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… be progress towards the MDG targets for water. In 2000, nearly 200 countries agreed to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without … or open well. Progress is being made. Asia and Latin America are on track to meet the target, and the World Health Organisation and Unicef … was for everybody to drink clean water, all the time. Not just the rich who could afford to buy water at the pump, not just the sedentary …

… yet again the acute difference in capacity globally between rich and poor, in terms of access to basic care. And regardless of … issues and government, health agencies and others to keep track of the disease. However, in all the big discussions about how the …

… global society should be to protect the more vulnerable amongst us – countries and individuals at the front lines, already bearing the brunt … communities, and learning from, aiding and inspiring responses. The rich discussions over the two days are summarised elsewhere , but I’d … decision to explore future collaborations between the two.   Keeping track Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate change adaptation …

… shocks and change. Resilience science and practice has provided rich insights on the attributes and types of interventions that underpin … leader, Practical Action   There is no dispute that developing countries need to adapt to climate change but there is a huge gap in … Least Developed Countries Group; Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, action track co-manager, Global Commission on Adaptation, World Resources …