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Too Big to Succeed? A Critical Look at the Financing of Dams in Africa

“There can be no prosperity without infrastructure, but infrastructure projects don’t necessarily benefit the poor.” Those are the opening remarks of a report recently released by International Rivers entitled, Infrastru...
by Ruth Nyambura
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North America

A Tribe Fights to Move Beyond Coal to Clean Energy

Southern Nevada’s Moapa Band of Paiutes called for the closure of the Reid Gardner coal plant and a transition to clean renewable energy future for Nevada. The tribe has successfully managed to close most of the Reid Gard...
by Natasha Lipman
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Film and Climate Change – the formula for a revolution?

Communicating climate change has long been a source of depression for many activists; from human stories that are reduced to numbers and statistics, to polar bears becoming the face of every campaign, the absence of those most ...
by Yara Al Wazir
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Is Our Food Wasting Away?

When, exactly, do you decide that a system isn’t working? At what point do you admit defeat? Our global food system is so dysfunctional and warped that we must surely be accelerating towards this point. Last week, a report ...
by Urban Times
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Video & Photography

WATCH: Access to Clean Water for All?

It’s quite simple: without water, we would not exist. It is essential to all human and economic development. We can’t live without water. Today, 780 million people (that’s about one in nine) lack access to cl...
by Natasha Lipman
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International Political Forum

Our Waste, Our Responsibility

A few weeks ago, in the scorching summer heat of New Delhi, my friends and I stood knee-deep in a garbage dump, diligently sorting through a big mound of waste. Stifling our gag reflexes and struggling to keep our lunches down,...
by Chandrika Srivastava
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Special Features

COP18: Day 3 Update

Day 3 of COP18 was punctuated with news of numerous hurdles hampering the progress of the search for solutions to combat climate change. Typical of most negotiations, there were parties who were keen on making it near impossibl...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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Think. Eat. Save. Reduce Your Footprint: The Food Waste Challenge

If you bought 10 bags of shopping at the market, how would you feel about throwing 3 to 5 of those bags directly into the trash? It is estimated that 30-50% of all food purchased globally goes to waste. Every item of food we th...
by Charles Ladbrooke
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Uncategorized

Europe Hashes Out Climate Change Compromise

… and shows the world what to expect from the next round of global negotiations in Paris 2015. After the EU summit in Brussels this Thursday and Friday, European leaders struck a new deal on climate change and energy poli...
by Mathias Einberger
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