Environment

Drought response requires getting development right

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97647/Drought-response-requires-getting-developme...
GENEVA 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - It takes more than weathermen and agriculture experts to design an effective drought response policy.

The long road home to South Sudan

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97981/The-long-road-home-to-South-Sudan
RENK, UPPER NILE STATE 06 May 2013 (IRIN) - George Malual Deng, 24, has spent two years stuck in a transit site waiting to return to his home in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. He is among 20,000 people who have made a home of sorts in the river port of Renk, waiting for a barge to take them further south.

Gender relations are changing along with climate

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97727/Gender-relations-are-changing-along-with-cl...
JOHANNESBURG 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality.

Zimbabwe short on climate change funds

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97994/Zimbabwe-short-on-climate-change-funds
HARARE 07 May 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate funding and limited resources are frustrating Zimbabwe’s efforts to develop plans to deal with the impact of climate change, says a government progress report.

From drought policy to reality

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97673/From-drought-policy-to-reality
GENEVA 18 March 2013 (IRIN) - There is quite a leap to be made between a country’s declared intent to draw up a drought policy and actually making it happen on the ground. This was the view of several participants at the recent High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy in Geneva.

Making WASH work in Burkina Faso’s cities

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98054/Making-WASH-work-in-Burkina-Faso-s-cities
OUAGADOUGOU 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Earlier this year Denis Ouedraogo, a tailor living in the Tampouy neighbourhood just north of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, connected his mud-walled home to the water network for the first time. “Even without electricity, having enough water can make you happy,” he said.

Scientists call for development goals to protect Earth

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97700/Scientists-call-for-development-goals-to-pr...
JOHANNESBURG 21 March 2013 (IRIN) - Development can no longer focus exclusively on improving people’s lives. Countries must now link poverty eradication to protection of the atmosphere, oceans and land, said a group of international scientists in a comment piece published today in the journal Nature. They propose six Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that do just that.

A unified approach to climate change and hunger

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97913/A-unified-approach-to-climate-change-and-hu...
JOHANNESBURG 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face these natural hazards.

The making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention treaty

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
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IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98058/The-making-of-the-Hyogo2-disaster-preventio...
JOHANNESBURG 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - A month after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in December 2004, affecting millions, 168 countries signed on to a 10-year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards.

Maize shortage renews debate over GM in Zimbabwe

21 May, 2013 - 09:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97588/Maize-shortage-renews-debate-over-GM-in-Zim...
HARARE 04 March 2013 (IRIN) - A major shortage of maize has sent the price of maize meal, used for porridge and poultry feed, spiralling in Zimbabwe, prompting traders to lobby the government to consider importing genetically modified (GM) maize.
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