Plastic pollution is an urgent environmental issue, globally. Every year, about eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans.
Environment
Nov 15, 2023
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The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of ...
Environment
Nov 7, 2023
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Unemployment among the youth is a serious problem in many developing countries, especially in Africa. This issue stems in great part from a stagnant manufacturing sector. Firms in African countries have failed to grow significantly ...
Economics & Business
Oct 19, 2023
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A climate researcher hit back against his dismissal from a German think-tank after refusing to take a flight back from a fact-finding mission in Papua New Guinea.
Other
Oct 13, 2023
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A climate scientist on Wednesday said he was being threatened with the sack for refusing to fly back to Germany from a research trip in Papua New Guinea.
Environment
Oct 4, 2023
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Economies already under stress respond more strongly to weather events like heat waves, river floods and tropical cyclones, a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters shows.
Economics & Business
Aug 30, 2023
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World leaders will gather in Paris this week with ambitions to reimagine global financing for a new era shaped by climate change, as a cascade of crises swamps debt-burdened countries.
Environment
Jun 19, 2023
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Climate change is a global problem. Its origin is less so, however, because we do not all contribute equally: the countries that suffer the most from the impacts of climate change are precisely those that are the least responsible.
Environment
May 11, 2023
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Do politicians internalize the consequences of their war-related votes? A new paper published in the Journal of Political Economy finds that they do—when their family is involved.
Social Sciences
May 3, 2023
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Climate change is raising the risk of extreme weather, causing food shortages and threatening the existence of myriad species—and if that weren't enough, it's now prompting pirates to plague the world's oceans and seas.
Environment
Apr 27, 2023
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