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Richard Allaway

DFID - The future's bright - 8 views

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    She does not know her age because, like most women in the hills of the state of Orissa, she cannot read or write. But she can wire up and run a solar-powered 12-volt electricity system. Which - as we tell her - is more than we know how to do.
Richard Allaway

The Earth's Energy Balance : Global Warming - 3 views

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    Video from NASA
Matt Podbury

Dordogne-shire: How British expats could be be destroying an idyllic French paradise | ... - 3 views

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    British migratio n into Dordogne.
Richard Allaway

Taliban restrict women's education in Pakistan - Asia, World - The Independent - 4 views

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    "Thousands of young women living in a part of Pakistan once considered the country's most idyllic tourist destination have been prevented from going to school after an order from Taliban forces which have seized control of much of the area. "
Richard Allaway

Women quit before hitting glass ceiling | Money | The Guardian - 4 views

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    Childcare costs and lack of flexibility blamed for dramatic decline in number of top female executives"
Kathleen Noreisch

peopleandplanet.net > population pressures > newsfile > new factbook charts africa's hu... - 2 views

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    If current population and consumption trends continue, Africa's Ecological Footprint will exceed its biocapacity within the next twenty years, while a number of countries, including Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania, are set to reach that threshold in less than five years, according to a report issued today by Global Footprint Network and key partners.
Kathleen Noreisch

"Sending Money Home to Africa" - remittances hold immense untapped potential for the poor - 5 views

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    African workers send home more than US$40 billion to the region each year but restrictive laws and costly fees hamper the power of remittances to lift people out of poverty, according to a new report by the UN's rural poverty agency, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Kathleen Noreisch

Interactive: Climate map shows world after 4C rise | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 2 views

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    A map launched at the Science Museum in London has been developed using the latest peer-reviewed science from the Met Office Hadley Centre and other leading impact scientists. It shows that the land will heat up more quickly than the sea, and high latitudes, particularly the Arctic, will have larger temperature increases
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