Over the last 18 months or so there has been a major surge in the spread of public understanding on the subject of climate change, particularly in respect of human actions being a cause for changes in the earth’s climate system. However, this increase in awareness has not yet translated into action at the global level to bring about a reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), the increased concentration of which has now increasingly affected the earth’s climate. The impacts of climate change are particularly harmful for some of the poorest societies on earth.

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Should development agencies play a role in conflict prevention ?

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In recent weeks, I have travelled literally around the globe meeting government officials, development experts and businessmen, as we seek generate momentum for a new kind of development strategy — Aid for Trade.

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