Marc Gunther In its seventh year, progress for the fund has been slow. What will it take to fulfill the GCF’s promise? When the world’s poor countries demanded action during the failing United Nations–led climate negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009, the U.S. government responded with a promise: It would help raise US$100 billion a year… Continue reading What the Green Climate Fund really means for international development
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A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
Nelson Garcia, a member of the same Indigenous rights group as murdered activist Berta Caceres, has been assassinated in Honduras. On Tuesday, Nelson Garcia was killed after being shot four times in the face in the Rio Chiquito community who was a member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous organizations of Honduras (COPINH), of which Berta… Continue reading A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
Italian corporation reported to OECD over dam disaster
Survival International has reported Italian engineering giant Salini to the OECD over its construction of a controversial dam set to destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in Ethiopia and Kenya. The dam has cut off the Omo river’s regular flooding, which 100,000 people rely on to water their crops and livestock and… Continue reading Italian corporation reported to OECD over dam disaster
Africa Analysis: Research grant shake-up brings hope
Linda Nordling An initiative to harmonise how African research grants are managed is good news. When Tanzania’s national science funding body, the Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH), got a budget increase in 2010, it did not spend it all on research. Rather, COSTECH spent a significant chunk of the windfall on expanding its administrative… Continue reading Africa Analysis: Research grant shake-up brings hope
From Zorro to Zombie: the rise and fall of the microcredit movement
Milford Bateman, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia The global microcredit industry has achieved nothing more for the mass of clients than to plunge them into deep debt and irretrievable poverty. This is part of a series The Conversation Africa is running on financial inclusion and micro credit and their role in economic development. Thirty… Continue reading From Zorro to Zombie: the rise and fall of the microcredit movement
Local level water cooperation flourishes in Central Asia
Bunyod Holmatov & Jonathan Lautze Despite high-level tensions between countries, water cooperation is thriving on the tributaries of the Syr Darya Water has been a major cause of tension for Central Asian countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The planting of vast cotton fields and river diversions during the Soviet era shrank the Aral Sea… Continue reading Local level water cooperation flourishes in Central Asia
Which wealthy countries have the best and worst development policies?
Where do donor countries stand in a barometer-Denmark has the most development-friendly policies while South Korea, Japan and US ranks poorly The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) for 2015 ranks the policies of donor countries especially when the Paris Climate deal, the SDG goals and the global humanitarian crisis demand bold shifts in policies. Following the… Continue reading Which wealthy countries have the best and worst development policies?
The Paris climate agreement at a glance
Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; James Whitmore, The Conversation; Michael Hopkin, The Conversation, and Wes Mountain, The Conversation On December 12, 2015 in Paris, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change finally came to a landmark agreement. Signed by 196 nations, the Paris Agreement is the first comprehensive global treaty to combat climate change, and… Continue reading The Paris climate agreement at a glance
UN launches 2016 humanitarian appeal asking for $20.1 billion, the highest request ever
More than 125 million people in the world need humanitarian assistance. This will require a record US$20.1 billion in funding – five times the amount a decade ago. Through collective and coordinated action, aid organisations aim to bring urgent help to more than 87.6 million of the most vulnerable and marginalized of them in 2016.… Continue reading UN launches 2016 humanitarian appeal asking for $20.1 billion, the highest request ever
The Story of a Solar Fridge: Film
Vincent Urban DR Congo is often a forgotten crisis. It doesn’t show up much in the news, but millions of people continue to be forced from their homes cut off from health care and other essentials because of ongoing waves of violence. In October 2015, I accompanied the humanitarian organisation Medair to eastern Congo, a region… Continue reading The Story of a Solar Fridge: Film
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