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Earth is overheating due to the greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. This is “the biggest market failure the world has seen” according to economist Nicholas Stern. The rational behaviour …
Climate change is making debt more expensive – new study Read More
Mary Grigoryan’s day starts when the electricity is switched on, so she can heat up sugarless tea for her children’s breakfast. Energy use in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which …
Queues for bread and no formula milk: Motherhood in blockaded Nagorno-Karabakh Read More
When Mahendra Pandey was a teenager, he traveled from his home country of Nepal to Saudi Arabia for work. He said his passport was confiscated upon arrival, and he was …
Renewables are exacerbating modern slavery — how businesses can act Read More
H&M, the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, is investigating 20 alleged instances of labour abuse at Myanmar garment factories that supply it, Reuters news agency has reported, just weeks after Zara-owner Inditex, the …
H&M probes alleged Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies Read More
Prospective strike action by workers at Australia’s second-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is being closely watched by European policymakers, concerned that a second winter of soaring energy prices could cause inflation to rebound. European …
LNG supplies: Why Europe is spooked by Australian strike Read More
The U.S. government said Thursday it is formally requesting a dispute settlement panel in its ongoing row with Mexico over its limits on genetically modified corn. Mexico’s Economy Department said it …
US escalates trade dispute with Mexico over limits on genetically modified corn Read More
Few figures have loomed larger in recent public dialogue over artificial intelligence than Geoffrey Hinton, the groundbreaking AI researcher who famously left Google Brain in May, saying he wanted to be free …
Toronto Takes on Silicon Valley to Become AI Startup Hub Read More
There has been much talk for a while about offices heading for the buffers. The nightmare scenario is many thousands of office buildings being deemed virtually worthless as leases come up for …
Offices: how bad will the coming property crunch be? Read More
At a meeting in Belém, Brazil, on 8-9 August, heads of state and foreign ministers gathered to discuss how to take a cooperative approach to a range of issues, including …
What the Amazon Summit means for deforestation and climate change Read More
The Indian government has made yet another attempt to give its flagship Make in India initiative a push. On August 3, India said companies importing laptops, tablets, and PCs into …
Another week, another push to “Make in India” Read More