World Bank Grants for Global Vaccination - Why So Slow?
International financial institutions say that vaccines are the highest-return investment on Earth - it is past time for them to pay up.
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The U.S. Government Has Made International Science Harder Right When It Needs It the Most
The U.S. Government Has Made International Science Harder Right When It Needs It the Most
The U.S. government has thrown up hurdles that make collaborating with researchers from other countries a bureaucratic hassle. And if they don’t follow the rules carefully, they could end up in trouble.
Why is Scientific Collaboration Key? 4 Experts Explain
Pressing global challenges including the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, food security and future global health crises will require collaboration.
How COVID-19 Has Stomped on Scientists' Travel Plans
It could take years to reveal the true impact of closed borders, cancelled travel plans and vaccine delays.
Protect Precious Scientific Collaboration from Geopolitics
Rivalry between China and other countries could diminish global scientific collaboration - just when it is most needed.
Wary EU Vows to Keep Its Research Open to 'Most' of the World
Brussels presented a new global research agenda on Tuesday, committing to a more cautious approach to cooperation with foreign science powers, while at the same time pledging to reinvigorate ties with an EU-friendly US administration.
Ending the Science-policy Gap
There should be a science-based policymaking process in disaster risk reduction.
Old and New Diversities Recreating Urban Spaces
Global migration flows show a profound diversification of migrants' groups in recent years. Their patterns of nationality, ethnicity, language, age, gender and legal status are growing ever more complex and migrants with 'new diversity' traits live in cities alongside people from previous immigration waves. Prof. Steven Vertovec's comparative study helps understand how old and new waves of migrants meet, mix, interact and get integrated into a given society.
Vaccinate Vulnerable Global Poor Before Children in Rich Countries, WHO Says
Vaccinate Vulnerable Global Poor Before Children in Rich Countries, WHO Says
The World Health Organization’s director-general urges developed world to donate Covid vaccines to Covax programme.
Revisiting: Challenges for Academics in the "Global South"
Revisiting a 2018 post discussing that for social science and humanities researchers in many parts of the world there are significant barriers to conducting and sharing research, in some cases more so than for science and medicine. In this revisited guest post, Dr. Naveen Minai provides a perspective as a gender studies researcher in Pakistan.
Poor Countries Need Billions in Aid to Avert COVID-19 Catastrophe, Experts Warn
Poor Countries Need Billions in Aid to Avert COVID-19 Catastrophe, Experts Warn
The virus will overwhelm health services across South America, Asia and Africa unless world leaders take urgent action.
Revealed: the Facebook Loophole That Lets World Leaders Deceive and Harass Their Citizens
Revealed: the Facebook Loophole That Lets World Leaders Deceive and Harass Their Citizens
A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform.
National COVID Debts: Climate Change Imperils Countries' Ability to Repay
National COVID Debts: Climate Change Imperils Countries' Ability to Repay
Analysis reveals three ways to boost green investment and achieve a resilient recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The World Must Learn from COVID Before Diving into a Pandemic Treaty
The World Must Learn from COVID Before Diving into a Pandemic Treaty
A treaty might help countries to prepare for the next pandemic - but first they must study what went wrong during this one.
W.H.O. Inquiry on the Pandemic's Origin: What We Know
Did Covid-19 come from animal markets? It's unclear. Did it emerge from a lab? Also unclear. Here's what a new W.H.O. report says - including questions that the agency's own chief raised about the findings.
It's Time to Consider a Patent Reprieve for COVID Vaccines
The pandemic is not a competition between companies and will not end without more-equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
WHO Report into COVID Pandemic Origins Zeroes in on Animal Markets
Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to be satisfied.
Britain's 'Brutal' Cuts to Overseas Aid Put African Science Projects in Peril
Lifesaving research on fighting drought and climate change at risk after snap decision to halt crucial funding.
UK's Drastic Cut to Overseas Aid Risks Future Pandemics, Say Sage Experts
UK's Drastic Cut to Overseas Aid Risks Future Pandemics, Say Sage Experts
Major research projects will be cancelled, including those designed to head off future disease threats, warn scientists.
Europe Moves to Exclude Neighbors from Its Quantum and Space Research
The European Commission is trying to block countries outside the European Union from participating in quantum computing and space projects under Horizon Europe, its new research funding program.
Why Virus Variants Have Such Weird Names
B.1.351 may sound sweet to a molecular epidemiologist, but what's the alternative, other than stigmatizing geographical names?
The Vaccine Rollout Makes It Clear: the Randomness of Nationality Still Determines Our Lives
The Vaccine Rollout Makes It Clear: the Randomness of Nationality Still Determines Our Lives
Not one Covid jab had been administered in 130 of the world's poorer countries by mid-February, says the Guardian editor, author and presenter Kanishk Tharoor.
To Stop Climate Disaster, Make Ecocide an International Crime. It's the Only Way
To Stop Climate Disaster, Make Ecocide an International Crime. It's the Only Way
Outlawing ecocide would hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental negligence. We can't wait.
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
At the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference, 193 Members States tasked the Organization with the development of an international standard-setting instrument on Open Science in the form of a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted by Member States in 2021.
'A Million Euro-babies': EU Fetes 30 Years of Student Exchanges
The European Union celebrated 30 years of its Erasmus student exchange scheme on Tuesday, with its chief executive boasting the program had fostered cross-border romances that may have borne a million children.
Jeremy Farrar: Until We Are All Safe, No One is Safe. Covid is a Global Problem
Jeremy Farrar: Until We Are All Safe, No One is Safe. Covid is a Global Problem
The head of the Wellcome Trust warns that vaccines and research must be shared equitably among all nations
Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth
It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It's Solving Ecological Mysteries.
It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It's Solving Ecological Mysteries.
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