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
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The future of food and farming: challenges and choices for global sustainability
The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size looks likely to increase from nearly seven billion today to over nine billion by 2050. Competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent.
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Patterns of poverty in remote rural areas: a case study of a forest-based region in Southern Orissa in India
This paper examines the spatial pattern of poverty in India and tries to understand how multiple deprivation leads to reproduction of poverty, with a particular focus on forest-based economies in central-eastern India.
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Broadening poverty definitions in India: basic needs in urban housing
This paper considers how the official poverty line in India would have to change, if it were to be set at a level that allowed urban households to afford minimally adequate accommodation. It discusses the difficulties in incorporating housing needs into poverty lines, noting that households that rent accommodations are treated differently in India's poverty statistics from those who are owners.
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Mapping out global biomass projections, technological developments and policy innovations
This report forms part of a project aiming to develop a South-South-North partnership to reshape the impact of a predicted large-scale expansion in global biomass energy use towards greater poverty reduction and maintenance of ecosystem services in developing countries.
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The seven myths of slums: challenging popular prejudices about the worlds urban poor
The increasing rate of slum growth in the Global South is the direct result of an international development paradigm that fails to prioritise the basic needs of the poor. A world without urban poverty cannot be realised without a redistribution of power and resources on the national and global level, argues a report by Share The World
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Migration, remote rural areas and chronic poverty in India
This paper explores the relationship between migration, remoteness and chronic poverty in India. It addresses one of the key challenges for India, where growing levels of inequality and uneven growth have resulted in large sections of the population being excluded or adversely incorporated. Many of these people belong to remote rural areas and are chronically poor.
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Clearing the air: moving on from carbon trading to real climate solutions
This report has been prepared by Friends of the Earth as part of its campaign for a fair, strong and binding international agreement to tackle climate change.
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Alternatives to land acquisitions: agricultural investment and collaborative business models
There is great demand for insights on how to structure agricultural investments in ways that leave land and share value with local farmers and communities. And in many parts of the world, there is growing experience with models for structuring agricultural investments other than large-scale land acquisitions.
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Indigenous partnership for agrobiodiversity and food sovereignty
The Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty is expected to generate a purposeful collaboration between indigenous communities, scientists and policy researchers, leading to the emergence of a
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Beyond forestry: why agriculture is key to the success of REDD+
When it comes to deforestation, the task of reconciling climate and development goals poses a daunting challenge. Forest clearing is both the source of significant greenhouse gas emissions that fuel climate change and, for some farmers, the most practical means for expanding agricultural production to meet rising food demands.