ANDERS NORDSTRÖM: Women’s participation - a key to peace-building and poverty reduction in post-conflict situations
Author : ID4D guests
Date : October 19, 2009
Anders Nordström is Director General of SIDA since January 2008. Read more...
Almost ten years ago, the UN resolution 1325 marked a milestone in international efforts to address the marginalisation of women in conflict resolution and peace-building. But implementing this in practice remains a huge challenge to the international community.
How will the financial crisis affect the South, and how can European Aid help developing countries face this challenge?
Author : ID4D (multi-author)
Date : November 5, 2008
The debate was initiated at the European Development Days 2008 in Strasbourg and the discussion continues. Rendez-vous in Stockholm for the 2009's edition, and until then "To your keyboards"!
Fighting climate change for the sake of the poor
Author : Rajendra Kumar Pachauri
Date : October 7, 2008
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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