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Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era
… this, others can help us'. Another crucial area for action is to link up like-minded groups at grassroots level, who can learn from each other … want to achieve? At the debate and discussion afterwards, this came up as a real dilemma. A multiplicity of voices is more authentic, …
Insight, 28 June 2016
Corporate responsibility: what's in a name?
… responsibility,” said Howitt. True, they are voluntarily signed up to by governments. But Howitt claimed they are also extremely … is accountable, has given him the room he needs to push CSR further up the political agenda in his own work — although he was quick to …
Article, 27 June 2011
Women opening the fruit of the marula tree to extract the kernel for making marula oil (Photo: CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Encouraging collaboration: drafting a new law to stop biopiracy in Namibia
… sharing  In a bid to tackle this issue, the Namibian government set up an Interim Bioprospecting Committee in 2007 to discuss genetic … harvest marula oil or devil's claw, it was proposed that they should sign a contractual agreement before extracting the resource.  In 2011, …
Article, 21 March 2016
COP 15 - Review and analysis
Article, 21 January 2010
A rubber boat carrying around 50 refugees arrives from Bodrum, Turkey to the Greek island of Kos (Photo: Christopher Jahn/IFRC, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
In this war of words, no one is the victor
… big development issues. This month the global community is about to sign up to the Sustainable Development Goals which suggest we adopt a …
Insight, 04 September 2015
Privatising Nigeria’s power sector
… evidence that the current $25 billion annual federal budget ends up building roads, schools, or hospitals, it’s understandable that the … generators when the grid is down. But this requires large-scale up-front investment and reliable equipment and vendors, which are sorely … distribution and maintenance agents receive the training and start-up capital that they need. However the biggest obstacle to creating a …
Insight, 27 January 2012
Heads of delegations at the 2015 UN climate talks (Photo: Office of the President of Mexico, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Steps to enforcing the Paris Agreement
… emissions. The UNFCCC Paris Agreement ratification page has the most up-to-date information.  The US and China (the two largest emitters) … for it are developed by the SBI and adopted at CMA1.  In the lead up to COP21, parties to the UNFCCC were invited to submit their INDCs. …
Article, 21 September 2016
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… benefits and for sustainable management of natural resources.   High up in the Peruvian Andes, such an agreement to equitably share benefits …
Insight, 15 March 2012
Forest protest ends in teargas and death - but a green governance movement starts to emerge in Uganda
… radio have continuously explored the issues whilst NGOs have stepped up their investigations, legal advocacy and campaign work to prevent … to come. How long before we see similar deals on forest lands popping up elsewhere? Yet there are clearly signs of hope in the situation in …
Insight, 13 April 2007
Climate change negotiators have several gaps to bridge at the COP19 talks. Photo credit: Oxfam International
COP19: What the Least Developed Countries expect from the climate talks
Insight, 06 November 2013