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Like drunks running away without paying, some rich countries are expected to try to escape their financial obligations at COP26. It's outrageous, says Brian O'Callaghan, lead researcher. Credit: Shutterstock.

Dine and dash? Global COVID recovery investment is not aligned with COP rhetoric

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Every burger helps

Oxford food experts work with Tesco on sustainable plant-based meals

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the risk of infection is diminished when individuals wear face covering/masks

Wearing face coverings protected wearers from COVID-19 infection – large scale study

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Without a concerted effort to direct investment towards green industries, the climate emergency will continue to loom larger every year. If governments around the world do not heed this wake-up call, the emissions gap is certain to continue growing and em

UNEP emissions gap report: Damning findings on G20 ambition and post-Covid green finance

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The Carbon Takeback Obligation requires fossil fuel extractors and importers to dispose safely and permanently of a rising fraction of the CO2 they generate. Credit: Shutterstock.

Affordable policy which could stop fossil fuels causing global warming - report

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A huge poll of nearly 700,000 people, the G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote, shows public demand for climate action

G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote: Large majority back action

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The eight new Fellows come from across the Social Sciences division and include economics experts as well as researchers in Law, International Development, the Schools of Geography and the Department of Social Policy

Eight Oxford academics named new Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

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• Two-thirds of multidimensionally poor households have no females who have completed primary education

Women in many poor households excluded from education– report

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In sub-Saharan Africa - the setting of this study - women’s participation in health decision-making is among the lowest in the world, and women commonly report that their husbands make decisions about their own health without their participation

Education and urbanisation boost women’s control over health shows sub-Saharan Africa study

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inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low and lower-middle income countries unless there is urgent action to make vaccines affordable and accessible to everyone

Urgent need for COVID-19 vaccine equity: UN-Oxford research

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