Countries: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Philippines, Somalia, World Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Of the 20 countries most vulnerable to climate change, 13 already received sizable international humanitarian aid last year, and almost all are experiencing violence, instability or armed conflict.

Issue Post January 26, 2021 Book: Global perspectives on agricultural development Keijiro Otsuka Shenggen Fan Exploring challenges ranging from climate change to value chains.

The European Union’s flagship climate policy vehicle, the Green Deal, took another major step forward in December, with a new binding target for a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. However, a little over a year after the original deal was first inked, the Green Deal is already […]

A Chinese-born alleged drug kingpin accused of presiding over a multi-billion dollar narcotics operation has been arrested by Dutch authorities.

Experts from the UK and Bangladesh give insights on clean energy development in both countries.

On 14 January 2020, the California Supreme Court held that its earlier landmark decision setting forth the definitive rule for independent contractor classification, Dynamex Ops. W. Inc. v. Superior Court, 416 P.3d 1 (2018), applies retroactively. In Vasquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc., S258191 (2021), the Court explained that Dynamex’s […]

Wood is one of the most versatile and useful materials on earth. The trouble, of course, is that our insatiable need for wood is driving deforestation and once a tree is cut another could take decades to grow up in its place. But what if we could grow wooden products […]