Download PDF (250 KB) Although millions of dollars have been pumped into assisting those living at the base/bottom of the pyramid to transit from inefficient energy use to more efficient…
ISSC concept note: Africa – Low carbon energy transitions
ISSC concept note: Water Governance Challenges, Mexico City and Phoenix
Download PDF (287 KB) Mexico City, Phoenix, and other populous cities around the world are caught in a complex of problems concerning the quality and quantity of water, and its…
ISSC concept note: Water, Waste and Sustainable Cities in India
Download PDF (326 KB) Urban areas in India suffer significant challenges associated with water and waste, with direct implications for agriculture, health and food safety. Local innovations, often in informal…
Rift Valley fever in Kenya: policies to prepare and respond (briefing)
Download this briefing (PDF) The costs of responding to outbreaks of transmissible and infectious diseases, especially zoonotic infections that can infect both animals and people, can be far greater than…
The politics of zoonoses understanding and response
What drives differing responses to zoonotic diseases? Seven new working papers from the STEPS-led Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium consider understandings around ecosystems and health as they relate…
Rift Valley fever in Kenya: Policies to prepare and respond
STEPS Working Paper 82 Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic infection incompletely understood by scientists, pastoralists and policy makers. The irregular intervals at which outbreaks occur make it difficult…
Lassa fever: The politics of an emerging disease and the scope for One Health
STEPS Working Paper 83 This paper explores the politics of knowledge and disease control for Lassa fever, a zoonotic viral haemorrhagic fever which is endemic in parts of West Africa….
The political economy of One Health research and policy
STEPS Working Paper 81 ‘One Health’ has emerged over the last decade as a key concept guiding international research and policy in the field of emerging infectious diseases such as…
The Politics of Green Transformations
Edited by Ian Scoones, Melissa Leach and Peter Newell Routledge/Earthscan, 2015 This book is available to read Open Access. Read this book Buy the book About this book Multiple ‘green…
Carbon forestry in agricultural landscapes: ready for the competition?
by Ishmael Hashmiu Researcher, Political Ecologies of Carbon project Download this briefing (PDF) Carbon offset projects are an increasingly important approach to carbon mitigation under the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions by…