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Viewing blog posts on: Environment and climate Change



Prelude to the Chronic Poverty Report 2008: Escaping poverty traps
posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:41 AM by Andrew Shepherd

It is clear that many of today's poor will simply stay poor, even if economic growth is sustained. They are caught in one or more of five poverty traps: insecurity of life or livelihood; weak citizenship status; living in a deprived area; experiencing social discrimination; or held back by poor quality work. The second international Chronic Poverty Report, launched next week, shows that the poorest can be included in progress. .. (more)

214 Views,  1 Comments


Reading between the lines. Is EU aid in trouble?
posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:01 PM by Simon Maxwell

The EU Council meeting on 19 and 20 June represents an important marker in this year of the Call to Action on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There are some serious issues to consider, including the failure of European donors to meet their commitments on aid, both in terms of the levels of funding and in delivering harmonisation and alignment. Most importantly, however, the future of the MDG project itself will be debated... (more)

627 Views,  1 Comments


Reform of the International System: the momentum is building
posted Friday, June 13, 2008 10:19 AM by Simon Maxwell

The Commonwealth mini-Summit in London is the latest sign that reform of the international system is moving rapidly up the agenda. The Summit discussed reform of the UN, the Bretton Woods Institutions and global environmental governance. On all these, there is enthusiasm among Heads of Government for faster and better coordinated change... (more)

798 Views,  2 Comments


Tackling the food price crisis: five steps
posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:06 AM by Simon Maxwell

The word "crisis" is much abused. But the current food price crisis constitutes a genuine emergency. Urgency in tackling it is essential... (more)

2665 Views,  5 Comments


The view from Davos - Part three: Perspectives on the environmental debate
posted Monday, February 04, 2008 10:46 AM by Simon Maxwell

In the third of four blogs, I consider perspectives in three key areas- biofuels, climate change adaptation and water... (more)

2819 Views,  0 Comments


The view from Davos - Part one: Global corporate citizenship in 2008
posted Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:04 PM by Simon Maxwell

Last week, I attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. This is the first of four blogs with my reflections and predictions on how the debates will be taken forward in 2008... (more)

2711 Views,  3 Comments


The Japan G8 in 2008: a New Year’s Resolution for delivery on the big questions?
posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:29 AM by Fletcher Tembo

The 2008 G8 Summit in Toyako, Japan will be particularly significant because there are big issues on the international development agenda that require firm G8 commitments to be made in 2008; and yet the risk of not delivering on these agendas has never been higher... (more)

7611 Views,  2 Comments


A warm welcome to ‘Agriculture for Development’
posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:59 PM by Steve Wiggins

Agriculture has been in and out of fashion over the last half century. Since the turn of the Century, however, its stock has once again been rising. This is reflected most notably in the publishing of the World Development Report 2008, entitled ‘Agriculture for Development’, which confirms the importance of agriculture to development and the policy agenda ODI, and many others, have been developing for the past decade... (more)

6799 Views,  3 Comments


Is Tony Blair’s legacy on Africa at risk?
posted Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:20 PM by Simon Maxwell

With the trade talks failing and aid volume way below target, is Tony Blair's legacy on Africa at risk?  The G8 meeting in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June, provides a last opportunity to persuade the most powerful leaders in the world to deliver on.. (more)

4895 Views,  5 Comments


Millennium Development Goals, agriculture and climate change
posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:12 PM by Martin Prowse

With July 7th 2007 designated the official mid-point of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the time is ripe to assess challenges to meeting these goals, and to look beyond them. In this blog we ask: how do the physical impacts of climate change affect the prospects for achieving the first goal, to halve world poverty?.. (more)

3706 Views,  8 Comments


Fair trade carbon? Developing carbon offset standards that work for the poor
posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:11 PM by Leo Peskett

Proposed UK standards must consider a number of issues, in order to deliver ‘high quality’ carbon credits that are both ‘environmentally and developmentally sound'... (more)

3078 Views,  1 Comments


The global development agenda in 2007
posted Friday, December 22, 2006 12:55 PM by Simon Maxwell

(This piece was first published in www.openDemocracy.net) 2007 will be a difficult year in international development, for five reasons. First, there will be many reminders that poverty remains ubiquitous, that conflict destroys lives and livelihoods,.. (more)

3983 Views,  4 Comments


How did forests fare in Nairobi?
posted Friday, December 15, 2006 5:27 PM by Leo Peskett

The issue of avoided deforestation hit the headlines at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) 11 in Montreal in November 2005, with a two year process initiated. This article takes stock of the progress that has been made on this issue during the recent negotiations in Nairobi, during COP12. .. (more)

2363 Views,  0 Comments


The challenge of putting Stern’s prescriptions into practice
posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:03 PM by David Brown

The recently published Stern Review on the economics of climate change offers a rounded and informative picture of the underlying issues and interests relating to forestry with regards to the economics of climate change. Many will see it as putting another nail in the coffin of industrial logging in old growth forests. However, while the renewed focus that the report brings to the interface between climate change and forestry is welcome, some of its key proposals may prove difficult to implement... (more)

3293 Views,  2 Comments