Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Country: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua A combination of seasonal rains and warming temperatures are being blamed for dengue’s rapid spread, and there are rising concerns that it will make the outbreak harder to contain. Panama/Geneva, 27 September […]

In the second of ODI’s climate change, conflict and security scans, we summarise the latest developments on the intersection of climate and conflict risk.

A new report titled For cities, by cities by C40 highlights key lessons for urban decision-makers from the recent IPCC findings, providing a bold agenda for effective climate action. The document contains what every urban decisionmaker needs to know.  It starts from the ambitious yet realistic warming of 1.5°C premise, […]

Event Post September 26, 2019 How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use? Luigi Guarino David Spielman Keith Wiebe Securing billions of dollars in funding and keeping momentum behind essential crop diversity efforts – it’s complicated. A discussion.

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: Somalia Sima is said to have started in 2011, triggering a famine that killed 250,000 people. While the world has largely moved on, the drought never ended, but ebbed and flowed in severity. Only the most vicious of droughts get a name. […]