Women are the major food producers but are not part of any decision making process - said Farah Kabir, ActionAid Bangladesh’s Country Director. Farah was speaking in a talk jointly organised by...
Monday morning was reserved for the Women’s March at the People’s Summit.As a former student of international relations, I've always wondered about the real meaning of the UN Charter...
The true transformation to sustainable development is not in the Rio+20, but in the People's Summit.After an exausting three days of negotiations to try and reach consensus on the...
It’s time for another beach resort G20 summit – this time it’s Live from Los Cabos, Mexico. Only seven months ago, world leaders gathered in the beach resort town of Cannes, France. Now they’re back...
This week the United National Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD), also known as Rio+20 kicks off in Rio. Consisting of world leaders and thousands of participants from all forms and...
Today was another day that Flamengo Park in Rio de Janeiro was full of people, traditional knowledge, ideas and good intentions for a world socially and environmentally fair. This Sunday, the...
A new report commissioned by ActionAid shows that biofuel targets set by the EU will lead directly to an increase in the prices of key agricultural commodities worldwide by 2020. And – while...
You can’t listen to negotiations for much more than 15 minutes here at the Rio+20 summit before you hear the expression “I am in your hands”. It’s not an expression of love between negotiators, but...
The first day of negotiations for the Rio+20 outcome document ended with very little progress.Kirsten (ActionAid Denmark), Elisa (AA Brazil) and Roberto (AA Italy) were present following closely on...
ActionAid believes that agroecology-based Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture (CSRA) is an effective way to respond to both the climate and food crisis. CRSA proposes to overcome the gaps of...
