By Toby McIntosh The World Bank says it is standing firm on its objections to the Tanzanian government’s policy of expelling pregnant girls from school…
By Toby McIntosh The US Federal Aviation Agency is creating a new system to preserve the option for aircraft owners to fly anonymously. Although an…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank and other major donors remain concerned about a Tanzanian law restricting free speech about statistics. “Our concerns about the…
By Toby McIntosh UNESCO has begun collecting information from 43 countries on implementation of their access to information laws, according to a March 5 announcement.…
The Green Climate Fund violated its access to information policy by not disclosing documents about two projects enough time in advance, according to a ruling…
The International Civil Aviation Organization on Feb. 15 issued a press release sketching the outlines of what was decided at two-week-long environmental committee meeting, but…
We know who’s in the meeting, but not what’s going on. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) released a list of those attending the two-week meeting…
By Toby McIntosh Important decisions on how to reduce the impact of air travel on climate change are about to be made, in secret. That’s…
By Toby McIntosh The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council has adopted its first policy on access to information, including several broad exemptions. Two years in…
The international effort to evaluate national access to information laws and their implementation is poised to take a significant step. Two United Nations agencies are…