Some 70 donors, ranging from wealthy industrialised countries to poor states to corporations, today pledged US$420 million for 2008 to the UN emergency fund that...
Industrialised countries have only paid about US$163 million towards helping the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) adapt to global warming - less than what Canadians spent...
Officials stressed the need for "political will" to stem the impact of global warming as the United Nations Climate Change Conference got underway on the...
A unique new benchmarking mechanism that looks at the performance of humanitarian aid donors has put Sweden in the lead. Developed by DARA International, an...
The United Nations Climate Change Conference on the Indonesian island of Bali in December is not expected to achieve any dramatic breakthroughs on saving the...
Tomorrow's Crises Today explores the effect living in today's cities has on the millions of people who already live in metropolises, and those who are...
In a January report, Save the Children UK - one of the more vocal non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on humanitarian financing reforms - criticised the UN...
The world’s largest for-profit healthcare products conglomerate, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), is suing the American Red Cross (ARC) over its use of the life-saving emblem...
After burning the midnight oil for many weeks while preparing a US$50 million gender-based project proposal to lay before the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS,...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday launched a new public information campaign in Turkey aimed at raising awareness of the impact of human...
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