New database aims to crack lack of information in impact investing
Impact investing, a nascent financial sector designed to generate social and environmental benefits as well as financial returns, is gaining traction but suffers from a lack of comprehensive data about deals and the actual impact investments are having.
Researchers to move ahead with Thai HIV vaccine study
A trial in 2009 provided evidence that a preventive HIV vaccine is possible, with a 31.2 percent reduced risk of infection - now scientists are trying to improve those results
"Widespread misogyny" root of online abuse -victim
“We need a new series of protocols that deals with the fact that people are behaving like this online in the same way we have protocols for dealing with it offline.” - Stella Creasy, MP and victim of rape threats on Twitter
Tanzania adopts irrigation law to help farmers battle climate change
Provisions to protect villagers from land grabs in the name of irrigation projects were tightened after legislators raised concerns
Tanzania yatunga sheria ya umwagiliaji kusaidia wakulima kupambana na mabadiliko ya tabia nchi
Provisions to protect villagers from land grabs in the name of irrigation projects were tightened after legislators raised concerns
Malaria soars in C. African Republic as people flee to bush
Trained 'malaria agents' are helping MSF fight malaria among children in northwest Central African Republic, but stocks of medicine are depleted and people who fled to the bush to escape violence are in prime mosquito breeding grounds
ILO finds forced and child labour in Thai fishing industry
One 12-year-old interviewed for the report said he worked 20 hours a day, while one in 10 of those questioned was severely beaten at sea and others worked for years without being paid
Pacific states seek to lead on climate change
Declaration aims to drive greater ambition on climate action, but offers no new immediate promises in effort “not to spook anybody”
Caribbean island of Dominica bets on geothermal energy
Geothermal power is seen as key to economic prosperity and climate change resilience for the 70,000 people of Dominica, but environmentalists want greater transparency over the risks