As one of the DFID Bloggers veterans - has it really been two years already? – I've been given the honour of shortlisting the best of our blogs from 2010. So, which was your favourite? Browse through the top ten …
Most of us love a bit of technology that will make our lives easier or save us money. I don’t know how I got by before I had my iPhone – and I’m a bit of a Luddite. These days there …
The greatest challenge in my job is when I hear colleagues from developing countries ask how they’re supposed to tackle climate change when they have a hundred other development issues to think about. As I’ve written before, my answer is …
Last week I wrote about the importance of protecting our forests. But earlier this week I heard one of the world’s leading development economists say that, “sometimes the right thing to do is to cut down a forest,” if it was essential for …
After all the excitement of the elections, I took the chance to have a couple of weeks off in Uganda and Ethiopia. Now I try not to think about work when I’m having some down time. But when your work …
Last week I went to Manila, where over 300 representatives of developing countries, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities and the private sector came together for the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, a global conversation on the CIF, which …
There might have been 15,000 people in the conference centre for last month's climate change negotiations at Copenhagen, and thousands more stuck in the cold outside trying to get in, but I wasn't one of them. My job was done after …
In discussing the ongoing climate conversation I'm having with my brother in my last two blogs, I've talked about the evidence behind the need to tackle climate change, and about why we need to assist developing countries to grow their …
As I said in my last post, my brother and I have been debating climate change through the unexpected medium of Facebook. First he asked about science; next he commented that, “A million people giving up meat to appease Mother Gaia …
It’s funny, I’ve got the Copenhagen conference coming out of my ears - trying to keep up with latest developments, seeing where the sticking points are – yet one of the most interesting climate change discussions I’ve had this week …
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