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Opinion
Climate and the White House: a leaders summit and then what?
After a period of promises, now has come the time for concrete commitments. At the Leaders Summit on Climate, held on April 22nd and organized by Joe Biden, the president has the opportunity to move past rhetoric and take action.
Opinion
Carbon market: hands off my allowances!
In 2005, the European Union introduced the emissions trading system, more commonly referred to as the “carbon market”. Fifteen years later, how can we achieve a fair and effective redistribution of this rent between economic actors? This is the second edition in our series “Fifteen years of the...
Opinion
Carbon market emissions cap: set the limit!
In 2005, the European Union introduced the emissions trading system, more commonly referred to as the “carbon market”. What has it done so far? This is the first edition in our series “Fifteen years of the carbon market: what’s the point?”
Opinion
Public health: we can end obstetric fistula in Africa
The persistence of obstetric fistula in Africa, a preventable disease, has given new regional impetus to alert, treat and reintegrate women who suffer from it.
Press Review
“It’s the climate, stupid !”
This month’s press review highlights striking news from the beginning of 2021.
Opinion
Deterioration of Lake Victoria: the price of inaction
Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the source of the White Nile. This crucial ecosystem for the region is being plagued with frequent fish kills, oxygen depletion of deep waters and poor water quality, which is characterized by blooms of harmful algae and aquatic weeds.
Shared Innovation
In Africa, using apps to expand access to healthcare
Mobile health apps are booming in Africa, which holds real hope for the continent in its quest for fairer and better quality healthcare.
Press Review
The fight against tuberculosis pushed aside by Covid-19
This February’s press review highlights striking news from the beginning of 2021.
Interview
COVID vaccines in Africa: whatever happened to solidarity?
Mamady Traoré, a vaccine and epidemic response coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières, considers that nationalistic attitudes in the acquisition of vaccines have taken precedence over international solidarity in the fight against the pandemic.
Opinion
How does our perception of animals affect ethics and human health?
Our perceptions of other species are a result of biological and cultural constructs. If humans were to deepen their understanding of these attitudes, it would lead to better treatment of animals, while improving our health and the quality of our environment.
Opinion
Epidemics and the environment: how to put health crises behind us
The number infectious disease outbreaks–linked to global changes–has continued to increase in recent decades. To break this cycle of epidemics, agricultural development must reconcile ecological, social and health resilience goals.
Shared Innovation
How to scale up pilot health projects to reach an entire nation. The Solthis experience
How can an organization increase the impact of its innovative health interventions and make the transition to a nation-wide scale? Solthis is a non-profit organization operating in Africa and shares some insights gained from analysis of its projects.
Press Review
Global Economy: “Push the reset button!”
2020 was challenging on every front. COVID-19 left many more vulnerable than ever while other social and environmental issues are exacerbating, to the point that the World Economic Forum opening this week called for a “great reset”. Are we up to the task?
Shared Innovation
A $1 paper microscope is revolutionizing medicine and science in developing countries
Invented in 2014 by two researchers in the United States, the easy-to-use Foldscope microscope only costs $1 and can be used to detect malaria.
Opinion
Climate change: China sets ambitious goals amid contradictions
China has set very ambitious climate change targets. However, while the world’s largest coal consumer attempts to establish itself as a future leader in renewable energy, there are clear contradictions in its approach.
Interview
Human concern for the climate, an “old story”
According to Fabien Locher, environmental historian and researcher at CNRS, the awareness of human activity affecting the climate is older than we imagine. He has just published a book co-authored with Jean-Baptiste Fressoz entitled Les Révoltes du ciel (Seuil, 2020).
Development news
Disability, a blind spot in sustainable development
According to the WHO, over one billion people are living with a disability worldwide, and half of them do not have access to health care services, further exacerbating the situation. In this article, the links between disability and poverty are explained in more detail.
Interview
Ecocide: “It’s not through criminal law that we can achieve reform”
The philosopher Catherine Larrère (Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne University) has helped make environmental ethics known in France. In this interview, she talks about the bases of the notion of ecocide and the struggle for the “rights of nature”.
Opinion
International climate action: Progress can be accelerated!
Thirty years on from IPCC’s first report and five years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, a strategy is being developed to get the world economy back on track, while ramping up the fight against the pandemic and global warming.
Opinion
Can a One Health approach avert the next pandemic?
Greater global collaboration urgently needed to safeguard the health of animals, humans and the environment from the next emerging pandemic.
Interview
Towards COP15: Strengthening common fronts for biodiversity
2021 will be a key year for biodiversity governance, especially with the COP15 Biodiversity Conference in China. Aleksandar Rankovic, a researcher at IDDRI, reviews the progress of the ongoing negotiations and the issues that still need to be addressed post-2020.
Opinion
Joe Biden’s Climate Commitments: a real turning point?
The climate strategy of United States President-elect Joe Biden is based on an ambitious plan to accelerate the low-carbon transition. But, given the political obstacles, it’s unclear how fast it can be implemented. Would this acceleration have a spillover effect on the rest of the world?
Opinion
Are COVID-19 vaccines really a common good for humanity?
Aggressively promoting vaccines as a common good inflates their importance, creating unrealistic expectations and mounting political pressure. Additional measures are needed to mitigate this crisis.
Press Review
Outbreaks of measles: the world in need of vaccination
Worldwide measles deaths have climbed 50% from 2016 to 2019. But the highly contagious disease is not the only phenomenon ravaging the world as climate change intensifies hurricanes and locust swarms. Strong and effective policy actions are more than ever needed.