Articles for Global North

From crisis to opportunity: India's role in global renewable energy discourses
9 months ago

From crisis to opportunity: India's role in global renewable energy discourses

Firstpost  

The existing crisis in the international energy market is also providing an opportunity for the renewable energy sector The two recent wars — the Russia-Ukraine War as well as the Israel-Hamas War — as well as sanctions on Iran and Russia have had much impact on global energy geopolitics. Three important issues need to be addressed while discussing India’s role …

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How international law is used to cover up Israeli settler-colonialism
1 year, 1 month ago

How international law is used to cover up Israeli settler-colonialism

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s ‘right to self-defence’ is wrongly evoked within the context of its occupation of Palestinian territories. For example, Resolution 2787 of 1971 said that the General Assembly “confirms the legality of the people’s struggle for self-determination and liberation from colonial and foreign domination and alien subjugation, notably in southern Africa and in particular that of the peoples of Zimbabwe, Namibia, …

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Head-on | Global North and the geopolitics of entitlement
1 year, 1 month ago

Head-on | Global North and the geopolitics of entitlement

Firstpost  

For over thirty years of climate change summits, the Global North had blocked any mention of oil and gas as major contributors to carbon emissions. Coal, the villain of all previous climate change summits, accounts for less than 40 per cent of carbon emissions but has for years been the whipping boy for the Global North’s climate change warriors. The …

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US and South Korea close ranks on common global issues during Blinken visit
1 year, 2 months ago

US and South Korea close ranks on common global issues during Blinken visit

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea closed ranks behind common approaches to North Korea, Russia and China on Thursday, vowing to continue to support Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and boosting humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza caught in Israel’s war against Hamas. In talks with South Korea’s leadership, including President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. Secretary …

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Everyone’s talking about the Global South. But what is it?
1 year, 4 months ago

Everyone’s talking about the Global South. But what is it?

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is “becoming the voice of the Global South,” and that at the upcoming Group of 20 meetings being held in New Delhi, that voice will be heard. At the August summit of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — current chair South Africa declared …

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Everyone's talking about the Global South. But what is it?
1 year, 4 months ago

Everyone's talking about the Global South. But what is it?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the August summit of the BRICS nations — …

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African Climate Summit: An opportunity to decolonise Africa’s energy
1 year, 4 months ago

African Climate Summit: An opportunity to decolonise Africa’s energy

Al Jazeera  

African leaders should use the gathering in Nairobi to chart the course for a renewable energy revolution that would deliver a sustainable future powered by clean energy. To us, that means a just and equitable energy transition for Africa, phasing out all fossil fuels and bringing an end to the exploitation of our land, resources and communities by Global North …

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How tennis player Peng Shuai’s disappearance is a classic case of China’s inherent insecurities
3 years, 1 month ago

How tennis player Peng Shuai’s disappearance is a classic case of China’s inherent insecurities

Firstpost  

A single incident could be the spark of a revolution in a totalitarian country like China. It is this spark which has compelled Beijing to spend billions on monitoring and suppressing its population Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has been missing since she posted a message on Chinese social media platform Weibo on 2 November accusing a former vice premier …

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'The world is literally burning': Greta Thunberg slams 'shameful' COP26
3 years, 2 months ago

'The world is literally burning': Greta Thunberg slams 'shameful' COP26

Daily Mail  

Greta Thunberg tonight slammed COP26 as ‘shameful’ and added: ‘The world is literally burning.’ And she accused governments and leaders such as Boris Johnson and Joe Biden of being complicit in the world’s ecological problems. Demonstrators join the Fridays For Future march in Glasgow this afternoon as they walk throught the streets during COP26 She told the cheering crowds: 'COP …

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North America hit by warmest June on record
3 years, 6 months ago

North America hit by warmest June on record

Al Jazeera  

Experts warn that heatwaves are occurring more frequently, are more intense, and are lasting longer than before. North America witnessed its hottest June on record battered by a deadly heatwave searing parts of the region, according to the European Union’s climate monitoring service. 📢June #temperature highlights from the #CopernicusClimate Change Service #C3S: 🌡️Globally – joint 4th warmest June on record …

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China may save global cinema from final curtain, expert says
4 years ago

China may save global cinema from final curtain, expert says

China Daily  

Audiences check into a cinema to watch My People, My Homeland in Shanghai on October 1. Overtaking North America to top the world's film market in terms of yearly box-office receipts from late October, China's film industry has seen a slow recovery. Hauling in a total gross of 17.9 billion yuan as of Dec 18, less than 30 percent of …

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China may save global cinema from final curtain, expert says
4 years ago

China may save global cinema from final curtain, expert says

China Daily  

Audiences check into a cinema to watch My People, My Homeland in Shanghai on October 1. Overtaking North America to top the world's film market in terms of yearly box-office receipts from late October, China's film industry has seen a slow recovery. Hauling in a total gross of 17.9 billion yuan as of Dec 18, less than 30 percent of …

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