By Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Europe is wasting huge amounts of food while millions of people globally experience hunger. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have squeezed supply chains. The cost of living crisis has pushed many families to the edge.
Without strengthening environmental sustainability,…
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By Adam Johnston, Honorary Research Associate in Peatland Hydrology, University of Manchester
Thousands of holes are appearing in the Pennine hills, as part of efforts to improve carbon storage by restoring damaged peatland.
Peat itself is carbon rich and so as it grows it will help to capture the CO₂ that is produced by industrial fossil fuel use that is warming the atmosphere.
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By Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, UCL
Everything you need to know about the Bundibugyo virus outbreak that has prompted the WHO to declare it a global health emergency.
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By Neville Morley, Professor in Classics, Ancient History, Religion, and Theology, University of Exeter
In his opening remarks at his summit with Donald Trump on May 15, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, invoked the fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides to issue a veiled warning to the US president.
“The world has come to a new crossroads. Can China and the United States transcend the so-called ‘Thucydides Trap’ and forge a new paradigm for major-power relations?”
Thucydides has been surprisingly prominent in international affairs…
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By Asiye Uyghur
In a region characterized by high levels of security governance and information control, the legal adjustments have significant consequences on the normalization and codification of political repression.
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By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
While other forms of Ebola can be prevented with a vaccine, none are currently available to prevent this rare strain.
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By Kevin J.A. Thomas, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Rice University
10 years after official end of the Ebola pandemic, very few people know that survivors have struggled to continue with their lives.
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By Amnesty International
We don’t own this land. We belong to the land. We are a part of the water, the earth, the air – we are a part of everything. The land and the Wet’suwet’en are very spiritual. My mom once said that the moment you accept a Wet’suwet’en Chief’s name, you are no longer your own […] The post “For frontline Indigenous Peoples, the cost of fossil fuels is not theoretical” – Chief Dsta’hyl on land, climate change and our collective future. appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the resumption of the trial of activists who organized Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s spokesperson Fernando Cheung said: “As closing arguments begin in this trial, the Hong Kong authorities must confront the basic injustice at its heart: commemorating victims of human rights abuses is compassionate, not criminal. Holding people […] The post Hong Kong: Activists’ unjust trial for peaceful Tiananmen commemoration resumes appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Frederik von Briel, Associate Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, The University of Queensland
Ida Someh, Associate Professor of Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This federal budget recognises AI can’t transform Australia’s economy if we don’t have the local tech, tools and expertise to implement it.
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