Global markets are in turmoil and opinions are divided as to what it means for the global economy. We need to start thinking about economic resilience of developing countries.
22 January 2016
Introducing a collaborative project involving IDS that seeks to improve global access to context-relevant climate change information.
20 January 2016
Africa's farmers need quality seeds but the seed sector in Africa has often struggled to meet this need. The continent's share in the global seed trade is very low, seed markets often aren't supported, and the supply quality and improved crop varieties is weak.
19 January 2016
With the new Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN last year, SciDev.Net has published a timely report on the global status of sustainability science.
19 January 2016
Last year ended with a momentous political step forward on climate change. The Paris Agreement requires countries to work together to meet and surpass their 'intended nationally determined contributions' (INDCs).
19 January 2016
At the end of last year, President Xi Jinping dropped in to Harare en route to South Africa and the major FOCAC (Forum on China-Africa Cooperation) meeting, held every few years, where $60bn was pledged for African development.
18 January 2016
Despite substantial global progress on human development, the world’s poorest have seen little change in their income and continue to experience multiple and intersecting inequalities. Can market-based solutions help ensure that no one is 'left behind'?
13 January 2016
27-28 January New Delhi, India Uncertainty is often considered to be a "super wicked problem" or "monster" by scientists and policy makers. The integration of uncertainty in climate change decision-making is very much debated and disputed by scientists.
13 January 2016
Cities in India and other South Asian nations are in the midst of experiencing rapid urbanization. In this time of growth, safeguarding environmental integrity and social justice will be decisive for the health and livelihoods of citizens.
12 January 2016
Jim Sumberg lays out 4 reasons to be cautious in thinking that agriculture is the answer to the Africa youth unemployment challenge. He argued these points at a debate at the Mastercard Young Africa Works Summit asking the same question.
8 January 2016
The workshop is led by Lyla Mehta and follows our symposium on Resource Politics last September.
8 January 2016
Bats can be important transmitters of new, 'emerging' diseases around the world, some of which go on to become pandemic. New research is discovering the complex interactions between bats and humans that help these diseases to spread.
5 January 2016
