Tag: United Nations
Why the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to watch for...
Rachel Kyte, University of Oxford
Reading down the lengthy final agreement of the COP28 United Nations climate conference held...
‘You reach a point where you have nothing. You will just...
Roger B. Alfani, Seton Hall University and Nicole Eggers, University of Tennessee
For refugees living in settlements across Africa,...
EV sales growth points to oil demand peaking by 2030 −...
Robert Brecha, University of Dayton
Electric vehicle sales are growing faster than expected around the world, and sales of...
Military drones are swarming the skies of Ukraine and other conflict...
Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University
Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down....
Downing of US drone in Russian jet encounter prompts counter claims...
Ashley S. Deeks, University of Virginia
The details are disputed, but either way the result was the same: On...
Genocides persist, nearly 70 years after the Holocaust – but there...
Kerry Whigham, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The newly formed United Nations passed its first international treaty...
After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5...
Peter Schlosser, Arizona State University
The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5...
UN slavery estimate raises question: Are 50 million people really enslaved today?
Monti Datta, University of Richmond
According to the United Nations, about 50 million people are enslaved worldwide.
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
