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AlertNet: U.S. near bottom in humanitarian donor list
The HRI 2010 is featured in an article about the US´ humanitarian ranking: "The United States came second to last in the Humanitarian Response Index 2010, which ranked 19 rich countries and the European Commission on the effectiveness of their aid efforts." Read more...
El País: Climate Summit in Cancun leads nowhere (Spanish)
The CVM attended the climate summit in Cancun, and Japan announced that it does not want to participate in a second Kyoto Protocol. Source: El País Los delegados de los 194 países reunidos en la Cumbre del Clima de Cancún parecen moverse por los pasillos [...] Read more...
SciDev.Net: Climate vulnerability monitor will track nations’ fates
Source: SciDev.Net [CANCUN, MEXICO] Climate change could cause nearly one million deaths per year from 2030 onwards, according to a report released at the UN Climate Change conference (COP 16), in Mexico. 'Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010: The State of [...] Read more...
La Información: Spain falls into the 17th spot in the ranking of the most efficient countries in humanitarian aid (Spanish)
Source: La Información -Los intereses políticos condicionan cada vez más la asistencia humanitaria, según un informe de la Fundación DARA Internacional MADRID, 07 (SERVIMEDIA) España se sitúa actualmente en el 17º puesto de los países que gestionan [...] Read more...
Ecoticias: Humanitarian aid is increasingly linked to political interests (Spanish)
Source: Ecoticias La ayuda humanitaria de los gobiernos está cada vez más condicionada por intereses políticos, según un informe publicado este martes por la organización independiente DARA, que ha analizado la respuesta de 23 gobiernos donantes del [...] Read more...
Diario SIGLO XXI: Spain is at the end of the line in humanitarian response efforts (Spanish)
Source: Diario SIGLO XXI BRUSELAS, 7 (EUROPA PRESS) La ayuda humanitaria de los gobiernos está cada vez más condicionada por intereses políticos, según un informe publicado este martes por la organización independiente DARA, que ha analizado la respuesta [...] Read more...
Jakarta Globe: Experts say Indonesia very vulnerable to climate change
Source: Jakarta Globe Cancun, Mexico. Though Indonesia is not at high risk of extreme weather events, an expert said on Tuesday that the country’s vulnerability to environment disaster magnified the potential risk. Armi Susandi, an Indonesian meteorological [...] Read more...
Treehugger: Climate Change to Kill 5 Million People Globally by 2020 & It Just Goes Up Each Year After That
Source: Treehugger Each year there are 350,000 people dying due to climate change, with a total death toll by 2020 of five million; each year after that deaths from climate change are likely to be as high as one million people annually--that is unless we take [...] Read more...
El Periódico de México: Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand, countries that offer more humanitarian aid (Spanish)
The HRI 2010 is featured in a Spanish article about the leading humanitarian donors. Read more...
U-Landsnyt.dk: Aid driven by political interests (Danish)
Source: U-Landsnyt.dk 12:43 | 07.12.10 | Et globalt nødhjælpsindeks afslører, at flere donorlande lader egne politiske interesser dirigere den nødhjælp, de giver. Det fremgår af DARA's "Humanitarian Response Index" 2010, der har undersøgt og lister [...] Read more...