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Meals Per Gallon: The Impact of Industrial Biofuels on People and Global Hunger

Report from ActionAid released in January 2010 that investigates the consequences of policies mandating fuel be supplied by agricultural crops. Finds that increased use of biofuels may be responsible for a large spike in food prices in 2008 and could contribute to additional hundreds of millions of people worldwide that go hungry.

Fruits of the Crisis: Leveraging the Financial & Economic Crisis of 2008-2009 to Secure New Resources for Development and Reform the Global Reserve System

Report from ActionAid and Third World Network released in January 2010. Argues that special drawing rights can be used as a tool for building reserves as well as financing development and meeting liquidity needs.

Using Special Drawing Rights for Climate Finance

Discussion paper from ActionAid released in February 2010. The paper explains what special drawing rights are and discusses how they have been used in the past, and how they may be used for climate finance.

ActionAid Principles for Equitable Adaptation Funding

Ilana Solomon with ActionAid discusses the importance of funding the adapation needs of the developing world.

Equitable Adaptation Finance

The case for an enhanced funding mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. A report from ActionAid in September 2009 on the shortcomings of existing finance mechanisms and the need for an enhanced mechanism.