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The international news organisation, Reuters, recently produced a list of the world’s top 1,000 climate scientists. The scientists were ranked using three criteria: the number of papers published on climate change topics; citations, relative to other papers in the same field; and references by the non-peer reviewed press (for example on social media). Reuters didn’t claim that these were the “best” scientists in the world. But the ranking has certainly enhanced their reputation. Nina Hunter and her colleagues discuss the flaws in the list, particularly the fact that it has so few scientists from the global South on it.
After his re-election earlier this year, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni appointed women to the posts of vice-president and prime minister. He has also increased the percentage of women in the cabinet from 27% to 43%. These are undeniably positive steps in supporting the representation of women in politics. But, argues Aili Mari Tripp, the developments are a double-edged sword in Uganda. The inclusion of women has advanced the goals of the women’s movement, but also helped an autocratic regime remain in power and maintain legitimacy among certain sectors of society.
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A section of Quarry Road informal settlement in Durban after severe flooding in April 2019 where research was undertaken by local scientists.
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Nina Hunter, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Andrew Emmanuel Okem, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Catherine Sutherland, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Debra Roberts, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Marlies H Craig, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Michelle A. North, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Rob Slotow, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Climate change science dominated by knowledge produced in the global North cannot address the particular challenges faced by those living in the global South.
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Supporters of the National Resistance Movement celebrate.
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Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison
These appointments provoked debate in Uganda, reflecting both the constraints and the possibilities of women's rights reform in an authoritarian country.
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