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Sustainable development requires action on climate change [1]
People wading through flood water in San Francisco Menendez, El Salvador [1]
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the floods in El Salvador – indeed, the UN are calling it “one of the greatest disasters” in the country’s history. Once again, a massive effort is…
Progressio, 10th November 2011
Strong societies are more resilient when crisis hits [2]
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It may no longer be making the news – but in East Africa, the famine persists. Rains have come at last, easing the drought, but also bringing the risk of flooding and the spread of diseases like…
TimAldred, 9th November 2011
Catholic perspectives on climate change [3]
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The floods in Central America have captured the Progressio homepage in recent weeks, and for good reason. Communities we’re working in have been devastated. We work with some of the communities in…
Daniel Hale, 24th October 2011
Let’s make development for the common good [4]
A field in Wedza Zimbabwe [4]
Progressio’s Director, Christine Allen, reflects on why political parties need to pay attention to the ‘common good’… I was glad to see the Labour Party, at its autumn conference, discussing a…
Christine Allen, 7th October 2011
Let’s make development our common aim [5]
speakers at a BOND fringe event [5]
For Progressio’s Director, Christine Allen, a visit to the Labour Party conference was a chance to reflect on what development really means… I have been back to my home city for a few days as the…
Christine Allen, 3rd October 2011
The water, food and energy nexus [6]
Broccoli plantations in Quito, Ecuador (© Santiago Serrano/Progressio) [6]
We only have a limited amount of freshwater on this planet, so how do we use it? Petra Kjell reflects on World Water Week 2011. When did you last think about the many different ways water influences…
Petra Kjell, 6th September 2011
Can you keep a promise? Spending 0.7% effectively on aid [7]
Christine Allen speaking at the JustShare debate (image from live video clips) [7]
Is aid money spent effectively? Does the UK give enough money towards international development? Do we give too much? These are some of the questions raised at a recent JustShare debate. Watch video…
Progressio, 18th July 2011
Climate change: the world wakes up to water [8]
Women farmers in Wedza, Zimbabwe [8]
After two years of lobbying and campaigning, is the world finally waking up to water? Two years ago, I first made the journey to Bonn in Germany for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (…
Petra Kjell, 29th June 2011
Countdown to Rio +20 [9]
Catalino Vásquez, a farmer in Honduras, with his maize crop [9]
Great expectations In June 1992, nations from around the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or the Earth Summit, to discuss the state…
Petra Kjell, 7th June 2011
Leaks and Aid promises – clearing away the fog [10]
Farmers in Malawi husking maize cobs [10]
The Defence Secretary, Liam Fox MP, has seemed to challenge the UK’s commitment to aid spending. On 17th May the Times published a leaked letter criticising the government’s plan to make the level of…
TimAldred, 27th May 2011