By Alberto González Casarrubios, Doctorando en Zoología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Nuria Sánchez, Profesor Ayudante Doctor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
A new initiative by the International Seabed Authority has set an ambitious goal, and our team is one of the first to be involved.
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By Dominic Rohner, Professor of Economics and André Hoffman Chair in Political Economics and Governance, Geneva Graduate Institute, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
There are no shortcuts to peace in Sudan, but a Marshall Plan-like investment and UN peacekeepers can help local actors diversify the economy and implement reforms once the fighting ends.
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By Sheena Cruickshank, Professor in Immunology, University of Manchester
Christina Pagel, Professor of Operational Research, Director of the UCL Clinical Operational Research Unit, UCL
Until now, COVID vaccines have been available to pregnant women as part of the twice-yearly booster programme, but this offer is being withdrawn.
The UK’s vaccine body, the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), has recommended…
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By Bing Bai, Doctorant en Marketing à l'Université de Montpellier - Attaché d'enseignement à l'EDHEC Business School, Université de Montpellier
Laurie Balbo, Professeure Associée en Marketing _ Directrice des Programmes MSc Marketing et MSc Digital Marketing & Data Analytics, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
Marie-Christine Lichtlé, Professeur des Universités, Université de Montpellier
Are you considering buying fewer plastic bottles in the future? Maybe not, but now that the question has been asked, you’re bound to think about it.
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By Clive Jones, Professor of Regional Security, Durham University
The amount of aid reaching Gaza has fallen to an 11-month low according to Israeli figures. And the hijacking, by an armed Palestinian gang, of a convoy of 109 trucks on November 16 has exacerbated the situation. Food prices are soaring and parts of the enclave, where Israeli troops are battling Hamas fighters, are believed to be already…
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By Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading
In September 1933, American meteorologist Joseph Kincer asked a simple question: is the climate changing? So began the effort to understand the scope of humanity’s interference with the climate.
By examining trends in measured temperatures at many different locations around the world, Kincer concluded that the world was getting warmer, but did not suggest a reason. A few years later in 1938, British engineer Guy…
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By Ashley Howkins, Technical Specialist and Lead Scientific Officer of the Experimental Techniques Centre, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University of London
Lorna Anguilano, Senior Research Fellow, Quality Manager of the Experimental Techniques Centre, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, and Assistant Director of the Wolfson Centre for sustainable materials development and processing, Brunel University of London
Asbestos, a notorious carcinogen, was in widespread use throughout the 20th century – from building materials to brake pads and even fake snow on film sets including The Wizard of Oz and White Christmas.
In the 1960s, a link…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Children play in a park on a housing estate in Redcar, Teesside, May 17, 2023. © 2023 Joanne Coates/Bloomberg via Getty Images Newly published data show that 5.2 million children in the United Kingdom – 36 percent of all children in the country – live in poverty. While the government announced a Child Poverty Taskforce to study the issue, the scale of the problem and its daily impact on kids’ lives and rights, require immediate action. That should start with abolishing the two-child limit social security policy which pushes children into poverty. …
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People carry the names of murdered transgendered women as dozens of transgender women and allies gather to commemorate murdered members of their community on Transgender Day of Remembrance in Mexico City. © 2017 AP Photo At least 350 transgender and gender-diverse people have been murdered over the past year, according to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project, a global initiative of Transgender Europe (TGEU). The majority of TGEU’s recorded murders are of trans women, and the grim toll includes 13 activists who were killed.Human Rights Watch research around the…
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of the scheduled execution of a man for drug-related offences, in violation of international law and standards, in Singapore on Friday 22 November, Amnesty International’s death penalty expert Chiara Sangiorgio said: “The upcoming execution of Rosman bin Abdullah underlines the chilling determination of the Singapore authorities to continue to implement the death penalty. Singapore […] The post Singapore: Imminent unlawful execution for drug trafficking must be halted appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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