A new focus on Pakistan in the UN Secretary-General’s annual report on Children and Armed Conflict may complicate the task of rebuilding relations with the US in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Let’s get real about two degrees
The first major publication of the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment predicts a worryingly high average temperature rise for the region.
ILO revenge on DFID
Donors love immunization programmes because it’s easy to count the beneficiaries. The significant role of young people in the Arab Spring may force a rethink on priorities.
Happy days of hunter-gathering
A new book on the role of food in shaping history suggests that stone age man was taller than our modern selves.
Mixed messages out of Africa
Two contrasting narratives on Africa’s fragile economic development will confront heads of state gathering in Turkey for a critical UN conference on the world’s “Least Developed Countries” which starts today.
Sceptics fail to show in Southampton
No sign of any sceptics at a public lecture on the basic science of climate change. Is that a surprise?
Glencore prospectus pong
There’s something fishy about the timing of Glencore’s London flotation in relation to implementation of the UK Bribery Act.
Good news on Bangladesh poverty, maybe
Long-awaited results of the 2010 household income and expenditure survey are beginning to leak out in the Bangladesh media.
Climate change and coastal zones
Written by Dr Nirmalie Pallewatta of the University of Colombo, a paper on coastal zones sheds light on the impact of climate change.
Second helping for De Schutter
Excellent news that Olivier De Schutter has agreed to renew his mandate as UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food.