In this paper two popular climate change integrated assessment models are used to investigate the path and decompose components and sources of future inequality in the emissions distribution. Results prove to be consistent with previous empirical studies and robust enough to model comparison and show that gaps in GDP across world regions will still play a crucial role in explaining different countries contributions to global warming.

Articles in the latest issue explore private flood insurance and the epidemiology of tornado destruction in Bangladesh, conflict, human rights and humanitarianism following tsunamis, and managing crises through organisational development. For the full table of contents, or to subscribe or submit an article, please visit wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/disa.

At the heart of current policy thinking about Africa there is a significant knowledge gap concerning governance and development. This IDS Bulletin is concerned with what can be done about that, drawing on new findings from the research consortium, Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP). APPP is committed to discovering forms of governance that work better for development than those prescribed by the current ‘good governance’ orthodoxy. It aims to do so chiefly by examining the range of post-colonial experience in sub-Saharan Africa focusing especially on under-appreciated patterns of difference in institutions and outcomes.

We welcome submissions of abstracts by 4 April 2011, sent to hpgresearch@odi.org.uk. The deadline for full articles is 27 June 2011 (max. 8,000 words). Given space limitations in the Special Issue, we reserve the right to make a selection of the most interesting submissions. To request further information, please use the email above.