The global aid system: better the devil we know?
AlertNet survey shows aid groups want to cut U.N. costs and bureaucracy, but don't see a big bang solution
Mind the seven-year climate finance gap
Lack of a plan for climate aid between 2012 and 2020 may be a big stumbling block at Durban
Apples, oranges and climate vulnerability indices
Which countries are most vulnerable to climate impacts depends on who's doing the measuring - and how
Are aid groups honest about the barriers to helping Somalia?
Four million people are said to be at risk in famine-hit Somalia
What's happened to Japan's tsunami survivors?
Tens of thousands of survivors are still displaced, many living in evacuation centres or hotels
Who would suffer most from aid cuts to Pakistan?
Many US lawmakers are asking whether Islamabad has clamped down enough on terrorism to deserve billions of dollars in aid
How to make climate change projects bigger and better?
Keys including letting local communities decide what they need and ensuring they make a financial investment in projects
What's the secret of success in climate policy?
Brainstorming session looks at how to deliver "climate-compatible" development
Humanitarian system: Trying hard but could do better?
Is it fair to expect governments and aid agencies to meet people's basic needs within months of a major crisis?
Forest protection efforts can't see the wood for the trees
Study urges new approach to bridge wide gaps between top-level negotiations and experimentation on the ground