climate-change
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23 February Feb 2016 1131 23 February 2016 Green bonds: an investment for the future of the planet?
In times when climate change and environmental degradation have emerged as some of the major global challenges, it has been estimated that approximately $10 trillion will be required in the coming decade to fund the transition to a low-carbon economy. How to pay for it? The growing market of green bond seems to serve as the answer to the climate change.
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10 February Feb 2016 1724 10 February 2016 #womensvoices: female refugees need more rights
As the refugee crisis continues, the European Women's Lobby and the Women Refugee Commission have joined forces and created the #womensvoices project to draw attention to the hardships faced by women fleeing from conflict, poverty, and climate change.
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9 February Feb 2016 1213 09 February 2016 One stop to tackling climate change and poverty
World technology and the globalised economy mean that we are no longer directly reliant on our local environment for survival. However, for millions of people across the developing world, their surroundings are the foundation of their livelihoods. This makes them the most vulnerable to environmental change. The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) runs projects that tackles two problems of global importance at once.
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22 January Jan 2016 1613 22 January 2016 CIDSE celebrates its 50th anniversary
At the CIDSE board of Directors meeting ending today 50 years since the foundation of the network were celebrated, the new member Progressio was welcomed in the CIDSE family, and a new CIDSE strategic framework was approved.
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8 January Jan 2016 0957 08 January 2016 EXILES, the stories of refugees in the third millennium
Three documentaries tell the stories of those who have been forced to flee to save their lives and those of their families, because of war, climate change, religious or political persecution.
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21 December Dec 2015 1057 21 December 2015 Disaster risk reduction makes development more sustainable
The need to recognize disaster risk reduction as a central, cross-cutting issue for achieving sustainable development and eradicating poverty has been a key topic during the last Rome Investment Forum 2015, an international event aimed at promoting a more visionary idea of social and economic sustainability
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16 December Dec 2015 1259 16 December 2015 Olivier De Schutter: “The commitments made in Paris are insufficient to protect the most vulnerable peoples”
Despite the diplomatic euphoria, most civil society organizations do not hide their skepticism towards the agreement reached in Paris. In this interview to Vita International, Olivier De Schutter, co-chair of the the former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food and co-chair of the International Panel of Experts on sustainable food systems, explains why.
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14 December Dec 2015 1720 14 December 2015 Does trade trump climate?
Friends of Earth's Trade Campaigner Sam Lowe explores the little debated link between trade and climate change.
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14 December Dec 2015 1233 14 December 2015 Climate change is not waiting for the next step in 2020
The Paris conference outcomes commented by Corrado Clini, former environment minister of the Italian Goverment and visiting professor at the Department for Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Tshingua University (Beijing).
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12 December Dec 2015 1429 12 December 2015 Climate Action network: Paris agreement indicates a global shift from dirty energy
"The new global climate agreement that has been finalized in Paris today sends a strong signal that we need to accelerate phasing out the use of fossil fuels. Lots of work remains to be done to increase climate action in the short term" a statement by Climate Action Network reads.