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COP19: Day One

The tragedy in South East Asia was fore in the minds of those at COP19. Parties offered sympathy and solidarity at the first plenary session. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres said that the typhoon is the most rece...

by Kahil Lloyd

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COP19: Intellectual property rights with Pachauri

In an interview with The Verb, Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, director general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has called for greater collaboration between organisations from all over the world in the development of new...

by Michael Mazengarb

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COP19: Australia won’t be missed

“If you are not at the table, you are probably on the menu,” said Erwin Jackson of The Climate Institute incapsulating the unusual move by the newly elected Australian government in not sending a minister to COP19. NGOs acr...

by Kahil Lloyd

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COP19: Can COP19 be the stepping stone to success in Paris?

The 11th of November marks the commencement of the 19th Conference of Parties session to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 9th session of members to the Kyoto Protocol. The COP moves to ...

by Kamleshan Pillay

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COP19: The hungry pangs of climate finance come calling

Just the way we cannot stand to see a hungry child cry for food, we are faced with a situation where there has been a prolonged cry to fill up the belly of a severely malnourished component in tackling climate change, this bein...

by Amanda Asiago

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Undercover Eurocrat: Olive None of That!

This olive oil furore feeds old eurosceptic fires of mistrust in Britain, and does Brussels no favours in presenting its case for the necessity of the EU. Pitchforks down everyone. Last month, thankfully, the Commission, after ...

by International Political Forum

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Changemaker of the Week: Sophia Said, The Advocator

Sophia’s beginnings as an advocator for change began at a very early age. At just seven years old, Sophia and her siblings were living on the streets of Arusha, Tanzania, for two years before she was given refuge by the Shalo...

by Jessica Trevis

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Changemaker of the Week: Wacky Rymel and Beat The Streets

Faced with the high crime rate of his local community, an estate in Hackney, East London, 16 year old Wacky Rymel grabbed an opportunity with two hands. Dancing since the age of 6, Wacky felt that much of the gun and knife crim...

by Jessica Trevis

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Pak Votes 2013: Cheer up, PTI!

A day before the elections, I joined the PTI crowd gathered in front of the parliament to sing to the tunes to Jazba-e-Junoon. It was an appropriate song. There was junoon everywhere. We have always been a highly political na...

by Pak Votes

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COP19: Day One

COP19: Intellectual property rights with Pachauri

COP19: Australia won’t be missed

COP19: Can COP19 be the stepping stone to success in Paris?

COP19: The hungry pangs of climate finance come calling

Undercover Eurocrat: Olive None of That!

Changemaker of the Week: Sophia Said, The Advocator

Changemaker of the Week: Wacky Rymel and Beat The Streets

Pak Votes 2013: Cheer up, PTI!

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