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Extreme weather is harming UK agriculture - but many farmers have not yet made adapting to the effects of the climate emergency a priority, a new study shows.
All farmers who took part in the research said they had experienced or witnessed issues caused by extreme weather such as heavy rain or prolonged dry spells in recent years, and expected these to intensify further.
Many were concerned about the impact of heat and drought on crop and grass growth, with knock-on impacts for yield and winter animal feed, and the implications of heavy rainfall/flooding for soil run-off and erosion and for field operations such as drilling and harvesting. For a number of farmers, however, ongoing and future changes to our weather and climate were seen as too uncertain and too long-term for them to invest significant time or money in planning for them now,
From: Polar Knowledge Canada
Today, we are announcing that a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in support of the United Kingdom-Canada Inuit Nunangat and Arctic Region Research Programme was signed by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, United Kingdom Research and Innovation, POLAR Knowledge Canada, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Parks Canada Agency, and Fonds de recherche du Québec.
With rapid changes to the Arctic climate, there is a pressing need to understand and respond to the resulting environmental, social and economic impacts. The MOU focuses on working in partnership on the development and administration of the new research programme, which aligns with National Inuit Strategy on Research objectives and actions. Broadly, research funded under this programme will focus on changing Arctic ecosystems and the impacts to Inuit communities and beyond, and will explore innovative and practical mitigation and adaptation mechanisms and technologies to enhance resilience to
Major study to explore new ways to prevent child exploitation Fiona Simpson Friday, May 7, 2021
A £1.9m project studying safeguarding risks faced by young people outside their home will look at new ways of combating threats such as sexual and criminal exploitation and gang affiliation.
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My academic work began with undergraduate studies at York University and then postgraduate studies at the University of Western Ontario. At Western, my PhD research tested social psychological implications of the idea that people treat their human values (e.g., helpfulness, equality) as truisms and never interrogate the values directly.
Since then, I have examined diverse topics in social psychology. This work has included a number of projects on values, prejudice, family relationships, and attitudes toward children, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Templeton Foundation. In addition to publishing this work in academic articles and book chapters, I have also attempted to summarise the broader literatures on values and attitudes by completing a book on values, The Psychology of Values, and co-writing three editions of a textbook on attitudes, The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change (with Geoff Haddock, Cardiff University, and Bas Verplanken, Unive
Peacebuilding in Côte d’Ivoire: why it’s hard to reintegrate combatants and achieve justice
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Jessica Moody, PhD Candidate and Freelance Political Risk Analyst, King s College London
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Jessica Moody received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council while she was conducting field research for this article.
A decade ago the Ivoirian government, with the help of the United Nations, started programmes to build peace after nine years of war. The conflict ended after President Alassane Ouattara was brought to power with the help of Forces Nouvelles rebels and French and UN troops.
Côte d Ivoire has not returned to war. But elections in 2018 and 2020 were marred by violence.