In the Media
Daily Sun: Dhaka urges global leaders to help countries affected by climate change
Source: Daily Sun Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud has urged the global leaders to help the disaster-prone countries cope with the adverse impacts of climate change with a view to ensuring sustainable development. The minister made the call [...] Read more...
Summit Voice: Developing countries draw attention to their vulnerability to global warming at the Rio+20 sustainability talks
Source: Summit Voice ‘The earth is one but the world is not’ SUMMIT COUNTY — With millions of people around the world already feeling the impacts of global warming, ministers from developing countries most vulnerable to climate change are calling on [...] Read more...
AlertNet: As climate aid sags, vulnerable nations foot the bill
Source: AlertNet By Laurie Goering RIO DE JANEIRO (AlertNet) - Worsening climate impacts are now “a reality, not a threat”, but little of the aid promised to poor countries has arrived, leaving them to dig into their own pockets to cover the costs, climate [...] Read more...
The Guardian: Somalia’s private sector can help rather than hinder development
Source: The Guardian Somalia's business community can support aid efforts – but humanitarian agencies must better understand how Despite – or perhaps because of – more than 20 years of war, Somalia has a remarkably strong private sector, particularly [...] Read more...
UN ISDR: Australia, Germany, UK raise bar for donors, says report
Source: UN ISDR By David Singh GENEVA, 16 April 2012 - A new report on humanitarian responses states that "If other donors were to follow the lead being set by Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom, it could mean a turning point in transforming the humanitarian [...] Read more...
Huffington Post: Sean 2012: Invisible Children’s ‘Kony 2012’ Inspires New Video Tackling Ireland’s Overseas Aid
Source: Huffington Post On the heels of last month's "Kony 2012" comes a new viral video aiming to tackle Ireland's cutbacks in overseas aid. YouTube video "Sean 2012" tells the story of a boy who wants to "go to Uganda and stop Kony" after watching the [...] Read more...
IRIN News: AID POLICY- Humanitarianism in a changing world
Source: IRIN News Madrid-based think-tank DARA believes the number of countries adversely affected by changing weather will rise from 15 today to 54 in 2030 DUBAI, 4 April 2012 (IRIN) - There is “worrying evidence” that the scale and scope of disasters [...] Read more...
Zimbabwe Telegraph: Ghana has more opportunities to tackle climate change
Source: Zimbabwe Telegraph Mr Matthew McKinnon, Head οf Climate Exchange Vulnerability Initiative, DARA, οn Thursday ѕаіԁ Ghana hаѕ a lot οf opportunities tο tackle issues οf climate exchange. Hе mentioned finance, carbon markets, technology [...] Read more...
TIME: A Tale of Two Donors: Cash-Strapped Ireland Outshines Germany in Humanitarian Aid
Source: TIME By Megan Gibson Irish author Anne Enright once suggested that Ireland just might not do recession the way other countries do. While there's no denying that the beleaguered country is in the middle of a financial slump, with unemployment hovering [...] Read more...
ALNAP: HRI 2011- Are more donor requirements part of the solution?
Source: ALNAP By Philip Tamminga Last week, DARA launched the Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) 2011 report: Addressing the Gender Challenge. The report is based on field research in nine crises (Chad, Colombia, DRC, Haiti, Kenya, oPt, Pakistan, Somalia [...] Read more...