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 […]

“We are already at a point of no return if we don’t do anything,” stresses climate scientist Anders Levermann. He’s referring to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a giant swathe of continental ice sheet that covers West Antarctica. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in the process of melting fast […]