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    SLIDESHOW: Bangladesh's Ashar Chor, a vanishing island

    Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:32 PM

    "Ten years ago we lived 3 km [1.8 miles] further out to what is now sea, but now we have to move our houses back once or twice a year as the sea takes more of the island," says Deb Mondol, a 40-year old fish drier who has worked on Ashar Char for more than

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    Is it time to be philosophical about climate change?

    Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:34 PM

    With apologies to another ancient Mediterranean civilization, is it useful - when in Greece - to do as the Greeks might have when it comes to addressing climate change? In other words, with a crisis that demands such urgent and widespread human action, do

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    INTERVIEW: UN refugee chief calls for new deal on burden sharing for refugees

    Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47 PM

    Rich countries should share the global refugee burden more fairly with developing countries and cooperate to set up an enlarged EU-wide resettlement programme, U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres says.

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    SLIDESHOW-Creating safer communities in disaster-prone Bangladesh

    Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47 PM

    The European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) funds community and institutional based disaster preparedness programs across South Asia. In its eighth year of implementation, ECHO's funding aims to build the resilience of c

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    Vietnam floods kill 66, half a million affected

    Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47 PM

    Heavy flooding has killed 66 people and affected half a million across five provinces in central Vietnam, according to aid agencies. The United Nations' situation report published on Monday also said some 150,000 houses we

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    The bad - and good - news at Tianjin

    Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:35 PM

    Countries meeting here in Tianjin, China, are trying to make final progress before the world comes together in Cancun. There are some essential elements that need to be agreed in Cancun to prove to the world that this process can deliver real action, to be

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    Charter can help monitor local, Chinese involvement in resource deals

    Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:38 PM

    Diarmid O'Sullivan leads the oil and minerals team at Global Witness, a London-based organisation that investigates the links between natural resources, corruption and conflict

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    Charter to help developing states avoid the "resource curse"

    Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:49 PM

    A contributing author of the Natural Resource Charter outlines how the guidelines could support countries in maximising benefits from their resource wealth

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    Climate funding: Creating a climate for conflict?

    Thu, 9 May 2013 10:33 AM

    During a recent field trip to mid-monsoon Nepal, stories of floods affecting vulnerable communities across the country dominated the daily headlines. At the same time, international donors are pouring in funds in an attempt to help the vulnerable

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    How a global insurance scheme could have helped flood-hit Pakistan

    Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:41 PM

    By Sven Harmeling, advisor on climate and development with Germanwatch, and Koko Warner, researcher at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) The La Nina-related floods that have devastated Pakistan since July

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