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A Climate Potluck in Paris

A Climate Potluck in Paris

“We have an agreement”. Those redeeming words from French foreign minister Laurent Fabius in the evening of Saturday the 12th of December unleashed a wave of standing ovations from high level UN staff…

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SDGs to the Rescue in Post-2015 Development?

SDGs to the Rescue in Post-2015 Development?

As IDS director Melissa Leach delivered her inspiring, wide-ranging and thought-provoking talk – Equality, sustainability, security: Towards transformations in a global development era – to start our inaugural Global Development seminar series, I pondered the role of superheroes and development solutions.