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SOUTHERN AFRICA: WHO warns of high levels of malaria
2 January 2008
(IRIN
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of the possibility of above average malaria transmission levels in the region this season prompted by unusually high wet conditions because of the climate phenomenon called La Niña.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/76064/SOUTHERN-AFRICA-WHO-warns-of-high-levels-of-malaria
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AFRICA: Halfway to 2015 education goals, progress not fast enough
17 December 2007
(IRIN
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Critics say donors at a recent high-level meeting failed to make firm funding commitments for improving education, particularly in impoverished, fragile and war-torn countries, making it highly unlikely the world will meet ambitious education goals by the 2015 deadline.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75907/AFRICA-Halfway-to-2015-education-goals-progress-not-fast-enough
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GLOBAL: Pledges put UN response fund within “touching distance” of target
14 December 2007
(IRIN
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Some 70 donors, ranging from wealthy industrialised countries to poor states to corporations, today pledged US$420 million for 2008 to the UN emergency fund that seeks to save the lives of millions of people by providing immediate aid in the case of sudden or neglected crises, be they natural disasters or man-made conflicts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75864/GLOBAL-Pledges-put-UN-response-fund-within-touching-distance-of-target
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GLOBAL: More extreme weather in poorer countries
11 December 2007
(IRIN
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Developing countries top a 2008 Climate Risk Index released in the Indonesian island of Bali, where the United Nations climate change conference is taking place.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75810/GLOBAL-More-extreme-weather-in-poorer-countries
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GLOBAL: Poor countries fail in demand for control of new fund
11 December 2007
(IRIN
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The fund to help developing countries adapt to global warming has been approved at the United Nations climate change conference in Bali and will become operational in early 2008, a senior UN official announced on 11 December.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75809/GLOBAL-Poor-countries-fail-in-demand-for-control-of-new-fund
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GLOBAL: Climate change - heating up conflict
10 December 2007
(IRIN
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Increasing pressure caused by climate change on essential resources like water could not only trigger domestic conflicts but also have a destabilising effect globally, warn UN officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75787/GLOBAL-Climate-change-heating-up-conflict
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AFRICA: Building capacity to attract carbon markets
6 December 2007
(IRIN
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Industrialised countries can earn greenhouse gas emission reduction credits by investing in projects that lower emission levels in developing countries, but little of this money has found its way into Africa.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75727/AFRICA-Building-capacity-to-attract-carbon-markets
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GLOBAL: No silver bullets? The online funding revolution and micro-finance sector
5 December 2007
(IRIN
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When Mohammed Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, which revolutionised credit for the poor, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, micro-finance became a household concept. Now, online lending sites such as Kiva and NamasteDirect, give everyone a chance to help fight global poverty and, in the words of one new investor, “teach people how to take a small investment, grow their business and eventually become self-sufficient”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75571/GLOBAL-No-silver-bullets-The-online-funding-revolution-and-micro-finance-sector
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AFRICA: Safety nets help to climate-proof the poor
5 December 2007
(IRIN
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A unique safety net programme being piloted in Ethiopia, which attempts to break away from the traditional humanitarian model, is being punted in the UN Development Programme's Human Development Report 2007/2008 as a "bold attempt" to tackle food security threats posed by an uncertain climate.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75709/AFRICA-Safety-nets-help-to-climate-proof-the-poor
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GLOBAL: More spent on hair care than climate conditioning
4 December 2007
(IRIN
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Industrialised countries have only paid about US$163 million towards helping the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) adapt to global warming - less than what Canadians spent on hair conditioner last year - says a new report by the UK-based development agency, Oxfam. But less than $10 million of this has been dispensed so far, the UN Development Programme's Human Development Report 2007/2008 pointed out.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/75684/GLOBAL-More-spent-on-hair-care-than-climate-conditioning
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