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Human migration as climate adaptation
What links climate change and migration? How can we measure the number of environmental refugees both now and in the future? How can we respond to this growing issue when...
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Food Futures
Bangladesh, © Ned Garnett – NERC Last week, I attended a two day conference entitled ‘Food Futures: Towards Sustainable Production and Consumption’ which took place...
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EU and Africa: science, technology and innovation
I recently attended the EU-Africa high level policy dialogue (HLPD) on science, technology and innovation in Brussels on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation...
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Decision-making in the twilight of uncertainty
Image: WikiCommons The theme of this year’s LWEC (Living with Environmental Change) conference was Decision-making in the twilight of uncertainty, an enigmatic title which...
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Looking to the future: UK Science for Development
Here at UKCDS we’re starting a new body of work that will focus on how UK science is placed for contributing to international development for the future. Unsurprisingly,...
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Open Government Partnership
Image: Wateraid.org The 2013 Open Government Partnership (OGP) summit was held in London, with the support of UKCDS members the Department for International Development...
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Enhancing community resilience
In the last few years, there has been an increased emphasis upon the application of science to humanitarian and development planning, decision-making and practice;...
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Post-2015 development goals need science
As the world debates the content of the post 2015 development goals, I grow increasingly assured of just how vital science is for the future of global development. In my...
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The shape of things to come
UN photo Having a long term view of where science for development should be going is no easy task. Much has been said about what the world might look like in the future...