Developing world articles from across Nature Portfolio

Lower- and middle-income countries are disproportionately impacted by the reduction of winter cereals yields and fragmentation of the food trade due to the Russia-Ukraine war, according to an analysis that uses satellite cropland data, meteorological and trade data, and network approach.

Integrating citizen science into artificial intelligence (AI) can help address major sustainability issues as well as some of the potential drawbacks associated with a wide use of AI. This Perspective highlights the advantages and challenges of such integration in light of achieving sustainable development.

Countries in Africa facing sociopolitical instability also bear a high burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Here, the authors explore the potential of health technologies to address NTDs through a systematic literature review.

Labelling human impacts on products and services and embedding human rights in climate communication could contextualize carbon emissions for consumers and incentivize companies to accelerate the move to net zero.

Beginning to conduct psychological research in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is daunting. Where do you start? In this reflexive commentary, we raise three critical questions that researchers should ask themselves before conducting research in LMICs.

An initiative from two research organizations to boost the role of science in peace-building in Africa needs to be supported.

The system meant to ensure that international agreements are informed by a consensus of rigorous research is under severe stress.

Instead of focusing on short-term fixes, cities such as Lahore and Delhi need a comprehensive, year-round plan to reduce air pollution.

A carbon tax will not curb current emissions in sub-Saharan Africa and is unlikely to prevent future carbon lock-in effects. Meanwhile, a carbon tax could hit the poor in this region, thus the international community should be careful in pushing sub-Saharan Africa towards carbon taxation.