Briefing papers & notes

The climate finance cliff
Briefing Paper | Nov 24, 2012
An evaluation of Fast Start Finance and lessons for the future

Commodities of War
Briefing Paper | Nov 20, 2012
Communities speak out on the true cost of conflict in eastern DRC

Planting Now (2nd edition): Summary
Briefing Paper | Oct 15, 2012
Revitalizing agriculture for reconstruction and development in Haiti

Planting Now (2nd edition)
Briefing Paper | Oct 15, 2012
Revitalizing agriculture for reconstruction and development in Haiti

Summer of high food prices and hot air: CFS meeting crucial in fighting hunger
Briefing Paper | Oct 12, 2012
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) meeting in Rome should break the cycle of government inaction and agree to set a path toward an equitable, sustainable and resilient food system.

Our Land Our Lives
Briefing Paper | Oct 03, 2012
In the past decade an area of land eight times the size of the UK has been sold off globally as land sales rapidly accelerate. This land could feed a billion people, equivalent to the number of people who go to bed hungry each night. In poor countries, foreign investors have been buying an area of land the size of London every six days.

Extreme Weather, Extreme Prices
Briefing Paper | Sep 05, 2012
Our failure to slash greenhouse gas emissions presents a future of greater food price volatility, with severe consequences for the precarious lives and livelihoods of people in poverty.

2012 Food Price Hikes Background Briefing
Briefing Paper | Aug 07, 2012
A background briefing on the implications of global food price hikes in 2012.