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Mozambican Researchers and Civil Society Challenge Systemically Flawed Climate Change Adaptation Solutions in their Country
Despite being one of the countries with the lowest carbon footprint per capita (0.21 vs 6.6 in DK), Mozambique is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Cyclones and floods have intensified in the past decades, devastating infrastructures,...
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Solar Thermal Project Provides Hot Water to Quilpué School
The Luis Cruz Martínez School in Quilpué, a school with a high level of vulnerability, installed a solar panel system to supply renewable energy to its library and other community areas on the campus. Then, its members went a step...
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Affordable and clean energy Applied Sciences Industry, innovation and infrastructure Natural Sciences
Pataguas Cerro and La Cebada: The History of the First Community Photovoltaic Plants in the O’Higgins Region
In the middle of fertile valleys that produce corn, wheat, potatoes, oranges, lemons, avocados, peaches and grapes, and with the Cachapoal River as their northern boundary, the inhabitants of the communes of Pichidegua and Las Cabras live 140 kilometers from...
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The IFRO – KNUST partnership: Strengthening higher education and research capacity
The Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) at University of Copenhagen maintains several long-term research partnerships with African universities. Recently, DDRN had the opportunity to interview two visiting faculty members from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...
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Fattige, Udsatte og Udstødte i Nord og Syd 1:2
I denne og en følgende artikel gengives de fire oplæg fra DDRNs arrangement under Forskningens Døgn 2024 Fattigdom globalt og i Danmark v/ Knud Vilby Knud Vilby, som har arbejdet med fattigdom i Danmark og i Afrika, indledte med at...
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Wild Animals, the Forbidden Gourmet Dish Served in Ecuador’s Amazon Region
In the Amazonian provinces of Sucumbíos and Pastaza in Ecuador there are restaurants that offer visitors armadillo, guanta or roasted deer soup as an exotic delicacy, even though it is an environmental crime. The dishes made with bushmeat cost between...
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Bridging the Divide: The Role of Human Rights in Colombian Police Reform
In April 2021, widespread protests erupted across Colombia due to dissatisfaction with a tax reform proposal, economic inequality, police violence, and limited public services. The demonstrations continued for weeks, met by the National Police and Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD). Razon...
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Smart Greenhouse: Efficiency and Ancestral Knowledge to Combat Climate Change
Technological innovation and indigenous tradition can go hand in hand and provide a better quality of life to children and adults in Mapuche communities —who live in rural areas— and at the same time strengthen their traditions. This is the...
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Apply for a Research Communication Internship with DDRN.dk
DDRN is seeking Research Communication Intern(s) for 3 to 4 months during the Autumn semester 2025.Do you want to sharpen your skills as a science journalist working with Global South and the UN Sustainable Development Goals?We are looking for someone studying...
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‘Why not give all the money to the poor?’
From Consultancy to PhD research at Roskilde University - interview with Jacob Ulrich Tell me a bit about your career I started out studying International Development Studies here at Roskilde University. However, I went to the US to complete my...
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