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UK research: lead the charge towards new targets
A lot of targets will require a lot of work, but research can help (Image: Roger Smith) As most of our readers will probably know, this week has been a biggie for global...
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How to “leave no one behind”
How can we ensure everyone benefits from technology? (Image: Theophilos Papadopoulos) Fifteen years is a long time in the world of technology. Futurologists predict that by...
UK Climate Services booklet
This booklet provides a short introduction to a wide range of the work that UK public sector organisations are providing on climate services including contact information for...
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Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 is the European Commission’s flagship pan-Europe research and innovation funding programme with a budget of €79 billion over seven years. UKCDS is the National...
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UNESCO Monitoring Report on education worldwide
The 2015 Global Monitoring Report – Education for All 2000-2015: Achievements and Challenges – provides a complete assessment of progress since 2000 towards the target...
Water security, risk and society report
Oxford University hosted the first International Conference on Water Security, Risk and Society on April 16-18th, which brought together over 200 of the world’s leading...
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UKCDS goes to Sendai
Last week in Japan, the new UN agreement for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) was adopted giving birth to the Sendai Framework for DRR (SFDRR): 2015-2030. It was a privilege...
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Disasters, science and 2015
Sendai, Addis, New York and Paris: 2015 is the year of global agreements. This year decisions will be made on how the world tackles the challenges of climate change,...
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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...
Bond ID100 workshop
On 19 May UKCDs hosted a workshop in partnership with Bond and the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID) to identify research questions on international...