
Alastair Whitson
Blog posts
Climate change: Tackling the greatest human rights challenge of our time
Monday, 09 February 2015 17:59Recommendations for effective action on climate change and human rights, prepared by the Center for International Environmental Law and CARE
CARE International Priority Positions regarding the UN Secretary General’s Post-2015 Synthesis Report
Friday, 30 January 2015 00:00This paper summarises CARE’s position on strengths and weaknesses of the UN Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report of post-2015 sustainable development consultations to date, in relation to gender, climate change, governance and
The Community Score Card (CSC): A generic guide for implementing CARE’s CSC process to improve quality of services
Wednesday, 08 May 2013 23:00CARE Malawi developed the Community Score Card (CSC) in 2002 as part of a project aimed at developing innovative and sustainable models to improve health services. Since then, the CSC has become an internationally recognised participatory
Haiti earthquake: Progress report, 2010-2015
Monday, 19 January 2015 00:00This progress report marks the 5th anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The report consists of programmatic and financial data collected in country and provides information on cumulative progress achieved by CARE over the five
Learning from crisis: Strengthening humanitarian response since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
Monday, 22 December 2014 00:00This report looks back at the 10 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami and marks the key milestones and innovations from CARE and the broader humanitarian community. In the lead-up to the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, the report
Critical diagnosis: The case for placing South Sudan’s healthcare system at the heart of the humanitarian response
Friday, 12 December 2014 00:00This report argues that strengthening local health systems should be a key focus of humanitarian health responses – bringing together humanitarian actors and local health workers to save lives in the short-term emergency response, and helping
Tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
Wednesday, 10 December 2014 16:44This report explains why we cannot deliver sustainable development without tackling climate change and why we cannot tackle climate change without tackling the root causes of poverty – one of which is gender
Choice not control: Why limiting the fertility of poor populations will not solve the climate crisis
Wednesday, 10 December 2014 16:40This briefing paper argues that strengthening women’s and girls’ reproductive rights is a global imperative for equitable development, but it must be a priority in its own right, regardless of a country’s population growth and carbon
COP20: Building a fair and just climate deal for the world’s poorest people
Wednesday, 10 December 2014 00:00This briefing paper outlines CARE International’s expectations for the COP20 climate talks held in Lima, Peru in December
Stepping up to the challenge: Six issues facing global climate change and food security
Wednesday, 10 December 2014 16:24This paper, produced by CARE International with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), outlines the complex and inter-related