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COP18: Piracy to solve climate change?

Climate change. Piracy. Technology. Three things that don’t normally go together, only within the context of the UN climate change negotiations, could actually be the key to tackling dangerous climate change. The issue of pi...

by Michael Mazengarb

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COP18: Climate change and Africa’s health

For health anywhere to be sustained, people need clean air, safe water, adequate food, tolerable temperature, stable climate, and high levels of biodiversity. Climate change is envisaged to alter all these requirements of a hea...

by Daniel Wasonga

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More Than 16 Days

Mobile phones have often been forwarded as an affordable solution to enabling internet access, especially for those from developing countries. According to recent research, there are currently 6 million mobile subscribers world...

by Natasha Lipman

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COP18: Where COP18 talks are at

Week one of negotiations at the United Nations climate change conference (COP18) in Doha, Qatar have drawn to a close with disappointingly little to show for it. Ministers will arrive tomorrow to continue negotiations with th...

by Sophie Trevitt

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Native American Women

Images of domestic violence are typically reserved for poorer nations where women’s rights are slim-to-none. In it’s oft-proud spirit of exceptionalism, the United States took a stab at changing this. These statistics have ...

by Laura Casey

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COP18: Doha Briefs – Common accounting mechanism and the status quo games

Us against them? It had just hit 2am in Doha and everybody was looking at each other with a wee bit of anger. Everyone was tired, obviously. Mugs of coffee were scattered all over the table. Thus far the negotiations have centr...

by Rubin Makomere

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Nepali Women Fighting for Change

Human Rights Film Week, organized by Human Rights Film Focus Nepal (HRFFN), was held in Kathmandu and Patan from November 17-24, 2012 in order to spread awareness about human rights through films [documentaries]. The main focus...

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COP18: It’s All About the Money – LCA updates

As negotiations in Doha continue three things are glaringly obvious – the process is slow, there remains a distinct lack of trust between developing and developed countries and it’s all about the money. Yesterday, day four ...

by Sophie Trevitt

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COP18: Climate change and conflict – The youth constituency

The nexus… It is really hard to talk about climate change without mentioning conflict. So where is the nexus? It’s pretty easy to see the connection. See, climate change manifests itself through the effects and events that ...

by Rubin Makomere

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COP18: Piracy to solve climate change?

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More Than 16 Days

COP18: Where COP18 talks are at

Native American Women

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Nepali Women Fighting for Change

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COP18: Climate change and conflict – The youth constituency

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