Today’s Guardian reports comments on climate change as a global threat from the first interview with the UK’s interim Special Representative for Climate Change, Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, since he…
New UK climate envoy, Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, on climate change and conflict
More than nets: tackling malaria through development
Does reducing poverty help to tackle malaria? A systematic review of studies on socioeconomic status and malaria in children, published in the Lancet, suggests that greater wealth and standards of…
Irrigation isn’t the only way to achieve food security in Ghana
Farmers attending their livestock in Northern Ghana (2012) by Ericsson Images / Flickr By Rachael Taylor, PhD studentSPRU, University of Sussex Earlier this month, a number of Members of the…
‘Golden Rice’ and the GM crop debate
Golden Rice grain compared to white rice grain in screenhouse of Golden Rice plants / IRRI Guest blog by Sally Brooks, Researcher and Associate Tutor at the University of York, and…
TV interview: Social Innovations
Kevin Urama, executive director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) and Adrian Ely, STEPS Centre head of impact and engagement, talk about social innovations and prosperous societies to Kenyan…
Exposing the political journey of climate change evidence from Exeter to Africa
The Met Office’s modelling IBM supercomputer Stephen Whitfield, PhD student, Institute of Development Studies (Knowledge, Technology and Society Team) For someone more used to the quiet productivity and relative inconspicuousness…
Future Earth takes flight with inaugural scientific committee
Global sustainability research programme Future Earth has announced its inaugural science committee, with ESRC STEPS Centre director Melissa Leach serving as vice chair. Future Earth is major 10-year international research…
Future Earth takes flight with inaugural science committee
Global sustainability research programme Future Earth has announced its inaugural science committee, with ESRC STEPS Centre director Melissa Leach serving as vice chair. Future Earth is major 10-year international research…
Innovation Histories workshop, the Solar Home System market in Kenya
←BACK TO PRO-POOR LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT Innovation Histories briefing (PDF 226kb) Innovation Histories report Full report from the workshop (PDF 1,136kb) Photos from the Innovation Histories workshop Watch a…
How can the G8 solve hunger?
By Ian Scoones. Next weekend the leaders of the G8 gather in Northern Ireland for their annual summit. This year it’s hosted by the UK, and Prime Minister David Cameron…