By Alexios Mantzarlis. The 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP17) is coming up, and no one harbors great hopes that the South African hosts will manage to cajole all major polluters into signing a legally-binding agreement to cut emissions. Civil society is rightly flummoxed at the [...]

By Elisa Peter This week, government delegates are discussing international policy options to address climate change at a meeting in Panama ahead of UNFCC COP16 in South Africa later this year. Many NGOs are participating in the meeting, advocating for legally binding commitments by governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.   Today, the Massachusetts [...]

By Ellen Knickmeyer Vastly more people needing help, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly in the slums of the world’s poorest cities. More climate crises, both slow-moving and abrupt. More military involvement in humanitarian work. More political crises of conscience for humanitarian organizations. More of everything, really – except donors, as population growth stagnates in [...]

By Rahim Kanani The Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations hosted alumna Jo Luck HKSEE 1979, President of Heifer International, and her senior leadership team, at an event on February 4th where they engaged with students and faculty on issues ranging from climate change, to agriculture, to nonprofit management. [...]

As part of its NGO Leaders Seminar Series, the Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations will host a senior leadership team from Heifer International on Thursday, February 4.  Led by Jo Luck, President of Heifer International, the team will conduct a seminar that explores new challenges in agricultural development, against the [...]

By Sherine Jayawickrama A couple of months ago, I blogged about how much NGOs have changed in terms of their readiness and their capacity to engage in the policy arena.  In that post, I cited NGO advocacy and campaigning at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh as an example.  The climate change summit that began today [...]