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COVID-19 Stimulus Measures Must Save Lives, Protect Livelihoods, and Safeguard Nature to Reduce the Risk of Future Pandemics

There is a single species that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic - us. As with the climate and biodiversity crises, recent pandemics are a direct consequence of human activity – particularly our global financial and economic systems, based on a limited paradigm that prizes economic growth at any cost. We have a small window of opportunity, in overcoming the challenges of the current crisis, to avoid sowing the seeds of future ones.

30.04.2020

COVID-19 Implications on Transdisciplinary Research in Africa

The COVID-19 crisis has affected us all, both personally and professionally. The ISC spoke with four researchers from the LIRA programme in Sub-Saharan Africa, and their funding body, on present and future implications that the pandemic has had on early career researchers and their projects.

29.04.2020

The virus has made it clear: the future is now

Dr. Sabin Bieri, Prof. Dr. Thomas Breu, Dr. Andreas Heinimann and Prof. Dr. Peter Messerli discuss the knowledge gaps in addressing today's new challenges, and how the 2030 Agenda can provide a compass in finding solutions.

26.04.2020

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