Food is fundamental to human wellbeing and development. Increased food production
remains a cornerstone strategy in the effort to alleviate global food insecurity. But despite the …

Virtually all climate monitoring and forecasting efforts concentrate on hazards rather than on
impacts, while the latter are a priority for planning emergency activities and for the …

The fetal origins hypothesis posits that adverse prenatal exposures, particularly malnutrition,
increase the risk of poor adult health. Studies using famine as a natural experiment to test …

Promoting more resilient firms and production chains could be the key to much more
resilient communities who remain in shock prone areas. Otherwise, shock-upon-shock will …

Each of Africa's countries has a different constitutional design, is characterized by a unique
culture and history, and faces different stresses that threaten to undermine political stability …

Environmental conditions experienced in early life can influence an individual's growth and
long-term health, and potentially also that of their offspring. However, such developmental …

With the increasing impacts of climate change, many people in Bangladesh are being forced
to move their homes and/or change their jobs. Unfortunately, little is known about how …

Predictions warn that the annual mean warming across land in Asia will be approximately 3°
C (5.4° F) in the 2050s and about 5° C (9° F) by the 2080s. Water surface temperatures are …

Households and businesses need to cope and thrive in an increasingly shock-prone world.
Development and poverty reduction strategies need to take careful account of efforts to …

Much more sober economic growth prospects are expected to characterize the world's
largest industrial countries, under what some experts call the “new normal”. Recent global …