La transición a una economía circular es clave para un futuro sostenible. Hablamos con JUST2CE, un proyecto financiado por la UE que se presentó durante las Jornadas Europeas de Desarrollo 2022, para obtener más información sobre...
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Global Gateway Series : La transition juste vers une économie circulaire
La transition vers une économie circulaire est essentielle pour un avenir durable. Nous nous sommes entretenus avec JUST2CE, un projet financé par l'UE présenté lors de la Semaine Européenne du Développement Durable de 2022, pour...
Global Gateway Series: Just transition to a circular economy
Transitioning to a circular economy is key for a sustainable future. We talked to JUST2CE – an EU-funded project showcased during the 2022 European Development Days – to learn more about how to avoid the pitfalls of this...
Enabling Communities to Tackle Climate Change
Around the tables at the Climate Change Conference in Paris, nations are striving to reach consensus on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the environment. To turn recommendations into results, all stakeholders...
Eliminating Corruption to Enable Development
Corruption ranges from bribery to collusion to straightforward theft, but as envelopes of cash evolve into more sophisticated mechanisms, efforts to prevent corruption and build transparency must keep up. “We see new forms of...
The Land-Drugs Nexus
"For many communities in Myanmar who grow opium, for them opium is not the problem, it is the solution to their problems," said local project consultant, Tom Kramer, from the Transnational Institute. And therein lies one of the...
Working with Opportunity and Risk: Insight to EU Operations in Myanmar
The government-initiated reforms in Myanmar over the past three years have provided great opportunity for increased development engagement, but the context continues to require sensitive assessments of opportunities and risks. In...
Roadmaps to Engage Civil Society
For European Union delegations and member states, working effectively with civil society organisations presents different challenges. In Chad it takes five days of desert travel to reach organisations in the north; in Azerbaijan...
Disaster Preparedness in the South Pacific: Good Practices from the Global Climate Change Alliance
They might not make global headlines, but for low-lying Pacific islands king tides are an ever-increasing threat. As sea levels rise, the highest tides can have catastrophic effects, particularly when combined with storm...
Civil Society Shares Their Experience of the VPA Process at FLEGT Week 2013
The European Union’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) initiative calls on the involvement of civil society in the negotiation and implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) with timber...