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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Antimicrobials in agriculture and the environment: reducing unnecessary use and waste
This report provides an overview of the use of antibiotics in animals and agriculture, and the role that manufacturing and use of antimicrobials play in bringing these into the wider environment. It calls
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Food in an uncertain future: The impacts of climate change on food security and nutrition in the Middle East and North Africa
This report sets out the risks to food security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from climate change, and how these vulnerabilities interact with other key trends and sources of risk, including
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The triple dividend of resilience: realising development goals through the multiple benefits of disaster risk management
This report provides evidence for three types of benefits – or dividends of resilience – that DRM investments can yield: Avoiding losses when disasters strike; Stimulating economic activity thanks to
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The climate-nuclear nexus: exploring the linkages between climate change and nuclear threats
This report aims to make a contribution to the discussion on how both the prevailing climate and potential nuclear threats may interact with each other. Despite an increased understanding of the climate
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Climate change in an ageing world
This paper outlines the impacts of climate change which are currently being experienced as evidenced by the IPCC and identifies the current and future implications for older people, including an assessment
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Participatory planning for climate compatible development in Maputo, Mozambique
This book provides ideas and methodologies for fostering and developing partnerships for climate compatible development that truly acknowledge the concerns and needs of local communities, especially those
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Empty promises: G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production
A new report has concluded that members of the G20 are providing $452 billion per year on fossil fuel production subsidies. Despite numerous pledges to minimize or cut fossil fuel subsidies entirely, and
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Implementing effective carbon pricing
Support for carbon pricing is growing around the world. Governments, businesses and investors are recognising that nationally-appropriate taxes and trading schemes, as part of a well-aligned package of
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The farms of change: African smallholders responding to an uncertain climate future
The report calls for donors and government to boost investment in climate change resilience, to avoid problems that would have catastrophic results on African development such as major food shortages,
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Zero poverty, zero emissions: eradicating extreme poverty in the climate crisis
Eradicating extreme poverty is achievable by 2030, through growth and reductions in inequality. However, unless global emissions peak by around 2030 and fall to near zero by 2100, catastrophic climate