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Climate Change
Group blog

Low carbon, high hopes

Posted 20 July 2010 by Vicky Seymour
The greatest challenge in my job is when I hear colleagues from developing countries ask how they’re supposed to tackle climate change when they have a hundred other development issues to think about. As I’ve written before, my answer is always that tacking climate change and reducing poverty go hand in hand.  They’re not mutually exclusive, [...]

Nigeria
Group blog

Signing out with good grace from ‘Naija’

Posted 15 July 2010 by Ian Attfield
The rainy season is now in full swing and Northern Nigeria is rapidly greening once more, with crops of maize and millet growing fast. I’ve survived my last domestic flight through a brewing storm, with turbulence so bad it dumped most passengers’ drinks into their laps! The dusty road verges are grassing over, back to the situation [...]

Archived Authors

Neil SquiresHuman Development Adviser, Mozambique
Sarah SanyahumbiHead of DFID Nepal
Simone BanisterClimate Change Adviser for DFID Caribbean
Colum WilsonHumanitarian Adviser
Jummai BappahSocial Development Adviser
TimEconomic Adviser, Afghanistan
Dominic ParkerHumanitarian Adviser
Adam JacksonEconomic Advisor, DFID Bangladesh
Elizabeth CarriereHead of DFID Rwanda and Burundi
Gao PingDeputy Programme Manager
Mark GeorgePolicy Analyst, DFID China
Sarra Deya IsmailProgramme Officer, DFID Sudan
Halima BegumPolicy Adviser
Martin LeachHead of the Africa Conflict and Humanitarian Unit
Adrian DavisHead of DFID North and East Asia
Adam SmithBusiness Alliances Policy Support Officer
SimonDFID Representative, Iraq
Jason MontyDeployments Officer, Stabilisation Unit
Emily PoskettStatistics Advisor, DFID Tanzania
Howard TaylorHead of DFID Ethiopia