Addressing the triple emergency: poverty, climate change, and environmental degradation
…businesses, and civil society to work together in 2020 and 2021 to recognise and support the interdependency of people, nature, and climate with the following commitments: Increase ambition: Action is…
Islamic social finance: the future of humanitarian partnership?
From the glitz of Davos to the bureaucratic corridors of Brussels, the harsh reality is that overseas development aid is declining, inequality is growing, and there’s ever more uncertainty around…
One Health can transform global health, but only if civil society is on board
There is huge momentum and political commitment to the One Health approach. But we need to make sure that there is true commitment behind words and that political will turns…
Charity’s conflict café leaves guests hungry for action
…Network News These are the realities that communities are facing around the world, including in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen – all countries facing protracted…
Four steps all humanitarian actors must take to turn the tide on Gender-Based Violence
…the original Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) GBV Guidelines. But why? There is a vicious cycle perpetuating a lack of awareness and a lack of funding, which means the issue stays…
What’s going on at the party conferences 2023
…Prosperity and WaterAid. Speakers: The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP (Minister of State for Development) and Ryan Henson (CGP). 14:30 – 15:30, “Is Girls’ Education really a silver bullet for…
Reshuffles, reviews and restructures: what does the new government mean for development?
…stage. Now is the chance for the government to show it is an optimistic, compassionate and effective global player committed to delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals, which it was…
OECD releases final overseas aid figures for 2018
Last month the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Development Co-operation Directorate released the final figures for total Official Development Assistance (ODA) by Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members in…
What the Labour manifesto says about international development
…fuel projects and reject any future deals that compromise the party’s principles on climate. Human rights and conflict policy Building on their commitment of policy coherence across foreign affairs departments,…
Bond statement in response to the government’s Civil Society Strategy
…to support advocacy and campaigning in the UK, but this is not enough. Real confidence will now have to come from actions rather than words.” Commenting on Grants 2.0 outlined…