Sep 24, 2009 | IN THE NEWS
The call comes as leaders meet in New York to discuss plans to cut green house gas emission, ahead of the Copenhagen conference in December.The Alliance of Small Island States say they want a new climate agreement at Copenhagen to aim for a more ambitious temperature...
Sep 17, 2009 | IN THE NEWS
According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the US and European Union have committed 40 times more money to rescuing the global financial crisis than they have to reducing poverty or addressing climate change.But prior to the global...
Sep 10, 2009 | IN THE NEWS
The group claims most of the estimated $10 billion has been spent on international salaries, administration, and imports.Australia is East Timor’s largest donor and gives the country $100 million each year in aid, and the Federal Government is adamant it is not...
Sep 9, 2009 | IN THE NEWS
The United States is least at risk followed by France, Canada, Germany and the Czech Republic, according to the Food Security Risk Index, calculated from dozens of variables that determine a country’s capacity to feed its people.Food stress jumped toward the top...
Sep 2, 2009 | IN THE NEWS
That astronomical estimate, far higher than any previously suggested by the United Nations, comes at a time when developed and developing nations are still deeply divided over who bears the responsibility for shouldering the expense of deploying cleaner energy...
Aug 26, 2009 | IN THE NEWS
Dr Cynthia Maung visited Canberra last week as part of a delegation of prominent humanitarian workers seeking a review of Australia’s aid commitment to Burma. They travelled to the nation’s capital to request a moderate increase in the funding received by...
