Opinion

Net zero and low-carbon transformation: why targets are not enough

This week, the UN Global Climate Summit meets in New York, calling global leaders to describe how they will meet the challenge of disruptive climate change. The long term target for countries is to reach net zero emissions by 2050. This is a challenge for all countries, including in...

Nathan Oxley

Strikes to science fiction: 4 ways to transform climate and development

Nathan Oxley

Sophie Marsden

Pastoral Mobilities Methodologies: Exploring Frameworks and Methods

Ian Scoones

Is participatory impact investing the antidote to “impact washing”?

As impact investing becomes more prominent and the market matures, so do concerns about so-called ”impact washing”. In this blog, Peter O’Flynn and Grace Lyn-Higdon explore how taking a participatory monitoring and learning approach could contain attempts at impact washing as well as...

Peter O’Flynn

Grace Lyn Higdon

Young people, land and agriculture in Zimbabwe: big challenges ahead

Ian Scoones

Four priorities for global Britain, Brexit or no Brexit

While debates rage on about the UK’s relationship with the European Union, interwoven with discussions about a possible general election, I believe it is important to look beyond the short-term and focus on the future of Britain’s role in the world.  Here are four ways the UK Government can...

Melissa Leach

Donor interventions toward public authority in Jordan and Lebanon

The Syrian Crisis has caused the influx of over 900,000 refugees to Lebanon and over 650,000 to Jordan as of June 2019. In Jordan, 80% of Syrian refugees live outside of established refugee camps, while Lebanon adopted a policy against encampment altogether. As such, refugees in both countries...

Robert Mugabe: a complex legacy

Ian Scoones

Microfinanced land-grabs and abuses in Cambodia are no surprise

One day people may wonder how anyone thought that lending money at high interest rates would empower the poor. Yet since the 1980s, the small, high-interest loans that were initially known as microcredit, have been a staple of global development agencies’ toolkits. The non-profit microfinance...

Philip Mader

Sheep farming in Wales: confronting uncertainties from foot-and-mouth to Brexit

Ian Scoones

South Africa’s land report: Zimbabwe lessons?

Ian Scoones

Who’s governing in cities in Jordan and Lebanon?

For decades, Jordanian and Lebanese cities have been witnessing a rapid growth and urban sprawl. Disparities have grown with chronically under-serviced neighbourhoods hosting large numbers of vulnerable individuals, hosts and refugees, living in precarious formal and informal...