By Julia Day, STEPS Centre Communications Manager “The Prime Minister should promise to attend next year’s Rio + 20 Earth Summit to show leadership on sustainability and strengthen global political…
UK PRIME MINISTER URGED TO ATTEND RIO+20
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT GLOBELICS
By Julia Day, STEPS Centre Communications Manager How can innovation contribute to social justice and sustainable development goals? Two of the STEPS Centre’s members will be debating this issue in Argentina next…
CGIAR SCIENCE FORUM, BEIJING
By ERIK MILLSTONE, STEPS Centre Member The 2nd Science Forum of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) took place in Beijing this week, and the discussions represented a…
JIM WATSON JOINS TELEGRAPH’S AGE OF ENERGY INITIATIVE
Jim Watson, Professor of Energy Policy at SPRU and director of the Sussex Energy Group as well as co-convenor of the STEPS Centre’s new Energy domain, has been asked to…
BELLAGIO: THE FUTURE OF PHILANTHROPY
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre researcher I was lucky enough to participate in a fascinating discussion on global governance and regulation, organised as part of the Bellagio Initiative last week….
LAND GRABS: CALL FOR NEW GRANT APPLICATIONS
By Julia Day, STEPS Centre Communications Manager Across the world, especially in the global South, there has been a dramatic rise in ‘land grabs’ – cross-border, transnational corporation-driven and, in…