Transformations within reach: Pathways to a sustainable and resilient world
Credit: © Adam Islaam | IIASA It is clear that COVID-19 has drastically changed our world, but how can we ...
Tag: Developing Countries
Ageing dams pose growing threat: UN
By 2050, most of humanity will live downstream of large dams built in the 20th century; Increasingly expensive to maintain, ...
Combined river flows could send up to 3 billion microplastics a day into the Bay of Bengal
Credit: Photo by Sara Hylton, National Geographic. Taken on assignment for National Geographic's The Ganges River - with the combined ...
Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk
When used appropriately, satellite data is rapidly expanding the potential to customize insurance for smallholder farmers, potentially increasing the resilience ...
The downward trend: Nature’s decline risks our quality of life
Scientists conducted a sweeping review of nature's contributions to humans in order to present a clear breakdown of global trends ...
UN disaster aid is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests
Credit: Photo: Bernhard Folz A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in ...
Climate change is hurting children’s diets, global study finds
Rising temperatures contribute to child malnutrition and reduced diet qualityCredit: C. Shubert (CCAFS) A first-of-its-kind, international study of 107,000 children ...
Water and gender equality
Stanford researchers find installing piped water near homes promotes gender equality and improves well-being in rural ZambiaCredit: James Winter Water ...
Oxford Brookes University hosts £5 million project to document endangered wooden buildings
The School of Architecture's grant-giving worldwide programme will make records freely available onlineCredit: Ronald G. Knapp, 2019. The School of ...
Trained medical staff can perform safe, effective hernia surgery
Single blind, randomized clinical trial in Sierra Leone showed that task sharing can expand access to medical care without compromising ...
Gates Foundation helps UC study sexual health of South African youth
Researchers show that rural girls look to social and cultural influences, not modern medicine, to prevent pregnancy and diseaseCredit: University ...
A no-meat diet everywhere will not solve the climate crisis
Livestock are globally criticized for adverse environmental impacts; but promoting a no-meat diet is not a blanket solution to the ...
How much greenhouse gas emission comes from tropical deforestation and peatland loss?
New research on forest loss and degradation in Cameroon and Indonesia, and peatland degradation in Peru, can help countries better ...
High-tech fixes for the food system could have unintended consequences
New technology is needed for our failing food systems; but anticipating trade-offs is crucial to making sure fixes do not ...