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The assessment of conceptual and statistical coherence of the Global Innovation Index (GII) and the estimation of the impact of modelling assumptions on a country’s performance are necessary steps to ensure the transparency and reliability...

This academic article by D.C. Miller, A. Agrawal and J.T. Roberts (2013) presents the results of a comprehensive assessment of official donor assistance for biodiversity during 1980–2008, using...

The objective of this study is to provide a technical overview of the main simulation tools that are used for the projections of future developments in long term care systems in developed countries. The main...

We compare the convergence properties of two different quasi-random sampling designs – Sobol’s quasi-Monte Carlo, and Latin supercube sampling in variance-based global sensitivity analysis...

The objective of this paper is to create the Global Seafood Market Performance Index (GSMPI) in order to compare fisheries-related impacts of different countries across spatial and temporal scales. The article...

This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The SREX approaches the topic...

Citizen-science programs have been successful in mobilizing volunteers to collect specific types of data at diverse locations and provide snapshots and time series of changing environmental conditions...

Food insecurity refers to both the inability to secure an adequate diet today and the risk of being unable to do so in the future. Social protection is a menu of policy instruments...

With many of the resources needed for sustainable food security already stretched, the food security challenges are huge. Climate change will make it even harder...

Numerous reports have emphasized the need for major changes in the global food system: agriculture must meet the twin challenge of feeding a growing population, with rising demand...