Issue Post July 22, 2019 The intersection between climate change, food, and migration Shenggen Fan Climate change is generating both food insecurity and political conflict, driving more and more people from their homes. What can be done?

Source: Assessment Capacities Project Country: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda Many drought-affected people have a high level of vulnerability as a result of repeated exposure to droughts in recent years and issues related to conflict and insecurity. The Horn of Africa (HoA) (including northeast Uganda) is currently experiencing […]

The so-called Holocene Extinction is well and truly underway with countless species large and small facing the risk of going extinct in coming years and decades as a result of human activities. Just how many species are being threatened is a question hotly debated. Now scientists working for the International […]

Reaching net zero carbon emissions will require a new energy-industrial revolution, but this needs to focus on reducing energy demands alongside a rapid expansion of low-carbon energy supplies. Following the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, the United Kingdom’s government has endorsed a legal target of reducing the UK’s […]

Source: UN Children’s Fund Country: Syrian Arab Republic Public services, critical for children, have come under attack in the past weeks as a result of fighting in northwest Syria. From Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa AMMAN, 20 July 2019- “Public services, critical for […]