Owen Barder’s lecture about complexity and development raises questions about UK development policy and the role of sustainability in complexity theory.
OneWorld founders hand over the keys
Anuradha Vittachi and Peter Armstrong, co-founders of OneWorld, have retired. Their contribution to international development through applications of new media technologies over the last 18 years has been immense.
Sir Porritt and Lord John in Delhi comedy of manners
Jonathon Porritt and Lord Prescott made telling contributions on climate change at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS).
Friedman and Sachs unmoved by Obama’s climate conversion
Speaking today at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, Thomas Friedman and Jeffrey Sachs have lambasted the US political system and questioned Obama’s supposedly reawakened interest in climate change.
Shell cookstove alliance tests UK charity rules
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves receives funds from both Shell and the Shell Foundation. Does this meet the public benefit test for UK charities?
Climate-smart enters Davos lexicon of global risk
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2013 report advises decision-makers to be climate-smart. This may be a necessary but insufficient condition to protect the global environment.
The limits of localism in climate action
“Think global, act local” is a good slogan for environmental activism. But if it’s taken too far, the essential inclusion of poorer countries may be at risk.
Lessons of loss and damage for climate policy change
The Doha COP18 negotiations took a step towards compensating poorer countries for climate damages. How critical was the influence of Hurricane Sandy?
Al-Attiyah entertains Doha climate negotiators
Two weeks of complex UN negotiations end in two minutes of mayhem as the excitable President of COP18, Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, swings his gavel. “Hearing no objections, I decided.”
COP18: final day and Doha outcome
The UN climate talks in Doha finally concluded after a day of confusion, heated exchanges and ultimately drama as the COP President seized his moment. The NGO community found little to console themselves.