Climate
UN calls for finance to close adaptation gap
Catherine Early The yawning gap between the cost of adapting to climate change and the finance available is becoming a chasm, experts warn ahead […]
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French government scraps funding plan for Kahuzi-Biega National Park, citing human rights concerns
A report last year by Minority Rights Group documented atrocities committed against the Batwa by the park’s rangers, including the burning alive of children, […]
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Grassroots-Run Fund for Frontline Power Pours $5 Million Into US Climate Justice Groups
Brett Wilkins Fund for Frontline Power is a solidarity philanthropy centering on leaders from impacted communities as experts and decision-makers—honoring their lived experience, and […]
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How effective is the UN’s development support?
Max-Otto Baumann This blog post presents insights from my ongoing research on the UN’s development work at the country level. It is based on […]
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How the Spectator frames climate issues- Dissecting Western Conservative narratives
They label global efforts to invest in renewables and mitigate emissions to support the carbon transition the ‘net-zero cult’ Narratives have power. Framing shapes […]
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Beyond the rhetoric – why INGOs need to change
Peter Walton Since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit and the inception of the Grand Bargain, there has been a lot of rhetoric and very little […]
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Biggest US aid project in Nepal has created turmoil
Dipak Gyawali A Millennium Challenge Corporation grant to build an electricity transmission line has led to widespread criticism, protests and the undermining of democracy […]
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Power dynamics-global north givers and global south receivers
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb Project funding decisions are primarily influenced by international commitments, national level commitments, donor country policies or development cooperation policies followed by […]
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Indigenous people get less than 1% of climate funding? It’s actually worse (commentary)
Torbjørn Gjefsen The lead author of a Rainforest Foundation Norway report showing how little funding goes to Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) for […]
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A shortfall of $75 billion expected over a period of six-years affecting the most vulnerable nations
Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to $75 billion short of fulfilling their long-standing pledge to mobilize $100 billion each year from 2020 […]
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Calls for halt to funding for industrial agriculture in Africa
Inga Vesper Civil society organisations have called on influential donors to stop funding industrial agriculture programmes, which they say harm smallholder farmers and the environment. The Alliance for Food […]
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Australian Government cuts aid in the middle of the pandemic
Stephen Howes So far, Australia has contributed 0.6 of one percent to the global fund to respond to COVID-19 Yesterday, I set down on […]
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