James Pennington and Ariel Kastner – World Economic Forum (WEF) As world leaders gather in Katowice, Poland for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), signs are evident that several long-time… Continue Reading
By José Ramos-Horta* Regional and Multilateral Systems Inadequate As I stared at the picture of seven-year-old Amal Hussain dying of hunger I couldn’t contain my anguish, tears flooding my eyes. Some hours earlier I was wining and dining with friends… Continue Reading
Hazel Henderson * – Ethical Markets Media We humans are at the absurd stage in our technological evolution when we seem to have abandoned our common sense. Billions are spent by governments, corporations and investors in training computer-based algorithms (i.e.… Continue Reading
By Ben Aris – bne IntelliNews I’m going to get into trouble asking this question. The problem is that the whole situation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has become so emotional and polarised that even suggesting Russia is… Continue Reading
Human Wrongs Watch – UN Environment It is still possible to keep global warming below 2°C, but the technical feasibility of bridging the 1.5°C gap is dwindling. Global CO2 emissions increased in 2017, after a three-year period of stabilization. If the emissions… Continue Reading
By Jessica Loudis* – The Nation The country’s treatment of its Rohingya minority is vexing tourists, but not enough to stop the violence In 2014, the New York Times travel section published a feature on Myanmar. Declaring it was the… Continue Reading
By Busani Bafana* NAIROBI, Nov 2018 (IPS) – Africa risks being the worst plastic-polluted place on earth within three decades overtaking Asia, says a continental network calling for African contributions to solving the growing threat of marine waste. “Plastic pollution… Continue Reading
Analysis by Roland Oliphant* – The Telegraph If you were to looking for a time to re-ignite the slumbering conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Sunday would have been a good choice. With European leaders preoccupied with Brexit and the president… Continue Reading
Walter Shapiro* – The Guardian The president thinks justice only matters as it affects him. As his defenders fall away, he may find this all too painfully true A rational president, who had just bludgeoned Brett Kavanaugh onto the supreme… Continue Reading
By Daniel Gutman “In the south, Argentina had the worst drought in 50 years this year, after crops had been lost to flooding the previous year. And in the Caribbean, Dominica’s entire agricultural crop disappeared from the map in 2017… Continue Reading
By Lee McIntyre* – The Conversation Most politicians lie. Or do they? Even if we could find some isolated example of a politician who was scrupulously honest – former President Jimmy Carter, perhaps – the question is how to think… Continue Reading
Jon Sharman* – The Independent Migrants ‘will be at greater risk from traffickers and other criminal groups’ if new security decree is implemented, say special rapporteurs A rise in hate attacks in Italy cannot be separated from politicians “unashamedly embracing racist and… Continue Reading
Analysis by Stephen Collinson – CNN Washington (CNN)It is the Trump doctrine laid bare. By letting Saudi Arabia get away with the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the President sent a message of startling clarity about how the United… Continue Reading
Editorial Populism has arrived. Telling voters the problems that populist parties raise have no easy solution sounds like an excuse for inaction Across Europe, moderate politicians are anxious about the vitality of their democracies, the sturdiness of their institutions, the… Continue Reading
By Neta C. Crawford* The United States has appropriated and is obligated to spend an estimated $5.9 trillion on the war on terror through Fiscal Year 2019, including direct war and war-related spending and obligations for future spending on post-9/11… Continue Reading
By Cyrus Rustomjee* WINDSOR, England, Nov 20 2018 (IPS) – The blue economy—a concept and economic model that balances economic development with equity and environmental protection, and one that uses marine resources to meet current needs without compromising the ability… Continue Reading
BY ISHAAN THAROOR* – The Washington Post Saudi authorities have spent almost two months obfuscating what happened to slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi. All the while, the White House has played along, seeking to tamp down the outrage over Khashoggi’s murder… Continue Reading
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz* – BBC Future Images like that of a polar bear on a melting ice field are iconic. But in terms of getting people to act on climate change, they may be ineffective. Here’s why We’ve all… Continue Reading
By David Brennan – Newsweek Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is part of a plot by so-called “globalists” to help China overtake western economies and destroy traditional culture Ernesto Araujo was appointed to the key post on Wednesday… Continue Reading
Richard Dalton* – The Guardian With demand for Iranian oil holding firm and no international support for sanctions, the US’s harsh approach has no future The US has declared economic war on Iran: after having pulled out of the UN… Continue Reading
