanctions on Iran targeting its central bank in response.However, the report does not say what the mainstream media and politicians claim. It has been much more guarded and much of it is about the state of Iran’s program up to 2003. After that period, the report is much more uncertain. Furthermore, many experts contend that the speculations (not definitive proof) that are in the report are misguided, too, leaning on unreliable sources, for example.
This update to the page on Iran has more information about this. Although the page is long, look for the new section about half way down under the heading of
Regurgitating old stories as new information to justify sanctions?
- Inequality in the US; the top 0.1% gaining even more than top 1%
- Protests on the economic situation are global
- Global Arms Sales Decreases in 2010 compared to 2009
- Today, around 21,000 Children Died Around The World
- War on Terror: 10 years on
- Health and poverty; a vicious cycle
- Corruption
- East Africa Food Crisis 2011
- Climate change means ocean change
- Foreign aid: highest levels ever but still way below promised amounts
- Foreign aid: shortfall since 1970 over $4 trillion; greater than aid given
- After the Japan crisis many rethinking nuclear option as fossil fuel alternative
- World military spending exceeds $1.6 trillion, continuing upward trend despite economic conditions
- Conservation and the global reach of pollution
- Health care around the world
- Cote d’Ivoire Crisis
- Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis
- Crisis in Libya
- Energy Security: locally produced renewable energy threatens governments?
- Middle East and North Africa Unrest
- Climate change - 2010 warmest year on record