In just 2️⃣ years, the number of people facing acute hunger has more than doubled. The updated Global Food & Nutrition Security #FNSDashboard offers data on the key drivers behind acute food insecurity from @‌FSIN_News Global Network Against Food Crises Food and Agriculture Organization World Food Programme→ wrld.bg/FkWK50PC937

Early Market Engagement - Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Phase 2 (IFSLU2) Component 3 will take place on Tuesday 31st October at 10:00 -11:30 GMT. Access bit.ly/45izh6o for further information & the link to register for the EME. #FCDOGovUK #UKAid

Please join IFPRI, USAID Famine Early Warning Network FEWS NET, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for our upcoming #IFPRIPolicySeminar "Implications of El Niño 2023/24 for Africa South of the Sahara" 📅Nov 29, 2023 🕗7:30 - 9:00AM EST 🎟️ ow.ly/eA3K50QatBP CGIAR

If anyone is wondering how impactful the watered down fossil fuel agreement will be at COP, look at the shares of a random fossil fuel company. The markets don’t think it will do anything.

🌊 Are you ready to make waves? 🌊 The Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme is set to launch Feb 5, 2024. Check out our website for more details ➡️ oceangrants.org.uk LinkedIn ➡️ t.ly/7UPSy Facebook ➡️ t.ly/21U9a

New EP ‘Major Companion’ drop’s February 16th via So, Let's Talk. Produced by Recording Academy / GRAMMYs winning producer Guy Massey. Art by Alice Deuchar

Matt Darling 🌐🏗️ For those of u who want to learn more abt that process (in which it was more likely those who pushed for market-based approached that worked from "reasoning" not backed up by evidence), here's a long, thoroughly researched case study from Cordelia Kenney: urban.org/research/publi…

Great to speak to Pure Earth Ghana about heavy metal poisoning in Ghana , and the link to gold mining.

Lucky enough to be able to get out of Accra last week, which thanks to the Harmattan was the most polluted city in the world.

If you had to generalize who is suffering already and who will suffer most from climate change, it would be farmers near the equator on marginal rain-fed land.

Research is critical for international development, and funding is critical for research. But what are some of the debates and complexities that surround #ResearchFunding in #InternationalDevelopment? Share your views by writing for UKCDR & Global Development Network ⬇️ bit.ly/49CIR6C

Why isn’t AI doing the tedious shit for creative people instead of the creative shit for tedious people

I’ve been saying this for years . So glad I’m not alone . Also sweets which ‘contain real fruit juice ‘ always just contain apple juice, the cheapest of the juices !

📢First ever aerial drone survey of fungal spores in Ghana 🇬🇭 could help protect West Africa's cocoa farmers 🍫 👇Full story rothamsted.ac.uk/news/protectin…

The technology and pesticides to tackle desert locust stayed stagnant for decades. Great to see much needed progress and our #UKAID funded ‘attack drones’ mentioned. Ivan Rwomushana Astral Aerial Violet Ochieng' Frontier Technologies.

Thanks to Solidaridad West Africa for taken me to Kade to see pain points in palm oil production , and how they and #UKAID are supporting more efficient processes and better quality product.

In 2015 when the Paris Agreement was reached, the world had 1,496 GW of new coal power in development, but since then it has fallen to 578 GW. #SystemsChangeLab explains why this change happened and what more is needed▶️ bit.ly/3zMN5vK

Not a popular take , but maybe the right take ? economist.com/by-invitation/… from The Economist

📢New study! Modern wheat has a diminished beneficial root microbiome. Important implications for transition to low input farming - we need to boost the bugs! 🌱🧫 Tessa Reid Tim Mauchline Full story 👇 rothamsted.ac.uk/news/modern-wh…

Last week I had the pleasure of opening our #ukaid funded project . Which will assess mercury contamination in the environment and food chain. Great be working with such a dedicated team of EPA Ghana and Pure Earth Ghana .