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Michael Peel is a Financial Times journalist. He writes here in a personal capacity.
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Rio shows way on links between environment and corruption

By on 9 November 2012 in Climate Change

The inter-governmental deal on climate change inked in Rio de Janeiro in June has proved nothing less than the “longest suicide note in history”, according to Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International’s executive director. He sees the successor compact to the original landmark 1992 Rio declaration on climate change as a crucial and perhaps fatal missed opportunity [...]

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New remedy for parents unhappy with children’s schools

By on 8 November 2012 in Access to information, Anti-corruption movement, People power, Technology

Filipino parents unhappy with the way their children’s schools are being run now have a ready remedy: sending an email or text to the website checkmyschool.org. The site has a scrolling list of user complaints, ranging from a computer shortage in an elementary school to allegations – supported by a photo – that another institution [...]

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