Climate Change
How much has been spent already to retreat from rising seas?
It’s a potentially controversial acknowledgement that some places simply can’t be saved, but in some cases it may also be the most responsible course of action.
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Arts and Culture
This is why it’s crucial to track and preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage
Efforts to pilfer and destroy Ukrainian cultural heritage underline the importance of an international treaty on safeguarding heritage sealed after World War II.
ESG
What is ‘greenhushing’ and is it really a cause for concern?
A recent report suggested more companies are going radio silent - or 'greenhushing' their emissions-reduction goals to avoid scrutiny. Could this impact climate efforts?
Economic Progress
California’s economy may surpass Germany’s, but what’s beneath the numbers?
Assessing the two places as the same type of competitor running the same race, with California winning, points to bigger questions about how we measure prosperity.
Economic Progress
Labour squeeze: Is immigration the answer to widespread worker shortages?
Some countries with worker shortages are easing immigration restrictions in response. But in other places that isn’t such a readily available option.
Economic Progress
The impact of capitalism on poverty maybe isn’t what you assume
A new study questions the assumption that prior to capitalism most people had to endure extreme poverty, and makes a case for treating employees with dignity.
Economic Progress
What’s new is old: how economic discontent triggered unrest in the past
According to the latest Chief Economists Outlook, the difficulty people are having when it comes to buying bare essentials is ramping up the risk of social unrest.
Energy Transition
How firewood became the latest economic indicator
Europe is braced for energy shortages and a period of economic uncertainty this winter. What does this mean for the price of wood and the prospects for trees and the environment?
Climate Change
What does colonialism have to do with climate change?
Recent deadly flooding in Pakistan has revived interest in the relationship between the colonial past and the present climate change crisis.
Climate Change
Is climate denialism dead?
Climate change denialism, or simply denying that there’s a solvable problem, has become increasingly untenable as global climate change-related catastrophes accumulate
Energy Transition
Europe’s source of ‘energy security’ is facing headwinds. This is why
Nord Stream 1 is like an umbilical cord connecting Europe to much-needed energy, but the pipeline has become fodder for the conflict over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Economic Progress
Is it just the heat, or does the concept of ‘uneconomic growth’ make a lot more sense now?
Fixating on GDP gains can incur self-defeating environmental costs. So some experts advocate for shifting focus in a way that curbs growth that's "uneconomic".
Geo-economics
Russian ruble: How resilient against sanctions is Russia's economy?
In many ways, Russia’s economy seems to have successfully weathered the sanctions applied in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
Geopolitics
The Suwałki Gap: why this small part of Europe could have global implications
The Suwałki Gap, a small patch of NATO territory separating a Russian enclave from ally Belarus, points to a very big question about EU sanctions efforts.
Climate Change
Is climate inaction a human rights violation?
A legal complaint filed recently by a group of young Europeans may point to an increase in human rights-based climate change litigation that targets inaction.