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Speaking is a fundamental human right but unfortunately in West Africa it is a luxury for some and most especially women. In many West Africa countries, the culture, education and cultural norms does not encourage women to speak out in public let alone on the issues they face, for example […]

One of the things I love most about my home town of Brisbane is its ‘green heart’ – a patchwork quilt of parks and nature reserves spread throughout and around the city. However, it is also one of Australia’s fastest growing cities (by about 16,000 extra people per year).  Consequently, […]

In Central and Eastern Europe’s relatively new democracies, environmental consciousness and its political manifestations are generally weaker than in Western Europe. More than twenty years have now passed since the democratic turn in Hungary, but the revolution in the ‘hearts and minds’ – at least as far as questions of […]

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. […]