This briefing considers how the financial sector can manage the risks associated with moving to a zero-carbon future. The paper outlines why it is essential for financial institutions to understand so-called climate transition scenarios, which explore this journey to a zero-carbon future. The paper also sets out a framework that financial instituti...
Il est possible de dégager quatre utilisations de l’eau : l’accès au quotidien ; la politique de l’eau à l’intérieur des Etats souverains, dans la réalisation de choix négociés entre les consommations de groupes sociaux hétérogènes ; l’hydro-politique entre les Etats concernant des régions parcourues par des zones aqueuses à partager, et enfin la p...
Aim: Variation in plant defence traits has been frequently assessed along large‐scale macroclimatic clines. In contrast, local‐scale changes in the environment have recently been proposed to also modulate plant defence traits. Yet, the relative importance of drivers at both scales has never been tested. We aimed to quantify the relative importance ...
Published in Paleontological Journal
AbstractThe results of the study of paleosols of different ages buried under kurgan mounds allowed specific features of soil evolution to be determined, and a reconstruction of the climate dynamics in the steppe zone of Eastern Europe over the second half of the Holocene. It has been shown that over the past 6000 years, this area has undergone repe...
The report "Towards an oil palm chain that contributes to the conservation of forests and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: Current status, opportunities with a value chain approach and action plan" presents an input for the development of an environmentally sustainable oil palm chain in the Ucayali region. The document has been produced u...
The report "Towards a cocoa and chocolate chain free of deforestation and low in greenhouse gas emissions: Current status, opportunities with a value chain approach and plan of action" presents an input for the development of a cocoa chain free of deforestation and low in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Ucayali region. The document has been p...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / Peer Review
Published in Emerging topics in life sciences
Plague is an infectious disease found worldwide and has been responsible for pandemics throughout history. Yersinia pestis, the causative bacterium, survives in rodent hosts with flea vectors that also transmit it to humans. It has been endemic in Madagascar for a century but the 1990s saw major outbreaks and in 2006 the WHO described the plague as...
This briefing paper explores the potential for marine coastal ecosystems that store carbon, blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), to help both limit climate change and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. It also considers the range of benefits BCEs bring to coastal communities, and makes recommendations for policy approaches.
Published in Scandinavian journal of public health
Aims: This study aimed to describe the demographic and geographic patterns of campylobacteriosis in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during 2000-2015. Methods: All Campylobacter infections notified to national authorities in the four countries during the study period were included. Background data for each notification consisted of patient age, ...
