Explore the Mattei Plan’s ambitions and contradictions, how Italy’s initiative in Africa balances political interests, private sector involvement, and the challenges of equitable cooperation. Read the article by Nicoletta Dentico.
Dubbed as a ‘Finance COP’, this year’s conference was platformed to be the centre-stage of the governments establishing a new climate finance goal and mobilizing finance for climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, the situation was not entirely as straight-forward at the close of the extensive two weeks in Baku, it was apparent that the outcomes was extensively invoking a poignant precedence.
November 27th – Today, countries at the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to adopt the mandate for the new global tax rules, the Terms of Reference for the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UN Tax Convention).
The article explores the catastrophic impact of ongoing wars (in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine...), highlighting their role in exacerbating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through human and environmental destruction and the collapse of health infrastructure.
As we edge closer to the half of this quarter, we invite you to keep tabs with some of our engagements through our thematic programmes as we share with you our first edition of the SID Africa newsletter. In this edition we apply back-casting to highlight our engagements in 2024, and how these lay the foundation of our work and shape the year ahead.
As part of the G2H2 Policy Debates, SID webinar on 22 Jan 2025 intends to shine a light on the WHO debates on the pandemic treaty, One Health and the fight against AMR, taking stock of the research work conducted in this area in past years.
As part of the G2H2 Policy Debates, SID webinar on 23 Jan 2025 will explore overlooked aspects of the energy transition, emphasizing the essential steps for ensuring it is both sustainable and equitable, while also revealing the human health impacts of failing to act.
The Society for International Development, in partnership of the Heinrich Boll Foundation and Strathmore Energy Research Centre, invites the public to register and the attend the upcoming hybrid Public Energy Futures Forum, under the theme, 'Nuclear Power Development in Kenya – A Low Carbon Solution or a High-Risk Gamble?' On Tuesday 3, December 2024, 1400 to 1700hrs (EAT Nairobi) at Daystar University, Nairobi Campus.
