By Ana M. Camelo Vega, Senior Economics and Finance Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University
Africa’s clean energy funding would work much better if projects could borrow on fairer terms, and have longer to pay back loans.
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By Nicolas Bellouin, Professor of Climate Processes, University of Reading
Research suggests there may be ways to reduce the climate impact of flights by addressing the white trails they leave behind.
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By Justin Morey, Senior Lecturer in Music Production, Leeds Beckett University
International Dawn Chorus Day (May 3 for 2026) is a great time to hear the UK’s birds at their most vocal. While we can enjoy the variety and beauty of birdsong, for the birds themselves it serves more practical purposes – to attract a mate and establish and defend a breeding territory.
Birds can produce complex vocal sounds, which we refer to as “song” because they have a vocal organ called the syrinx…
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By Hamed Kazemzadeh, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Peace and Conflict, University of Calgary; L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
As Arctic competition grows, Canada’s security depends not just on defence, but on migration and retaining people to build resilience in the North.
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By Francesca Jackson, PhD candidate, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University
King Charles’s four-day state visit to the US is going ahead as planned, after a shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner raised doubts about security. The royal trip, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of American independence, is the first since 2007, when the late Queen Elizabeth II was hosted by President George W. Bush.
State visits are formal, international visits made by the heads of state, which in the UK is the king. In September 2025, the king hosted an inbound state visit for US President Donald Trump. Now, he and Queen Camilla will head to Washington DC,…
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By Chunjiang An, Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University
As more ships and tankers sail through the Arctic, the chances of oil spills increase. Canada should take action to prepare for a spill before it occurs.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image FIFA President Gianni Infantino and US President Donald Trump on stage during the FIFA World Cup 2026 official draw on December 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. © 2025 Photo by Tasos Katopodis - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images (Berlin) – The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup is unfolding against a backdrop of abusive immigration enforcement in the United States, new threats to media freedom, discrimination, and unmet human rights commitments by FIFA and host cities, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a “Reporters’ Guide” for journalists covering the tournament. The tournament…
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By Nishant Shah
We have to insist that AI is still unsettled, still open to being shaped otherwise, and that the language and vocabulary it comes with, is not something we just accept.
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By Amnesty International
Fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – touch nearly every part of our daily lives, but not without consequences. Their production and use are driving a global climate crisis. The failure of our governments to act, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, may well be the biggest intergenerational human rights violation in history. […] The post The age of fossil fuels must end. Here is how a Fossil Fuel Treaty can help. appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Philip Broadbent, Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar, University of Glasgow
The UK’s healthy life expectancy crisis hits women hardest, but the government’s renewed women’s health strategy doesn’t come close to matching the scale of the problem.
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