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Sustainable development goals: Earth scientists respond to the doughnut
14 Febrero 2012 | Kate Raworth

Mark Stafford Smith Will Steffen Some initial thoughts on yesterday’s post on doughnut economics from climate, doughnut economics, environment, MDGs, Millenium Development Goals, poverty, Rio 20, sustainable development, sustainable development goals

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Can we live inside the doughnut? Why the world needs planetary and social boundaries
13 Febrero 2012 | Kate Raworth

This blog summaries a new Discussion Paper published by Oxfam. It does not represent Oxfam policy, but is intended to encourage public debate in the run-up to the UN conference on sustainable devolpment (Rio+20) in June.

When crossing unknown territory, a compass can be pretty handy. Achieving sustainable development for nine billion people has to be high on the list of humanity’s great uncharted journeys. So here’s an idea for a global-scale compass to point us in the right direction (Fig 1).

climate, doughnut economics, environment, MDGs, Millenium Development Goals, poverty, Rio 20, sustainable development
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Left behind by the G20: It’s time to tackle inequality
19 Enero 2012 | Ian Sullivan

For a time in the nineties and early naughties, as financial services promised untold riches for all, discussing inequality was seen as the preserve of people at the fringe of debate. Since the onset of the credit crunch and austerity in Western countries, inequality is firmly back at the center of the public discourse.

climate change, g20, inequality, natural resources, poverty
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#GROW Week day six: the famine in Somalia three months on
20 Octubre 2011 | Rosie Cowling

Three months to the day since the announcement of famine in Somalia, the situation in the country remains severe. 

Malnutrition rates among children in Somalia are the worst in the world. There are now 1.5 million Somalis – one in six of the population – who have been displaced and the upcoming rainy season brings the threat of outbreaks of disease among communities already weakened by malnutrition.

aid, East Africa, FAO, Food price volatility, food prices, GROW, GROW week, hunger, poverty
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#GROW Week day three: poverty, hunger and the impact on women
17 Octubre 2011 | Rosie Cowling

Today is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Tackling hunger is a massive task but it is possible. Moving towards change must start with recognising the instabilities and inequalities in the food system and tapping the potential within it, starting with the people who are hugely important to food production but often overlooked; small scale farmers and women.

food, food prices, GROW, GROW week, hunger, impact on women, poverty, small scale farmers
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#GROW Week day three: female food heroines and more
17 Octubre 2011 | Rosie Cowling

It's been a busy weekend for the GROW campaign, with celebrations all over the world for International Day of Rural Women on Saturday and World Food Day on Sunday. Here's a round-up of yesterday from the live GROW Week Posterous blog:

food, food prices, GROW, GROW week, hunger, impact on women, poverty, small scale farmers
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The East Africa food crisis was not inevitable and solutions exist
14 Julio 2011 | Ed Pomfret

The drought in East Africa is an urgent humanitarian crisis, but one which also highlights the underlying problems people face in having sustainable and affordable access to food.

East Africa, emergency, Ethiopia, food crisis, GROW, humanitarian, Kenya, poverty, Somalia
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The Grand Finale of the G8 Summit
27 Mayo 2011 | Victoria Marzilli

As the G8 Summit comes to a close, it seems like we’ve seen another grand show from world leaders, but not much real decision-making. It’s a disappointment that they didn't regain their credibility, and have been unclear on previous promises and new commitments. Why the façade?

aid, G8, G8 Summit Deauville, poverty, summit
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Dear G8 Leaders, don’t lie about your aid
20 Mayo 2011 | Victoria Marzilli

The Leaders of the top eight economies in the world are coming to the G8 Summit in Deauville, France this year with a lot of explaining to do.

In 2005, the heads of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States made a $50 billion aid promise to the world’s poor by 2015. But Oxfam and others have discovered that they are severely off track and have fallen $19 billion short. Of the promised $25 billion promised to Africa, only $11 billion has really been delivered. 

aid, Deauville, food security, G8, G8 Summit Deauville, hunger, poverty, twitter
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Cancun: the building blocks have been laid
11 Diciembre 2010 | Richard Casson

As is being reported worldwide today (see coverage from the New York Times and from the BBC), progress has been made at the UN climate summit in Cancún. So, while we continue to pore through the text that was published last night, here's a quick overview of yesterday's events:

Cancun, climate change, COP16, environment, global warming, Mexico, poverty
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