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Mohamed Atia, 44, Hamam City, Mars Mardroh State 1. When was the first time you went to Tahrir Square? January 28, 2011. And I stayed until February, 12. 2. What has changed since then? Nothing. It got even worse: corruption increased, unemployment increased, prices skyrocketed. 3. How does it feel […]

… and Cairo isn’t Egypt. In any way you can think of. We went about 1.5 hour south of Cairo, 40+ degree on an endless desert road. Final destination: the urban hinterland of Fayoum where farmers and fishermen live and work.   People in their villages experienced the revolutionary days […]

This study aims to assess the governance capacity of Transnational Municipal Networks (TMNs) active in climate policy. For this purpose, Lukas Hakelberg performs an Event History Analysis (EHA) and two case studies, testing the impact of network membership on the likelihood of a city adopting a local climate strategy. [issuu […]

Climate change has the potential to undermine people’s right to life, security, health and culture, perhaps nowhere more immediate than in the Pacific, where entire communities are bearing the brunt of rising sea levels and changing weather patterns.  ActionAid is an international NGO that is currently carrying out research to […]

Should Central America actually worry about climate change and its consequences? I ask this because in case you didn’t know, the seven countries of the region together (Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) produce less than 1% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) of the planet. […]

A recent case from Hungary shows how civil organizations and local governments can have an influence even on a mighty intergovernmental security alliance like the NATO: a vital democracy can sometimes be stronger than vested military interests. In recent years the Tubes hill in southern Hungary have become a symbol […]