Global Sustainable Development News
School for Cross-faculty Studies experts comment on the latest IPCC report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world鈥檚 leading authority on climate, published its latest report on Monday 9 August 2021.
represents a red alert and an immediate call to action. Among the key points to be drawn out of the report are the concerns that extreme weather events are on the rise; carbon dioxide levels are at their highest in 2 million years; and changes to ice, ocean and sea levels could be 鈥榠rreversible for centuries鈥.
- Hear from Professor Jo茫o Porto de Albuquerque, Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development, on the "two crucial and immediate take home messages from the report"
- Hear from Dr Marta Guerriero, Deputy Head of the School for Cross-faculty Studies (GSD), on the 鈥渦nequivocal鈥 evidence presented by the report and the "urgent" need for collective action
Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla interviewed on Cuban COVID-19 vaccine

Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla, Head of the School for Cross-faculty Studies, was recently interviewed for , to discuss the Cuban COVID-19 vaccine, Soberana-2.
Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla interviewed on Cuban International Solidarity Programme

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Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla, Head of the School for Cross-faculty Studies, was recently interviewed about her research on the Cuban International Solidarity Programme for
The article explores the work of Cuban doctors and nurses and the 鈥楥ut Profits to the Cuban Regime Act of 2020鈥, introduced by US Republicans and designed to make it more difficult for countries to use the services of Cuban medical professionals.