On 11 December 2023, the Indian Supreme Court declared its verdict on the legality of the government’s revocation of the ‘special status’ of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). On 5 August 2019, the Indian government deoperationalised Article 370 of its constitution, which had previously given a...
18 December 2023
As world leaders gathered for COP28 in the UAE over the past two weeks, so too did protestors calling for “climate decolonisation” and a ceasefire in Gaza. At the time of writing, the death toll in Gaza now stands at 18,000, over 70 percent of whom are women and children. Given the vast...
18 December 2023
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts that bring together PASTRES work from 2018-2023 around a number of themes. In this post, we explore the role of pastoralists in rangeland conservation. Pastoralists are often blamed for environmental destruction – not only the climate but...
18 December 2023
This is the third in a series of blog posts that bring together PASTRES work from 2018-2023 around a number of themes. In this post, we show the importance of mobility for pastoralists. To read through our archive on this theme, click on the link at the end of this post. The ability...
15 December 2023
Prompted by some new translations, I have discussed my short book Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development at eight different sessions over the past few months. Coming on the back of a podcast recorded in South Africa that was released earlier in the year, it has been interesting to...
13 December 2023
For the second year in a row, the UN climate summit is being hosted by a large oil and gas producing nation — the United Arab Emirates. COP28 also marks the ninth year since the summit was hosted by a Latin American nation, after Chile’s turn was interrupted by a nation-wide outbreak of...
12 December 2023
Resilience is one of those buzzwords that seems to be everywhere. Every self-respecting donor project has ‘resilience’ in the title, and no doubt in the hallowed halls of COP28 ‘resilient’ climate development is being discussed right now. But what does the term mean? It’s been worrying...
7 December 2023
Young people’s voices are often left out from policy conversations about health and wellbeing. We might wrongly assume that young people are healthier, with lower burdens of chronic disease compared to average adults in London. However, young people are increasingly facing challenges to...
5 December 2023
How can environmental taxes increase the sustainability of economic growth in low-income countries? Environmental taxes can be defined as any tax imposed on a base with a proven negative impact on the environment – examples include import tariffs on plastic material, charges on traffic...
5 December 2023
Brazil’s enthusiastic return to this year’s COP - the UN’s annual climate change conference - is welcome but we should interrogate the motivations of powerful players in the government’s broad-based coalition, including agribusiness. There is a danger that these players encourage the...
1 December 2023
In my role working with children and young people who have been affected by child marriage, I am evaluating child-led advocacy and reflecting on common narratives around childhood. One such narrative is highlighted in the BBC article ‘Obama, Clooney and Gates ‘We Can End Child...
1 December 2023
Municipal authorities often play a vital role to displaced populations in acute and chronic crises as key first providers of support and services. This role was recognised by the World Humanitarian Summit (2016) which set out a ‘localisation’ agenda with an aim to direct greater attention...
30 November 2023
