Climate
The carbon footprint of TB treatment
Pranay Lal The energy required to produce, transport and dispose of diagnostic reagents and supplies (e.g., X-ray films or PPE), or antibiotics for treatment […]
Category: Data & Reports
Biodiversity
Palm oil cultivation in India can lead to biodiversity and wildlife loss, especially in rich Northeast India
Rupsy Khurana In India the fear is that if plantations are expanded it could magnify the wildlife and habitat loss crisis. This will be […]
Aid
International development research impact: 10 key insights
Avni Kumar, Danielle Logue, Diana Gonzalez Botero, George Goddard, Juliet Willetts, Keren Winterford, Mel Dunn, Michele Rumsey Now more than ever, decision-making needs to be informed by evidence. The current global […]
Biodiversity
Pacific north-west heatwave shows climate is heading into ‘uncharted territory’
Robert McSweeney The deadly heatwave that hit north-western US and Canada in late June would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused global warming, a new […]
Biodiversity
Human-wildlife Conflicts, one of the Greatest Threats to Iconic Species
Conflict between people and animals, from China’s famed wandering elephants raiding farms for food and water to wolves preying on cattle in Idaho, is one of the […]
Aid
Sanitation and Water shame: billions still left out in the 21st century
The numbers don’t change much year after year; billions of people are still left behind and the half-hearted efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development […]
Biodiversity
Climate Emergency will be Catastrophic for India
A recent study, The costs of climate change in India, by the UK based Overseas Development Institute reviews climate change related risks faced by India and […]
COVID-19
World’s stateless at risk of not having COVID vaccine
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that many of the world’s stateless people may miss out on vaccinations as a result of their […]
Climate
Rising heat-related deaths linked to global warming
Claudia Caruana Using empirical data gathered from 732 locations, researchers estimated the mortality burdens associated with additional heat exposure resulting from human-induced warming from 1991 to […]
Sustainable Business
Watchdog Shines Light on Big Pharma’s ‘Fierce’ EU Lobbying Campaign Against Vaccine Patent Waiver
Jake Johnson The public is being left in the dark as to the demands, influencing strategies, and full firepower of the Big Pharma lobby […]
Biodiversity
Oceans “not yet beyond repair,” but getting closer
Sandra Cordon The Second World Ocean Assessment lays out critical state of oceans – and how little is known about them Oceans cover over […]
Sustainable Business
Targeting pollutive brick kilns in Bangladesh with AI
Sanjeet Bagcchi A low-cost machine learning method has the potential to track down immensely polluting brick kilns in Bangladesh, helping regulators monitor environmental compliance, […]