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UNEA: The most important environmental meeting that most people have never heard of

March 7, 2019 Oli Brown 1 Comment

As I write, delegates are starting to arrive in Nairobi for the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The Assembly starts…

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Filed under: Environment, UN, UN Environment, UNEA, UNEA4, UNEP

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 10 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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