Climate

How to Sound Knowledgeable at Cancun (2010) View description
Selected articles on the humanitarian implications of climate change
Carbon Trading: Cap & Trade Primer 101 View description
An easy to read explanation of this approach to reducing carbon emissions. Especially useful are the 5 criterion for developing a an effective and fair cap and trade system.
Carbon Trading: How it works and why it fails View description
A critical analysis based on five case studies.
Climate Justice for a Changing Planet (2009) View description
Description: Gradual and sudden environmental changes are resulting in substantial human movement and displacement, and the scale of such flows, both internal and cross-border, is expected to rise with unprecedented impacts on lives and livelihoods. Despite the potential challenge, there has been a lack of strategic thinking about this policy area partly due to a lack of data and empirical research on this topic. Adequately planning for and managing environmentallyinduced migration will be critical for human security. The papers in this volume were first presented at the Research Workshop on Migration and the Environment: Developing a Global Research Agenda held in Munich, Germany in April 2008. One of the key objectives on the Munich workshop was to address the need for more sound empirical research and identify priority areas of research for policy makers in the field of migration and the environment. Table of Contents: Foreword by William Lacy Swing* Chapter I: Introduction and Overview: Enhancing the knowledge base* Chapter II: Challenges and approaches to measuring the migration–environment nexus* Chapter III: Collecting data on the migration–environment nexus* Chapter IV: Researching environmental change and migration: evaluation of EACH-FOR methodology and application in 23 case studies worldwide* Chapter V: Migration and natural disasters* Chapter VI: Migration and slow-onset disasters: desertification and drought* Chapter VII: Managing environmentally induced migration* Chapter VIII: The role of legal and normative frameworks for the protection of environmentally displaced people* Number of Pages: 448 Format: Softcover
Migration, Environment and Climate Change (2009) View description
Description: Gradual and sudden environmental changes are resulting in substantial human movement and displacement, and the scale of such flows, both internal and cross-border, is expected to rise with unprecedented impacts on lives and livelihoods. Despite the potential challenge, there has been a lack of strategic thinking about this policy area partly due to a lack of data and empirical research on this topic. Adequately planning for and managing environmentallyinduced migration will be critical for human security. The papers in this volume were first presented at the Research Workshop on Migration and the Environment: Developing a Global Research Agenda held in Munich, Germany in April 2008. One of the key objectives on the Munich workshop was to address the need for more sound empirical research and identify priority areas of research for policy makers in the field of migration and the environment. Table of Contents: Foreword by William Lacy Swing* Chapter I: Introduction and Overview: Enhancing the knowledge base* Chapter II: Challenges and approaches to measuring the migration–environment nexus* Chapter III: Collecting data on the migration–environment nexus* Chapter IV: Researching environmental change and migration: evaluation of EACH-FOR methodology and application in 23 case studies worldwide* Chapter V: Migration and natural disasters* Chapter VI: Migration and slow-onset disasters: desertification and drought* Chapter VII: Managing environmentally induced migration* Chapter VIII: The role of legal and normative frameworks for the protection of environmentally displaced people* Number of Pages: 448 Format: Softcover
The Relationship Between Human Rights and Climate Change (2009)

Childrens' Rights

Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (2010)
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2010)
Child Friendly Cities View description
A Child Friendly City is a local system of good governance committed to fulfilling children's rights.
Child Trafficking Research Project View description
This website was developed in connection with research carried out by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Center on Child Trafficking during the program cycle 2003-2005. This material is now being maintained as part of the historical background of IRC research activities within our main site. This site looks at one of the worst violations of the rights of children in the world: child trafficking. It provides an on-line source of information on child trafficking in various countries, including the legal framework, the main policy approaches and current programing responses.
Casa Alianza/Covenant House Latin America
European Network on Street Children Worldwide (ENSCW)
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Rädda Barnen (Swedish Save the Children)
Understanding Children's Work View description
This is a joint research project of The International Labor Organization(ILO), UNICEF and the World Bank. The UCW Project is guided by the Oslo Agenda for Action, unanimously adopted at the 1997 International Conference on Child Labor, which laid out global priorities in the fight against child labor.

Eradication of Poverty

Global Employment Trends for Youth (2010)
Poverty Eradication: Report of the Secretary General (2010) View description
The NGO Committee on Social Development is acknowledged for its contribution.
Millennium Villages Project View description
The Millennium Villages project offers a bold, innovative model for helping rural African communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty
Rethinking Poverty View description
Report on the World Social Situation 2010
Rethinking Poverty Executive Summary (2010)
Trends in Sustainable Development View description
Towards Sustainable Consumption and Production