December 2009
Arriving at any big event in midflow is always disorienting: the play has begun and you’ve come in right after the interval. And piecing together the plot of this year’s climate talks in Copenhagen, COP15, is a challenge.
Day 1 of IIED’s Development and Climate Days: Land, Water and Forests
Day 2 of Development and Climate Days: Justice, Ethics and Humanitarian Issues
Day 3 of Development and Climate Days: Planning Adaptation
Thousands of people make up a COP, from campaigners, lobbyists, negotiators and journalists to NGO and UN staff, presidents and ministers. Teresa Fogelberg, however, has a very special take on the event.
Day 4 of Development and Climate Days: Mitigation, Finance and the Private Sector
A vast blue box dropped onto a tabletop: this is the Koncerthuset, where IIED’s Development and Climate Days came to a close yesterday.
When did it start to sink in that poor countries are highly vulnerable to the impacts of the global recession?
Will your last-minute shopping for holiday feasts bring peace, joy and livelihood security to the world’s poorest? Your Christmas dinner plate could be piled high with support for the poor.
To give and receive: it’s the essence of Christmas. Strip away the personal significance, though, and we’re really just looking at the process of consumption.