Full Coverage: Development

30.06.2007 ATLANTA, Jun 29 (IPS) - Under the banner, "If another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary," 10,000 civil society activists gathered in Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday for the beginning of the first U.S. Social Forum.

29.06.2007 The mid-point to the 2015 deadline, 07.07.07, for meeting the Millennium Development Goals is just around the corner. NGOs worldwide are gearing up to press governments for faster action. In India, the UN Millennium Campaign and other civil society organizations are pushing the ruling UPA government to meet the MDG targets.

28.06.2007 GENEVA, Jun 28 (IPS) - Global civil society leaders called on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) Thursday to use both international channels and their muscle on the ground for applying pressure on governments to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

22.06.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (OneWorld) - Calls for global cooperation in tackling climate change are on the rise as a new study identifies China as the world's number one emitter of greenhouse gases.

21.06.2007 WASHINGTON, Jun 21 (IPS) - Environmental campaigners are urging several heavyweight investment firms, including Credit Suisse, Barclays, Fortis Group and Merrill Lynch, to shoulder some responsibility for a catastrophic mud volcano on the Indonesian island of Java that resulted from a gas project the firms helped fund.

12.06.2007 FSPI report the case of violence and shooting against the peasants in Tanak Awu, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara to the UN Commission of Human Rights in Jakarta. This time, the case is reported to the special delegation of UN Secretary Hina Jilani.

08.06.2007 The Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA) will hold its third global meeting on September 15 - 18, 2007 in Spain. The meeting will strengthen the campaign against waste incineration as well as the movement of hazardous waste across national borders.

04.06.2007 There have been a series of targeted attacks perpetrated against Papernas in recent times. Although a number of complaints have been filed against the perpetrators, there has been inadequate police investigations and action taken on these cases.