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Incidents of AI misuse and malfunction are growing across Africa. Companies are piloting American and Chinese AI systems, with little consideration for safety. Frontier models should undergo Africa-centric safety evaluations, …
Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say Read More
Indigenous communities around the world face mounting, and colliding, impacts from climate change, violence, rising threats from artificial intelligence, and many other crises. Their leaders are demanding that the world …
Indigenous leaders give the UN a roadmap for protecting their peoples Read More
Earlier this year, a conference was held in the European Parliament to discuss the dangers of nanoplastics. Such an event would not be unusual, were it not for its co-host: …
Inside the doomsday ‘cult’ spreading climate disinformation to global leaders Read More
The intergovernmental UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the UN’s largest annual forum on gender equality. Its 70th session concludes on 19 March at UN HQ in …
Gender equality discussions at UN face pushbacks and US resistance Read More
The UN’s annual biodiversity talks (COP16) will be held in Cali, Colombia between 21 October and 1 November – an opportunity to take stock of the progress in raising funds for …
COP16 global biodiversity talks to focus on financing Read More
A few years ago, the German professor of intellectual property law Tim Dornis was on sabbatical in California when the General-Secretary of the German Association for Intellectual Property Law (GRUR) …
Intellectual property: How to stop Western theft Read More
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst the …
Climate change and extreme weather impacts hit Asia hard Read More
When Almudena Fernández saw the final result of the numbers she had been calculating, her jaw dropped. The chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations …
Poor nutrition and fewer savings: The price Latin America and the Caribbean are paying as the world’s most volatile region Read More
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) is considering joining a U.N.-led initiative that would require disclosing more details of its global methane output, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, a …
Exxon in talks to join UN-led methane reporting pact -sources Read More
The developed world’s delivery on commitments to help pull the poorest countries out of their tailspin into destitution is arguably as crucial as it is unlikely. Niko Humalisto suggests reflection. …
Go West Read More