Analysis

The vision of social equity enshrined in Kenya's 2010 Constitution marks a break with the past. It aims to resolve practices and patterns of social exclusion and establishes the basis for a different narrative of state-society relations.

The recent trends in the West African sub-region display various contradictions. On the one hand, certain political and economic developments give reason for optimism. On the other hand, new and very serious threats have emerged over the last years which – if not addressed adequately – could undercut gains made and erode stability and security in the whole region. On the positive side, economic growth rates have been promising, and elections have become well established as the only legitimate way of changing the government.

El conflicto armado interno y los diversos ataques contra la población civil, muchas veces asociados a complejos intereses económicos y políticos, continuaron generando, durante 2011, un desplazamiento de enormes proporciones que afectó a cientos de miles de víctimas, y en forma desproporcionada a poblaciones vulnerables como niñas, niños, mujeres y grupos étnicos. El desplazamiento que como ya ha sido ampliamente señalado, implica la vulneración de múltiples derechos, se genero masivamente durante 2011, alcanzando la cifra de 259.146 personas.

Dans le cadre du Dialogue international sur la migration organisé chaque année par l’OIM – guidé, en 2011, par le thème L’avenir des migrations : renforcer les capacités face aux changements – les Membres de l’Organisation avaient choisi de consacrer l’atelier d’intersession tenu à Genève (Suisse) les 29 et 30 mars 2011 au thème « Changement climatique, dégradation de l’environnement et migration ».

Civil society plays key role in policymaking in a changing climate

As the international climate negotiations are moving at a slow pace, developing countries are creating new policies to deal with climate change; a new report by a coalition of NGOs demonstrates that civil society is critical to policy processes that aim to tackle climate change and protect the poorest and most vulnerable communities from its impacts.

In a time where Western governments struggle to keep their national budgets above the red lines, increased allocations for climate finance are not popular.

There is a global agreement to increase annual climate finance up to the USD100 billion by 2020. Acknowledging this target, governments have started to look for alternative sources, and there is an increasing hope that private finance is the answer.

No silver bullet