Asia's "green revolution" is a dramatic example of how even modest technological advances in developing countries have helped boost incomes and reduce the number of...
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...
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