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DT 12 / 2014

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Iceland’s PM promises to boost geothermal aid

At the recent Climate Summit in New York, Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson pledged to increase support for geothermal energy.

News October 16, 2014

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UNHCR moves to Copenhagen’s UN City

With UNHCR’s decision to move its fund-raising department to Denmark the total UN staff working in Copenhagen...

News October 16, 2014

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Two new Nordic development ministers

A change of government in Sweden and the exit of the Green Party from the government coalition in Finland...

News October 16, 2014

Donors delay USD 200m in budget support to Tanzania, pending TANESCO row

Donors in Tanzania are holding back their payments of general budget support as they await the outcome...

News October 16, 2014

OECD target: 50% of aid to poorest countries

If DAC donors agree to give half of their development aid to least-developed countries, they will have...

News October 16, 2014

Norway gives more results-based funding. UK and Germany opt for traditional forest aid

The three countries have made bold joint statements on REDD. But the UK and Germany continue to prioritise...

News October 16, 2014

US lawmaker calls for legal review of think tanks funded by Norway, Gulf states

A senior US Republican lawmaker has asked the Department of Justice to examine whether US think tanks...

News October 16, 2014

USD 100m pot for securing indigenous land rights

Norway has pledgedto spend USD 100 million for “work to secure the rights of indigenous peoples and other...

News October 16, 2014

AMC’s role in pneumonia vaccine

In your article, entitled “GAVI gears up for record replenishment. Pneumonia vaccine still takes lion...

Opinion October 16, 2014

More aid to least-developed countries

The OECD’S Development Assistance Committee has opened a new debate about how to increase aid to least...

Opinion Editorial October 16, 2014

IBIS, Oxfam in trial union

The General Assembly of the Danish NGO IBIS has voted to become an “observer member” of the British-based...

News October 16, 2014

Accountability at Norwegian Climate Ministry

In DT 11/2014, September 22, a series of claims regarding the Norwegian International Climate and Forest...

Opinion October 16, 2014

IFU launches green energy developer via new climate fund

The Danish Climate Investment Fund, managed by IFU, has bought a 49 per cent stake in Nordic Power Partners,...

Business September 22, 2014

Wastewater treatment training in Vietnam

Danida is financing equipment supplies and construction of five wastewater treatment plants and one water...

Business October 16, 2014

Limits on loan payments to Green Climate Fund

Grant-giving donors want to avoid their money being used to subsidise loan contributions. Less than two...

Business September 22, 2014

ICT development in Tanzania

Finland has been active in information and communications technology (ICT) in Tanzania since 2008. A...

Business October 16, 2014

Danish Arab Initiative ten years on

The Danish-Arab Partnership was launched in 2003 with dual objectives: to support existing local reform...

Business October 16, 2014

Andes biodiversity final evaluation

Since 2007 Finland has been engaged with the Regional Biodiversity Programme for the Amazon Region of...

Business October 16, 2014

High stakes for Norway with new focus on aid for fragile states

Norway is concentrating its aid on a dozen countries, but has picked some of the most difficult spots...

News October 16, 2014

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