The Explainer: The Global South is on the rise – but what exactly is the Global South?
JORGE HEINE, interim director of the Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what the term means…
Focus turns to climate finance after flurry of COP26 pledges
Glasgow, UKReuters Governments will push for agreement on Monday on how to help vulnerable countries deal with global warming and compensate them for damage already done, a test of whether developing and rich nations can end a standoff over cash for climate change. At the start of a crunch week for the UN climate talks […]
Explainer: Can coronavirus vaccines reach developing countries?
Thomson Reuters Foundation Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is more stable than expected at temperatures that ordinary refrigerators can provide and can be distributed using existing cold-chain shipping and storage infrastructure. That opens the door for its early use in hard to reach places that might not be appropriate for Pfizer Inc’s vaccine which needs ultra-cold storage. Vials labelled “COVID-19 […]
ESSAY: AS MORE DEVELOPING NATIONS REJECT PLASTIC WASTE EXPORTS, WEALTHY NATIONS SEEK SOLUTIONS AT HOME
In an article first published on The Conversation, KATE O’NEILL, associate professor of global environmental politics at the University of California, Berkeley, looks at how wealthier nations are responding to a growing trend for developing nations to refuse to take plastic waste…
From Afghan saffron to Wayanad coffee, geographic labels protect places
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Developing countries are increasingly using geographic labelling to boost the value of products ranging from carpets to rice, raising rural incomes and protecting farm land, according to agriculture experts and lawyers. Geographical indication is a sign used on products that have a specific geographic origin, which gives them certain qualities or […]
Finance for electricity access too little, too dirty – energy body
Thomson Reuters Foundation Finance to provide electric power to nearly one billion people who live without it is rising – but too slowly to meet a global goal to reach everyone by 2030, an international body said on Monday. Meanwhile, funding to expand cleaner, more energy-efficient cooking has declined, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) said […]
ESSAY: EMPOWERED WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE A BEACON OF HOPE
In an essay marking International Women’s Day, ROBERT DUNN, chief executive of Opportunity International Australia, reflects on the key role women are playing in lifting families out of poverty in the developing world…