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Thirsty hydropower: misuse of drinking water pipelines has destroyed a river in Bulgaria

Andrey Ralev The Blagoevgradska Bistritsa hydropower cascade was planned to use only the drinking water of the town of Blagoevgrad. Eight years later, it has used more than double the water allowed, leaving the river ‘even without frogs’. Our latest report shows the need for more scrutiny of EIB

Saudi aid worker sentenced to 20 years in prison

It is believed that Abdulrahman al-Sadhan has been convicted in connection with operating an anonymous Twitter account that was critical of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and the policies of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman A Saudi terror court sentenced a former Red Crescent employee to 20 yea

The overlooked role of secretariats in the success of environmental treaties

Archi Rastogi This is the year to capitalize on the influence international civil servants have on the outcomes of the treaties and organizations they work for. After losing 2020 to the pandemic, environmental negotiations are expected to have a hyper year in 2021. Several high-profile meetings

Rich nations blocking quick COVID vaccine access by poor countries

Rich nations vaccinating one person every second while majority of the poorest nations are yet to give a single dose One year on from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Vaccine Alliance is warning that developing countries are facing critical shortages of oxygen and medical sup

Why South Africa needs a new water agency

Mike Muller Water infrastructure takes many years to plan and build and needs to be structured as a multi-year operation. But the planning and expenditure of government departments, like the Department of Water and Sanitation, is still controlled through annual budgets. These do not support a multi-

12 years and counting: Pollution control investment at Bosnia’s Ugljevik coal plant still showing no results

Ioana Ciuta Upgrades to the coal power plants in the Western Balkans that would bring down sulphur dioxide emissions are rare. But even where investments have been made, they have so far failed to deliver the much-needed results. The Western Balkans’ highly polluting coal fleet needs to be phased

Insights on China’s 2021 white paper on international development cooperation

Anthea Mulakala and Hongbo Ji China’s tradition of demand-driven assistance has created the impression of a jumble of scattered projects without coherence. However, the white paper reveals that China’s activities between 2013 and 2020 have been purposeful and targeted. On 10 January, the State

Germany leads in contributing to Global Fund for Coral Reefs

The Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) announced that Germany, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation have made commitments to the fund totalling more than USD$10 million. These contributions, announced during the first GFCR Executive Board meeting this we

Environmental organizations issue 7 policy recommendations on biodiversity and One Health

Gabrielle Lipton Health, finance and landscape custodians called to the forefront of conservation policy As Earth’s biodiversity declines, the perilous consequences are proving to only rise. The destabilization of national economies, threats to food systems, escalation of climate change,

Book Review: Aid’s implementariat: national and invisible

Gordon Peake The book’s subtitle ‘The Invisible Labor of International Development’ has a dual meaning. It both reflects that this class of workers is rarely seen and also that much of their work is itself unnoticed and underappreciated. Donor officials are prominent in the performative ‘fro

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