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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Low-carbon jobs in an interconnected world
This paper focuses on the emerging debate concerning the creation of
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Water storage and hydropower: supporting growth, resilience and low carbon development
DFID has published a new paper on water security in developing countries, called: Water storage and hydropower: supporting growth, resilience and low carbon development. Water security
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Dont mine us out of existence: bauxite mine and refinery devastate lives in India
<p>This new report by Amnesty International documents how an alumina refinery operated by a subsidiary of Britain-based Vedanta Resources in Orissa is causing air and water pollution, that threatens the health of local people and their access to water. <br />
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Copenhagen's climate finance: six key questions
One of the promises emerging from the confusion of the Copenhagen climate talks focused on climate finance. Ramping up to US$100 billion a year starting in 2020, the promised finance would support developing countries in adapting to climate impacts and adopting low-carbon pathways.
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Climate-resilient industrial development paths: design principles and alternative models
This paper explores the broad contours of climate resilient industrial development paths. It defines development as an increase in local capacities for production and innovation and argues that the overarching goal of development is the generation of sustainable livelihoods.
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Impact of the global financial and economic situation on agricultural markets and food security
Agricultural prices have fallen heavily since their peaks in the first half of 2008: some are already at the levels seen in early 2007 before the recent spike began. Thanks in part to economic downturn, prices are expected to continue falling in 2009. Prices of inputs such as fertiliser and oil, and ocean freight rates, have also come down; and by even larger fractions than those of outputs.
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Chilling facts 2: the supermarket refrigeration scandal continues
The second Chilling Facts survey has revealed some big improvements on last year. This year
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Adaptation under the Copenhagen accord
This briefing note focuses specifically on the treatment of adaptation in the political declaration known as the Copenhagen Accord
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Responding to urban disasters: learning from previous relief and recovery operations
Disaster response in an urban environment presents a wide variety of challenges. This paper draws on experience from the responses to number of urban disasters, including earthquake
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Climate financing and development: friends or foes?
This paper will focus on the concept of additionality in the context of development assistance and climate finance, especially adaptation; analyse the synergies amongst the traditional development activities and adaptation programmes and their complementarity in terms of objectives; lay out some working definitions of additionality and its practical implications; identify the potential sectoral an