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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Ways for Indigenous Peoples groups to advance adaptation concerns and solutions through international fora
This paper focuses on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol. It also addresses the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.
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Climate change and urban children: impacts and implications for adaptation in low and middle income countries
This paper discusses the probable impacts for children of different ages from the increasing risk of storms, flooding, landslides, heat waves, drought and water supply constraints that climate change is likely to bring to most urban centres in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It also explores the implications for adaptation, focusing on preparedness as well as responses to extreme events and to changes in weather patterns.
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Reducing hazardous pesticide practice in coffee supply chains
This study looks at the approaches of different private, voluntary standards in coffee supply chains on controlling the use of hazardous pesticides and moving to safer pest management. It draws some conclusions from the different schemes and highlights issues for private and public sector stakeholders.
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Stepping into action: the second report on Citizens' action for accountability in water and sanitation
This report details how Citizens' action initiatives have empowered poor communities in developing countries to assert their demand for equitable, sustainable water and sanitation services, and work with service provides on developing action plans to achieve this. Using the Citizens' action approach poor people have been given a voice and have succeeded in making public authorities address issues of inadequate water and sanitation provision.
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Practical approaches to transboundary water benefit sharing
This paper considers practical mechanisms for moving towards an operationalisation of benefit sharing in transboundary water management. The focus is on steps for putting the concept into practice using lessons learned from existing cooperative efforts.
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Tackling the silent killer: the case for sanitation
This paper does not seek to privilege sanitation at the expense of other sectors. Rather, it seeks to prioritise sanitation, alongside safe water, as part of an integrated approach to development.
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A green new deal: joined-up policies to solve the triple crunch of the credit crisis, climate change
The global economy is facing a
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India's deadly chemical addiction
India's rural activists for years have blamed the overuse and misuse of pesticides for a pervasive health crisis that afflicts villages like Jhajjal across the cotton belt of Punjab. Evidence continues to mount that the problems are severe.
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Towards a global forest partnership: consultation, assessment and recommendations - final report
IIED conducted an independent consultation on the World Bank
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Browsing on fences: pastoral land rights, livelihoods and adaptation to climate change
This paper presents a brief overview of pastoral systems, analyses the rationale behind mobility as a strategy to cope with scarce and variable resource endowment, and finally addresses the rights concerning the access to and the control of resources in the context of climate change.