"In Our World" relates to IIED's world of environment and development. It connects us with what's going on in both the real world and online worlds.
Coming clean
- Obama to sign bill that will lead to reparations to Guatemalan communities whose members were murdered to make way for a large dam. (More here).
- 1,000+ mining companies endorse mandatory disclosures of payments to governments.
- Transparency International busts open the financial sector's complex jargon.
Sharing the wealth?
- Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest 3.5 billion. Here's a handy list of the world's billionaires.
- If the global elites at Davos see inequality as the problem, what's their solution?
- The Transnational Institute has published its third annual 'State of Power' report.
Changing climate
- European Commission proposes a 40% cut in emissions below 1990 levels by 2030. Here are some reactions.
- Generations apart? Two Nigerians active in the climate change trenches.
- Climate change needs a new kind of scientist.
- Wanted: a 'clean trillion' dollar investment to limit climate change.
- Peru's farmers fight climate change using modern and Inca techniques.
- Why the cost of carbon pollution is both too high and too low.
From the forests
- Indigenous rights clash with forest protection in Kenya.
- Cambodian communities best placed to prevent illegal logging.
- What comes first: the beefburger or the cow? Four lessons for protecting forests.
- Indonesian logging giant faces expulsion from business sustainability group.
Sustaining development
- Getting to Denmark: how rich countries can learn from each other's commitment to development
- China in Africa: five lessons from the Overseas Development Institute.
- Jargon be gone: The evils of development-speak, which hurts the poor.
To protect and conserve?
- Mapping to make decisions: evolution of ecosystem services assessment and tools
- When wildlife disappears, does local knowledge follow?
Development myths
- Bill Gates on three myths of global aid. Here's his full letter.
- ODI's take on the Gates letter.
- Guardian readers share their outlandish development myths.
Sustainable business
- Five tips to help you make sense of the next sustainability report you read.
- Wisdom of the Crowd: New business models report from Marks and Spencer
- Fortune favours the Brave: five opportunities for sustainable innovation (by Accenture, Marks & Spencer and Business in the Community).
Climate migration
- Climate-induced migration creates perils and possibilities.
- Climate migration complex, but planning can help – experts
- How to make climate migration a solution, not a problem.
Mike Shanahan is IIED's press officer.
In Our World is a blog series. Each week it will publish links to top content about environment and development that we have seen online in the past week. You can subscribe by email here or via the RSS feed using this link.