Preventing ‘sudden deaths’ from medication using AI
Rresearch teams from Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital AP-HP, IRD, Sorbonne University and Inserm recently proposed using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the risks of developing cardiac arrest.
Marine protected areas guide for understanding ocean protection, halting biodiversity loss
A ‘Marine Protected Areas’ guide advances the advance the global community’s understanding of ocean protection and helps progress toward SDG 14.
Tracing man’s origin in Mozambique and Malawi
Started in 2020 and billed to end in 2022, a project known as HOMME, in Mozambique and Malawi, will soon provide an answer to the origin and evolution of human beings.
DiDEM program gathers stakeholders for dialogue on Africa’s coastal, marine environment management
From July 2020 to July 2023, the DiDEM project will enable science and decision-makers to dialogue for coastal and marine environmental management in seven African countries.
Co-creating pathways for sustainable development in Africa
IRD and IIASA launched a two year project to explore how local pathways toward the SDGs can be developped.
Promoting innovative methodologies in the field of sustainability science
A two years project led by IRD aims to support transdisciplinary approaches in sustainability science projects
Roadmap for open shared science
Open Science offers the opportunity to support more ethical, shared and accessible research in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Climate change and the environment: making people’s voices heard
Video testimonies collected by young people in their communities around the world form the basis of a network that allows for the expression of their concerns and for a dialogue with scientists and policy makers.
Improving Drought Tolerance in Trees
With climate change, the frequency of droughts is set to increase. In order to slow down the decline of forests already observed, it is essential to better understand epigenetics, the mechanism for improving drought tolerance in trees.
Preserving climate and biodiversity at the same time
Climate and biodiversity experts worked together to determine the best measures to advance the SDGs in both areas simultaneously. Unprecedented changes in climate and biodiversity, driven by human activities, are synergistically and increasingly threatening nature, human lives, livelihoods and well-being worldwide. Biodiversity loss and climate change are both driven by human economic activities and reinforce…
