On Sept. 24, 2024, Mark Carney, UN Climate Czar, was celebrating the partnership of the CDP and Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) on X, as a means to further the Net Zero Transition, an unlikely goal, says Friends of Science, which would result in an impoverished and miserable future. Continue reading
London, 18 Sept 2024 /Open Rights Group / — As reported in the Guardian, today ORG has published a new report, E-Visas: Hostile and Broken, which examines the Home Office’s plans to roll out e-Visas for migrants in the UK. Continue reading
Generation Investment Management, the sustainable investment manager, today published its eighth Sustainability Trends Report, which annually seeks to answer the question of where the world stands in the transition to a low-emissions economy. This year’s assessment analyses how climate promises are starting to resemble New Year’s resolutions: easy to make, hard to keep. It also covers the shifts needed across the global economy – spanning the power sector; transportation; buildings; industry; people, land & food; and climate finance. Continue reading
Simon McCarthy-Jones, Trinity College Dublin
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania campaign rally, there is much speculation about how this will affect the 2024 US election. However, no one is yet asking how these events may affect Trump himself.
Dafydd Townley, University of Portsmouth
Joe Biden’s extremely weak performance at the CNN TV debate last week, has prompted senior figures in the Democrat party to question whether he is fit enough to stand for the upcoming presidential election. Former speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said it was reasonable to ask: “Is this an episode or is this a condition?”
Stephen Barber, University of East London
Democracies are no better than other forms of government at avoiding catastrophic mistakes. But they are much more effective at rectifying them. While the 2024 British general election might have seemed a long time coming, as the country meandered from one failure to the next, the utter scale of defeat for the Conservatives is testament to the ability of a democratic system to reject, reverse and renew.
Oliver Heath, Royal Holloway University of London and Humphrey Southall, University of Portsmouth
As the country gears up for the election, all eyes are on the bellwether constituencies that historically reflect the broader national mood.
The concept of Israel’s holiness is a complex issue for Christians. Here’s a breakdown of the dilemma: Continue reading
NEW YORK, April 18, 2024 /Politics/ —
India’s diversity is staggering! It’s like a giant tapestry woven from threads of religion, ethnicity, language, and culture. Here’s a breakdown of some key aspects: Continue reading
Elke Schwarz, Queen Mary University of London
A report by Jerusalem-based investigative journalists published in +972 magazine finds that AI targeting systems have played a key role in identifying – and potentially misidentifying – tens of thousands of targets in Gaza. This suggests that autonomous warfare is no longer a future scenario. It is already here and the consequences are horrifying.