Gender Equality and Sustainable Development

Edited by Melissa Leach Earthscan/Routledge, 2015 Buy this book For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose…

Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs)

Read this article (open access). The Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently convened a workshop seeking to understand how strengthening national…

Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa

You can download the Accepted Manuscript of Chapter 1 of this book, open access. Download Chapter 1 Buy this book Amidst the pressing challenges of global climate change, the last…

ISSC concept note: Low-carbon energy transitions that meet the needs of the poor in China

Download PDF (157kb) China’s past three decades of rapid economic growth have brought many out of poverty and expanded energy access considerably. China is today the world’s largest energy consumer…

India’s Megacities and Climate Change: Explorations from Delhi and Mumbai

STEPS Working Paper 79 Download (PDF) This paper is a study of climate change discourse in urban India. It suggests that the policies being articulated to deal with climate issues…

ISSC concept note: Africa – Low carbon energy transitions

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…

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…

Special issue: Critical Thinking on the ‘New Security Convergence’ in Energy, Food, Climate and Water: Is the Nexus Secure … and for Whom?

Special issue of the journal Water Alternatives edited by Jeremy Allouche, Carl Middleton and Dipak Gyawali. Articles are open access. Contents: Technical veil, hidden politics: Interrogating the power linkages behind…

Pathways Towards Sustainable Maize Production and Consumption in China: Prospects, Politics and Practices

STEPS Working Paper 72 Adrian Ely, Sam Geall and Yiching Song Download (PDF) China provides a stark and globally significant illustration of how changing patterns of food production and consumption…