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Wimbledon roof snubs index insurance

The new sliding roof over the Wimbledon Centre Court represents an extreme and expensive example of adapting to climate uncertainties. Low cost index insurance is a valuable tool for poor farmers but can it work if climate becomes even less predictable?

Published July 6, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, climate change, disaster risk, global divide, UK

UK climate projections betray Copenhagen agenda

The new UK climate projections published by the Met Office Hadley Centre are a valuable risk management tool for policymakers. But they also speak volumes about the global failure to protect poor countries from climate change.

Published June 29, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, climate adaptation, climate change, global divide, unfccc, winchester

Climate activists should look beyond Copenhagen

The outcome of the G20 reinforced fears that the US and China will not reach agreement on climate change this year. Maybe it’s time for campaigners to downgrade the Copenhagen summit, however unpalatable.

Published April 6, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, climate change, film, unfccc

How can poor countries fight the credit crunch?

Anger is brewing amongst African governments as their economies are undermined by a crisis for which they are not responsible. They lack the monetary tools available to countries attending the G20 London Summit.

Published March 23, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged aid, alpha, debt, economic stimulus, global divide

The decadence of chewing gum removal

In Costa Rica, municipal authorities compete with each other to plant the most trees. UK cities seem to be more concerned about removal of chewing gum from the pavements. Does this reflect cultural diversity or just muddled priorities?

Published February 23, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, costa rica, global divide, winchester

Searching for a new economic and social model

As the nationalisation of major banks looks increasingly likely, the World Social Forum is promoting a “new economic and social model”. It’s always informative to revisit Cuba when assessing the strengths and weaknesses of socialist ideals.

Published February 16, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, banks, cuba, ideology

World poverty in Obama’s inauguration speech

Would global poverty feature in the new president’s inauguration speech? Yes it did, but let’s hope that Barack Obama adopts rather less biblical language when it comes to real policy.

Published January 26, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, cameroon, corruption, obama, poverty reduction

Questioning the happy ending to Slumdog Millionaire

Setting the final scene of Slumdog Millionaire in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus unwittingly links the film with the recent terrorism outrage. Can the “war on terror” hope to end as happily as the film?

Published January 19, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, film, india, terrorism

After Mumbai: fear of railway station terror

The carnage of the terrorist attack at Mumbai’s railway station was given relatively poor coverage in the media. Those of us with a fear of railway terror will have India’s ordinary travellers in our thoughts.

Published December 8, 2008
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, india, terrorism

Singapore: learning in the lion’s den

Singapore is well known for its shortcomings in human rights, freedom of speech and democracy. It’’s also well known for creating a stable, safe and prosperous multi-racial society. Maybe it’s time for students of human development to take a closer look.

Published January 5, 2006
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alpha, development studies, human rights, singapore

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Editor of Tread Softly briefings on global justice. Involved with Winchester Action on the Climate Crisis, Winchester Poetry Festival, City of Winchester Trust and Hampshire Hogs CC. Still playing cricket, fives, real tennis. Views my own. Please respect copyright.

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Heaviness of being. And poetry
Sluggish in the doldrums of what happens.
Me waiting until I was nearly fifty
To credit marvels. Like the tree-clock of tin cans
The tinkers made. So long for air to brighten,
Time to be dazzled and the heart to lighten.

Seamus Heaney, from Seeing Things