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Climate & development links: Women in Pakistan, PlanetPolicy, Climate Assessment and more

Published 12 May 2014 Follow @StephieDunstan

Women's parliamentary caucuses are improving female political participation, legislation, and women's rights in Pakistan.
The Guardian's development blog has a new piece analysing Australia and Canada's shift to merging their aid portfolios into foreign affairs.
ACFID policy paper calls for 10% of the aid budget to be ring-fenced for humanitarian response work.
The World Health Organization reports that the air quality in most cities worldwide fails to meet acceptable standards.
PlanetPolicy: Brookings Institu tion has launched a new blog on the intersection of energy and climate policy.
A new report from the US National Climate Assessment affirms that human induced climate change is already impacting every corner of the US. In the video below, Obama's science advisor gives a three-minute overview of the report:

Malcolm Cook 1 Dec 2016 11:20

Over the last four years, the threat posed by North Korea has grown.

Marianne Hanson 16 Oct 2020 13:30

An eruption of bitter fighting in a seemingly intractable conflict is aggravating wider regional tensions.

Joanna Hewitt 3 Aug 2017 17:07

DFAT is the only mega department to have retained almost all of its 1987 functions intact.