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Disaster risk reduction
Dr Julie Calkins, disaster risk reduction consultant at UKCDS, describes her current work with the post-2015 process. Today is the final session of the UN’s open-ended...
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Why we do what we do, & what we do in agriculture
UKCDS is a member of the Tropical Agriculture Association, and for the summer edition of their journal, Agriculture for Development, Alex Gwyther explained UKCDS’ work on...
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Brain drain to Brain Gain
Moses Mulimira, co-chair of the Uganda Diaspora Health Foundation, and Amy Stoddard, its Strategic Development Lead, describe how their latest project has been improving mental...
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Hot new Horizon 2020 funding opportunities
A busy summer for the EU’s Horizon 2020 scheme Image: Jeremy Vandel As the summer reaches its height, many will be looking forwards to holidays, or at least the promise...
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Supporting countries make their own science
Image: USAID Today saw the launch of the latest ESSENCE Group report – “Seven principles for strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries:...
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7 billion people to feed. 1 planet to cool.
The Bond ID100 workshop in progress Julia Oertli is Membership and Communications Assistant at Bond and organised the ID100 workshop in partnership with UKCDS and...
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What does coordination actually achieve?
Image: Future Earth At the beginning of May I attended a meeting entitled “Enhancing collaboration between the development aid and global environmental change...
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“Learning to dance” with complexity
‘Management of complexity’ by Michael Heiss Intuitively we all know that the world is complex, that cause does not lead to effect and that it’s impossible to control...
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Food security for global development
A farmer and his family in Afghanistan, Image: UK Ministry of Defence One of our main roles as the UKCDS Secretariat is bringing people together and stimulating...