by Malcolm Davidson | 25 Oct 2022 | Climate change, Climate decoders, Decoders, Environment
At next month’s climate summit in Egypt, poorer nations coping with disasters will press wealthier states for a fund to help them ride out catastrophes. Women carry belongings from their flooded home in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province of...
by Daniel Warner | 13 Oct 2022 | Conflict, Russia, Ukraine, World
Russia’s president has raised the prospect of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. That’s a frightful notion. But it might not violate international law. Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow,...
by Jessica Moody | 29 Jul 2022 | Climate change, Environment, Europe
There’s a disconnect between the urgency of climate science and the indifference of governments, media and business to act. Are we too late? Firefighters at the scene of a wildfire in Tabara, Spain, 19 July 2022 (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) “I want you to...
by Alister Doyle | 29 Jun 2022 | Climate change, Environment
Governments often set, then fail to meet, goals for fighting global warming. Do deadlines help? Or does “blah blah blah” of unkept vows hurt the planet? Climate activist Alizée tied herself to the net at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France, 3 June 2022....
by John West | 24 Jun 2022 | Economy, Future of Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, World
Many have predicted this would be the ‘Asian Century.’ But the world is increasingly fractured as we enter a new “Cold War.” Elderly wait for a free vegetarian lunch in Dingxing, southwest of Beijing, China, 13 May 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) For some...