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Wits researchers call for Africa-centred approach to nature-based climate solutions At the recent G20 Ministerial side meeting on Brain Health, Professor Stephen Tollman, Director of the SAMRC/Wits Rural Health Transitions Unit (Agincourt), joined African and international leaders as part of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) Africa Task Force to launch the continent's first Five-Year Brain Health Action Plan.
G20 EXTRAORDINARY COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON GLOBAL INEQUALITY
We are facing an inequality emergency A new analysis published in theG20 Extraordinary Committee’s report shows that between 2000 and 2024, the world’s top 1% captured 41% of all new wealth, while just 1% went to the bottom 50%, amid growing concerns about democratic capture associated with wealth concentration.
Global Tipping Points Report
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point The world faces a “new reality” as we have reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action, according to a landmark Global Tipping Points Report.
Crops, seeds and farming | Curiosity 19: #Disruption ? /curiosity/
Planting a seed for the future To continue to feed the world’s population and even provide new energy sources, we need a new agricultural revolution, believes Dr Shehzaad Kauchali. This revolution will be built on plant species which were ignored by our ancestors thousands of years ago.
Cobalt mining in the DRC | Curiosity 19: #Disruption ? /curiosity/
You want to save the planet? Change the way you think As the just energy transition gathers pace, dousing the flames of hydrocarbon-fuelled climate change, one thing is clear – we are entering an age of mass disruption, calling for a radical re-evaluation of how economies are organised.
Inequality and water justice | Curiosity 14: #足球竞彩app排名 ? /curiosity/
Experts call for an International Panel on Inequality "Dear World Leaders, We write to you as 570 economists and inequality experts from 70 countries, to call on you to support the establishment of a permanent International Panel on Inequality to address the global inequality emergency, as recommended by the Extraordinary Committee on Inequality report to the G20, led by Professor Joseph Stiglitz..."

 

 

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Seven rising SA tech start-ups are heading to Dublin after clinching top spots in the Irish Tech Challenge SA 2025. Wits Libraries unlock new possibilities with the newly launched Open Data Vault and a PhD researcher traces the genetic pathways behind autoimmune liver disease. We also look at Wits’ contribution to Africa’s first brain health strategy showcased at the G20 and how fresh mapping from the Wits Innovation Centre is shaping support for the country’s next generation of agripreneurs.

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