Global electric car sales are on track to grow strongly again this year, reaching about 17 million With more than 1 in 5 cars sold worldwide in 2024 set to be electric, the rise of EVs is transforming the auto industry & the energy sector Read more → iea.li/46MIqqf

Five ways science is tackling the antibiotic resistance crisis nature.com/articles/d4158…

How to select your research paradigm

Heading to the 🏖️ seaside this weekend? Make it a habit to do mini clean-ups as you leave the beach! Pollution severely affects all marine life and ecosystems 🐟🪸 Join the #EUBeachCleanup campaign, and help us make a difference #ForOurPlanet 👉 europa.eu/!PknVqT

🎙️ Season 5 of In Pursuit of Development (@globaldevpod) has just concluded with 30 insightful episodes! This 🧵 highlights key discussions from the first 15 episodes w/ some truly brilliant guests. Tune in👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-… #globaldev #InPursuitOfDevelopment

Mounting #mpox infections and deaths have led World Health Organization (WHO) to once again declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Today, an Editorial from The Lancet: “Mpox: the need for a coordinated international response” hubs.li/Q02LzxDC0

Seems clear that world should have taken much more notice of spread of #mpox years ago. Declarations of public health emergencies by ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ & ⁦Africa CDC⁩ offer opportunity now to stop spread. Financing & international solidarity are required. science.org/content/articl…

Smallpox was a deadly disease that has been recorded since ancient times. It killed around 30% of those who developed the disease. In 1980, it became the first disease to be eradicated worldwide. This considerable achievement resulted from centuries of coordinated effort and

Check out this new TED Talks by Johan Rockström! “We know that solving the planet crisis is not utopia, it’s not fantasy." He runs you through the latest in climate science and why he is both nervous but also still hopeful. Watch it here: buff.ly/4dSlfgn

📢 The Politics of Poverty and Hope Here’s a summary of a keynote I recently gave at Circle U. If you missed it, you can watch the full recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=Vs67cM… #globaldev #sustdev 🧵

Thanks, Dan! Your World, Better is still available to download for free here: charleskenny.blogs.com/weblog/2021/04… …where there is also a link to buy kindle/paper versions from Amazon, with royalties going to UNICEF.

🆕Evaluation of #climatepolicy over 2 decades: A global PIK study of 1,500 #climatepolicies, published in Science Magazine, shows most failed to cut emissions. Only 63 cases saw a 19% average reduction. The key? Tax & price incentives in smart policies. 👉pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…

On 25-29 August #WorldWaterWeek takes place in 🇸🇪 Stockholm The EU is committed to the #WaterAction Agenda to reach: 💧water security 💧global resilience 💧human right to safe drinking water & sanitation 💧protected & restored aquatic ecosystems 💧water supply & demand balance

Dear billionaire, are you wondering what to do with all your extra money? Read this blog for ways to impact the world for good! 👉 go.unu.edu/ttUKJ With views from our experts Andy Sumner Kalle Hirvonen kunal sen Rachel M Gisselquist

Should governments invest more in preparations for the next big public health emergency? A majority of Africans said yes. And that was before mpox hit the headlines again. See Afrobarometer’s latest in The Continent #MPOX #VoicesAfrica #HealthEmergency

🔖 From the archives 🎧 👉Beyond the Bottom Billion👈 Sir Paul Collier discusses development traps & bottom billion countries, #globalization & why mainstream economics has largely ignored sustainable development👇 #globaldev podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bey…

The Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT) is now on LinkedIn! 🌍 SUSTAINIT is a hub for advancing sustainable health through research and education. Follow us to stay connected with our specialized centers ⁦SHE - Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education⁩ ⁦The Centre for Global Health⁩ #P1H linkedin.com/company/sustai…

Back in 2010 when I was doing my master's at SOAS, this paper by Robert Wade was the paper that made me really passionate about development economics. I remember underlining almost every sentence.

Vaccines account for 40% of the decline in infant mortality over the last 50 years. Infant mortality rates have plummeted over the last 50 years. Globally, they’ve fallen by over two-thirds, from around 10% in 1974 to less than 3% today. A recent study — published in The Lancet

The history of three infectious diseases — smallpox, polio, and measles — before and after a vaccine was available. From my article on humanity's long fight against infectious diseases: ourworldindata.org/microbes-battl…