Rwanda Leverages Green Climate Fund’s Opportunities to Fast-Track Sustainable Development

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Rwanda Leverages Green Climate Fund’s Opportunities to Fast-Track Sustainable Development
Aimable Twahirwa

In a move to achieve its green growth aspirations by 2050, Rwanda has placed a major focus on promoting project proposals that shift away from “business as usual” and have a significant impact on curbing climate change while attracting private investment. The latest report published by the … MORE > >

Kenyan Women Turning the Tables on Traditional Banking and Land Ownership
Miriam Gathigah

It was less than eight months ago that Mary Auma and her three children, from Ahero in Kenya’s Nyanza region, were living in a one-room house in an informal settlement. Ahero is largely agricultural and each day Auma would go and purchase large quantities of milk and resell it – earning only a 10 … MORE > >

Latin American Rural Women Call for Recognition and Policies
Mariela Jara

Rural women in Latin America play a key role with respect to attaining goals such as sustainable development in the countryside, food security and the reduction of hunger in the region. But they remain invisible and vulnerable and require recognition and public policies to overcome this … MORE > >

The Caribbean Reiterates “1.5 Degrees Celsius to Stay Alive”
Kenton X. Chance

If there is one lesson that Dominican Reginald Austrie has learnt from the devastation Hurricane Maria brought to his country last September, it is the need for “resilience, resilience, resilience”. And it is not just because he is his country’s minister of agriculture. When the category 5 … MORE > >

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IOM Releases Global Migration Indicators Report 2018
International Organization for Migration

Prepared by IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), the Global Migration Indicators Report 2018 summarizes key global migration trends based on the latest statistics, showcasing 21 indicators across 17 migration topics. The report is based on statistics from a variety of sources, … MORE > >