SciDev.Net Weekly Update (19 - 25 November 2012)

SciDev.Net Weekly Update (19 - 25 November 2012): IPCC reports attacked, Disaster early warning, USAID on the right track, and more
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Articles published on the SciDev.Net website over the last week: 19 - 25 November 2012
Reducing disaster risk: from alert to action SciDev.Net puts the Spotlight on early warning systems for natural hazards, and asks how the impact of scientific tools can be enhanced so disaster warning triggers action. Editorials Using disaster warning tools to their best potential  Stronger links between scientific tools and the environment in which they operate can improve the effectiveness of early warning.  EN | ES More EDITORIALS  News IPCC should drop its big reports, meeting hears  The IPCC must move away from grandiose reports geared towards making a 'big media splash,' and zero in on specific issues, a meeting hears.  EN  UNESCO head faces early leadership challenge  Diplomats have voiced surprise about an early nomination to run against the current director-general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.  EN  Injectable malaria infection could speed vaccine testing  Researchers have developed a controlled, injectable malaria infection that could be a more precise and easier way of testing treatments.  EN  First unrefrigerated vaccine makes African debut  A meningitis vaccine widely used in Africa can now be transported for several days without the cost of being kept cold.  EN  South-South tech cooperation: a call to action  Action must be taken to boost developing countries' access to technology for growth, and South-South cooperation holds the key, says a report.  EN Other News Tree intercropping 'could save Africa's soils'  EN  'Electronic nose' to detect TB  EN  Multi-billion desert energy project under threat  EN  French oil giant funds rotavirus research in Congo  EN  Ecuador: 22 institutions create innovation network  ES  Tobacco control policies ‘have reduced mortality’ in Brazil  ES  South-South cooperation ‘must increase’  ES More NEWS  Opinions Why disaster warning and development go hand in hand To engage people in early action we must understand their experience, behaviour and constraints, says disaster policy expert Andrew Collins.  EN | ES  Understanding uncertainty to prevent humanitarian crises  Dialogue enables scientists and communities to work with uncertain information, say humanitarian policy experts Emma Visman andcolleagues.  EN | ES  How Cuba turns early warning into joined-up action  EN | ES  In Perspective: USAID moves in the right direction  EN | ES More OPINIONS  Features Early warning of disasters: Facts and figures  Lucy Pearson looks at early warning systems for disasters, their uses and limits, and what accounts for the gap between warning and action.  EN | ES  Snakes and folk tales meet science in disaster warning  Indigenous knowledge and science often seem poles apart, but meshing them can curb disaster risk, reports Smriti Mallapaty.  EN | ES More FEATURES  Feeling the heat: IPCC assessment reports under attack Rather than issuing grand statements and broad brushstrokes on climate science, the IPCC must focus on detail and nuance, a meeting has heard.