Global Justice Links From This Week

27Aug, 2010

Microloans for clean energy in the developing world
One-third of the world's population today has no access to any form of modern energy, relying instead on highly polluting fuels like wood and kerosene. Working on the premise that reliable energy is a key to fighting poverty — and that it needs to be clean — Energy in Common is a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to facilitating microloans to bring green energy to people in need.
The Top 5 Most Ignored Humanitarian Crises | UN Dispatch
The sluggish international response to the Pakistan floods emergency is actually not all that sluggish, at least compared to these humanitarian crises. Introducing the five most under-funded and ignored humanitarian crises:
Learn more about the Millennium Development Goals
Established 10 years ago in September 2000, the eight MDGs are an audacious set of goals for changing the world — with an equally audacious target of 2015 to reach them all. The UN has been tracking progress on the MDGs since 2000, watching as the economic slowdown pushed some goals back (like expanding access to education), while other goals inch forward (like increasing access to antenatal care). But throughout the list, much work remains to be done. You can find out more about each goal below; follow the links to reach the data-packed MDG Monitor mini-site for each goal, with stats, maps and individual success stories:
China reviews law on death penalty
China considers dropping use of capital punishment for 13 economic crimes.
Hundreds of Roma Expelled from France: Humane Deportation or Xenophobic Slum Clearing?
The French government vehemently defends their deportation campaign, saying it is “safe and humane” – claiming that sending in armed police at six in the morning, pulling mothers out of their homes and threatening to take their children is actually in the Roma’s best interest.
Is Obama Failing on AIDS?
President Obama is coming in for a very public flogging over a perceived lack of action on the global AIDS pandemic. Is it deserved?
Fellows Friday with Sunita Nadhamuni
Water and sanitation are among the most crucial issues facing India today, Sunita Nadhamuni notes in her interview with TED. But while these problems are daunting, Sunita says India’s many innovations in managing water can teach the rest of the world a thing or two.

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