Rapports

As the conflict between government troops and the Taliban escalates in the Swat valley of northern Pakistan, the number of displaced people continues to grow. In the last few days, almost half a million people, mainly women and children, have…

Oxfam International to assist 175,000 displaced civilians As thousands of families continue to flee their homes in northwest Pakistan amid clashes between government forces and organised armed groups, Oxfam International has begun providing emergency relief to around 175,000 women, men and…

ENV/DEV/1048 Commission on Sustainable Development Seventeenth Session 9th & 10th Meetings* (AM & PM) Chair Says Old Solutions No Longer Fit Twenty-First Century Challenges; Round Table on "Responding to the Food Crisis through Sustainable Development" In the midst of a global…

By Linda Blake Kathmandu, 13 May 2009 - Nepal's major political parties continue to clash over who will lead the county's new majority government, following last week's resignation of the Himalayan country's Maoist prime minister. The ongoing political instability…

KATHMANDU, 8 May 2009 (IRIN) - Nepal is one of a number of South Asian countries directly affected by global warming, especially in mountainous regions which have seen rapid glacier melt: Local experts warn that climate change adaptation plans…

70402 Abstract The World Bank recently conducted research and concept-testing activities to investigate the expansion of the index approach from drought to flood. The main objective was to assess prerequisite conditions, as well as practical and efficient methods,…

Welcome I feel privileged as Internews Afghanistan's new Country Director to share the many activities of my colleagues in Afghan media over recent months. In this e-newsletter, we throw bouquets to two special journalists as they accept Press Freedom Awards;…

A United Nations-sponsored climate change awareness campaign has been launched in East Timor. The UN says the $US200,000 National Adaptation Program aims to foster understanding on how climate changes are affecting people's lives and what can be done to help. An…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Southeast Asia, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change, faces a poorer future unless global warming is controlled, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study, titled The Economics of Climate…

Geneva - Women and men are affected differently by disaster due to the economic, social and cultural roles they play in society. 90 per cent of the people killed in the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh were women. It was…