May 25, 2020 In the News Global Ripple marks: Climate change leaves mark on water; impacts the vulnerable more (Daily Hunt)   Environment and Natural Resources Climate Change Daily Hunt (India) published an article on how climate change has a significant impact on water – direct or indirect – leading to serious social and economic issues in highly vulnerable […]

Countries: Brazil, World Source: SOS Children’s Villages International With weak healthcare systems and high levels of inequality, the crisis presents an unprecedented challenge for struggling families. Children are especially vulnerable and families risk collapsing.

The second highest ranking official in Hong Kong insists a controversial new national security law being drafted by the Chinese government will not erode the city’s democratic freedoms.

While the world fights to slow the spread of COVID-19, the worst pandemic experienced in a century, countries in South Asia are simultaneously responding to plagues of locusts, cyclones and a deadly livestock disease, all of which threaten to worsen hunger and the livelihoods of millions of people, the Food […]

We discuss the key impacts of the virus, the adjustments needed to policy responses and how economic stimulus packages can be made pro-poor.