Poverty in the UK - 1 views
Haiti to plant millions of trees to boost forests and help tackle poverty - 2 views
Eight steps to climate-proof development in Africa - 1 views
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Climate change must be integrated into the post-2015 agenda, as ignoring it may condemn many Africans to a life of poverty 1) Protect and invest in African ecosystems 2) Make adaptation and climate risk management core elements of post-2015 development agenda 3) Take advantage of mitigation opportunities 4) Promote Sustainable agriculture and provide support to expand sustainable agriculture methods 5) Manage water 6) Investment in climate smart infrastructures 7) Focus on knowledge and capacity development 8) Invest in information services
Structural Adjustment-a Major Cause of Poverty - Global Issues - 1 views
India's villagers reap visible benefits from solar electricity scheme - 0 views
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India's rush for industrialisation may be stymied by a lack of power for its factories, but, barely noticed, solar electricity is being taken to thousands of villages in one of the most ambitious grassroots projects ever attempted. Five years ago an estimated 400 million people lived with rudimentary, low-quality kerosene lamps, providing poor, polluting and often dangerous light.