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Big Facts Cut Through the Climate Change Clutter
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), a Burness client, launched in Doha a set of 30 definitive facts that negotiators can rely on to understand the link between climate change and agriculture—a hot topic at the negotiations this year.
Water from the Nile—Is There Enough for Everybody?
When South Sudan became an independent country, it also became the eleventh country to share the world’s longest river, the Nile. So many nations drawing from one source of water inevitably results in political and environmental complications. But a new … Continue reading Water from the Nile—Is There Enough for Everybody?
Join Us in Signing the CEO Pledge to End Travel Restrictions for People Living with HIV
Did you know that 45 countries around the world impose travel restrictions on people who are HIV positive? Andy Burness, president of Burness Communications, has joined a group of CEOs from companies such as GBCHealth, UNAIDS, and Levi Strauss & Co. who oppose restrictions on the freedom of movement for people living with HIV.
Can Bananas Feed the World if Climate Change Worsens?
Hurricane Sandy crashed into the northeast U.S. at the end of October 2012, demonstrating the type of severe weather that climate change is expected to bring with increasing regularity. At the same time, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)—a Burness client—released two research papers looking at how feeding the world contributes to global warming, and how agriculture in particular needs to be revamped as climate change continues to worsen.
Progress in East Africa as Farmers Begin Adapting to Changing Weather
In a year when abnormal weather has wreaked havoc on farmers around the globe—from record drought in the U.S. to the failed monsoon in India—new research recently published by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) shows that smallholder farmers across East Africa have started to adapt to the changing climate.
Trial Signals Major Milestone in Hunt for New TB Drugs
A study by the Lancet reveals a neglected side of the fight against HIV - the battle to help people who have tuberculosis and the incredible lack of good drugs needed to cure them. Today, TB remains the largest killer of people with AIDS.
Jeff Haskins Tribute, ILRI Campus, 25 July 2012
Our friends at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, will be hosting a celebration of Jeff’s life on Wednesday, July 25 from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm.
Remembering Jeff Haskins
Burness Communications remembers, Jeff Haskins, our personal friend and extraordinary colleague of nearly nine years.
10 Tips for Successful Malaria Vaccine Advocacy
A group of senior malaria vaccine researchers from all over Africa recently collaborated with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative and Burness Communications to publish a guide of best practices called “10 tips for successful malaria vaccine advocacy.” Helping these scientists get their message from the lab to Parliament could mean the difference between a child dying from a preventable disease and a child receiving a vaccine that could save her life.
Bamboo Charcoal: A Sustainable Energy Source for Africa
When we think of bamboo, we rarely think of Africa. Though most of us know the plant as panda food or as the backdrop of Chinese movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, it is also a source of alternative energy that can combat soil degradation and massive deforestation in Africa.
