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Podcast: The Security Council’s role in addressing climate-related security risks

March 5, 2019 Oli Brown Leave a comment

With climate change increasingly being seen as a security issue, there is a question about what role the United Nations…

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Filed under: climate change, conflict, risk, Security Council, UN

In praise of small ‘b’ bureaucracy

February 20, 2019 Oli Brown 4 Comments

Stick with me here, but I’m going to try to argue that for those working in international development, bureaucracy is…

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Filed under: bureaucracy, UN, UN Environment

Erik Solheim: what he got right, what he got wrong, and what the new UN Environment chief should do next

February 13, 2019 Oli Brown 8 Comments

Make no mistake, when Erik Solheim resigned as head of UN Environment on 20th November 2018, less than two and…

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Filed under: Environment, Erik Solheim, UN, UN Environment, UNEP

Are humanitarians going green?

February 7, 2019 Oli Brown 1 Comment

In 2018, a staggering 141 million people across the world required humanitarian assistance. With the need for aid far outstripping…

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Filed under: crisis, disaster, environmental management, green, humanitarians, refugees

The Brumadinho mine tailing collapse: an avoidable disaster

February 2, 2019 Oli Brown Leave a comment

The collapse of the Brumadinho mine tailings dam in Minas Gerais state in Brazil on 25th January was a triple…

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Filed under: Brazil, disasters, mine tailings, mining, Vale

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