Q+A: Aid agencies on Typhoon Haiyan challenges
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thomson Reuters Foundation hosted a live online debate with aid agencies on Thursday about challenges of relief efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. Here are some quotes from the discussion.
Africans seek clarity on climate finance at Warsaw talks
Donor governments have been reluctant to reveal plans to ramp up funding for vulnerable countries, which say they need the money to adapt to climate impacts and pursue green growth
Some Indian laws reinforce gender inequality, UN study finds
Some Indian laws promote a preference for sons over daughters, a United Nations sturdy has found
Kenya's smallholder farmers use grain stores to raise bank loans
Groups of farmers using the warehouse scheme to raise loans have found it a great success, giving them bigger incomes and more security at a time of uncertainty
U.S. Navy officials probed in defense contracting scandals
Three intelligence officials are under investigation in a case over the sale of firearm silencers at 200 times their cost. It follows news of two admirals being probed in a separate contracting scandal.
Colombian town emerges from bloody past, but healing trauma proves elusive
San Carlos, once a symbol of the toll of Colombia’s war, is now known for its success in rebuilding, with 20,000 people returning to the town in recent years - the biggest homecoming of internal refugees to any town in Colombia
Britain's DEC appeal raises £13 mln in just 24 hrs for Philippine disaster survivors
In just 24 hours, an appeal by Britain’s Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help survivors of the Philippines typhoon has raised £13 million ($20.7 million).
Damage “worse than World War II” says mayor of typhoon-hit Tacloban
Tacloban’s people will show resilience and bounce back from disaster, but the aid effort is vital and must be coordinated, says mayor of Philippines regional capital, largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan