ICNARC report on COVID-19 in critical care
<p>This report presents analyses of data on patients critically ill with confirmed COVID-19 reported to ICNARC up to 4pm on 16 April 2020 from critical care units participating in the Case Mix Programme
London
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Drivers of climate change vulnerability at different scales in Karachi
Karachi, a city of around 20 million people, is facing a crisis of governance that is reflected in the poor state of service delivery, and unplanned and unsustainable urbanisation. The city’s development
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Understanding agricultural drivers of deforestation through remote sensing: opportunities and limitations in sub-Saharan Africa
Effective monitoring of deforestation and cropland expansion in Africa requires reliable estimates of land cover area. However, continental scale land cover datasets generated solely or partially through
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Cities as engines of economic growth: the case for providing basic infrastructure and services in urban areas
Urbanisation offers substantial opportunities to reduce poverty, in part because it is more cost-effective to meet many basic needs in cities than in rural areas. This paper demonstrates that providing
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Child poverty, inequality and demography: Why sub-Saharan Africa matters for the Sustainable Development Goals
Children in Africa will on current trends account for 43% of global poverty by 2030, almost double the current share, due to a combination of demographic change, deep poverty and extreme inequality, warns
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Conservation standards: from rights to responsibilities
Although conservation interventions aim to protect biological and cultural diversity, they can affect communities in a number of ways. The vast body of international law, norms and standards protecting
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Lethal and illegal: London’s air pollution crisis
Air pollution is a huge and growing public health problem for the UK, and for London in particular. Presenting innovative new modelling that illustrates the scale of both the problem and the policy changes
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How can Bangladesh's private sector engage with the Green Climate Fund?
Commissioned through DFID’s Bangladesh learning hub grant and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network’s ‘Building readiness of the private sector in Bangladesh for GCF accreditation’ project, this
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Set for success: climate-proofing the Malabo declaration
Launching on 14 June 2016, the Montpellier Panel briefing paper ‘Set for success: Climate-proofing the Malabo declaration’ explores the climate change-related targets set out by the Malabo Declaration,
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Set for success: climate-proofing the Malabo declaration
Launching on 14 June 2016, the Montpellier Panel briefing paper ‘Set for success: Climate-proofing the Malabo declaration’ explores the climate change-related targets set out by the Malabo Declaration,