| AID POLICY: A “new humanitarianism” at play in Syrian crisis |
 | AMMAN، 30/3/2012 (IRIN) - In a trendy coffee shop in the Jordanian capital, Amman, 20- and 30-somethings smoking sheesha pipes are playing the role of international aid agencies from their laptops. full report |
| CLIMATE CHANGE: Farmers and forecasts |
 | BINGERVILLE/DAKAR، 2/4/2012 (IRIN) - Unpredictable rainfall in parts of Côte d’Ivoire cost some farmers over half of their harvest in 2011 producers told IRIN, but, armed with more knowledge about how to get weather reports and interpret them, they might still have been able to boost their output, say agricultural specialists. full report |
| EGYPT: Fuel shortage threatens bread supplies |
 | CAIRO، 2/4/2012 (IRIN) - It has been three months since a fuel shortage hit Egypt, and people’s patience is wearing thin amid fears the crisis could disrupt the production of subsidized bread. full report |
| CLIMATE CHANGE: Coping versus adapting |
 | JOHANNESBURG، 2/4/2012 (IRIN) - People often use “coping” and “adapting” interchangeably in the context of disaster response - an issue the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seeks to address in its new report. full report |
| DISASTERS: Over 50 million affected in Muslim world in 2011 |
 | DUBAI، 2/4/2012 (IRIN) - The Muslim world is increasingly in the “eye of the cyclone”, with disasters and crises affecting tens of millions of people in Muslim countries last year, a senior official with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) told a humanitarian conference in Dubai. full report |
| CLIMATE CHANGE: Understanding Rio+20 |
 | JOHANNESBURG، 3/4/2012 (IRIN) - A Nobel laureate, a Swedish environmentalist’s idea, the “doughnut” concept, Scandinavia’s sense of social capital, measuring the quality of life, and valuing the oceans are just some of the things trending in the run-up to the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development due to be held on 20-22 June 2012. full report |
| AID POLICY: Humanitarianism in a changing world* |
 | DUBAI، 4/4/2012 (IRIN) - There is “worrying evidence” that the scale and scope of disasters will increase significantly in coming years and “the international community is not prepared,” says Ross Mountain, director-general of Development Assistance Research Associates (DARA), a Madrid-based think-tank which advocates better humanitarian policies. full report |
| CLIMATE CHANGE: Eye on the oceans |
 | JOHANNESBURG، 5/4/2012 (IRIN) - The tide seems to be finally turning for the oceans. After years of neglect, there is a growing focus on the health of the oceans, which helps sustain life on earth, particularly in light of the impact of rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and higher temperatures. full report |