How the G20 summit addressed member nations’ top challenges
The annual G20 summit tackled major global challenges, while also providing India with an opportunity to showcase its growing global stature as the host nation. The 18th G20 Summit was held in Delhi, India over a two-day period. The summit was attended by leaders from member countries, as well as...
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A UK police officer has been charged with Chris Kaba’s murder
But the ruling doesn’t equate accountability within a broken police system. Last year, an unarmed man was shot by a police officer in South London. Chris Kaba was just 24-years-old. His death resulted in protests from the Black community at the time. Led by Kaba’s family, hundreds rallied at the Met...
UN gravely concerned over rising child deaths in Sudan
The United Nations has sounded a distressing alarm over the escalating child mortality rates in Sudan, a tragic consequence of the relentless conflict that has gripped the nation for months. This week, during the UN's briefing in Geneva, UNHCR announced a harrowing set of statistics that reveals the devastating toll...
Could preserving remote work options help society reach net zero?
As the pandemic becomes a distant memory, remote work is starting to dwindle – especially in the corporate world. A new study warns against this backward trend, pointing to work-from-home options as a viable strategy for minimising our carbon footprint. Throughout the global pandemic, millions of people were forced...
Corporations soon have to report their carbon emissions in California
California is about to sign off on a deal to become the first US state requiring large companies to report their carbon emissions. This will affect around 5,400 firms which make more than $1bn in annual revenue. Considering filling out tax forms for the prior year proves too difficult a...
Cost of living overtakes environmental concerns among children
A new survey suggests that one in ten children aged 10-17 are unhappy with their lives due to worries about rising prices and their families having enough money to survive. The kids are not alright! According to a new survey conducted by the Children’s Society, more than 2 million...
Rishi Sunak plans to delay ‘barely there’ net zero policies
The UK’s prime minister has come under intense scrutiny for cancelling trivial net zero policies that weren’t even in place to begin with. Ahead of the UK’s next general election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a radical U-turn on his government’s green policies – which many argue barely existed in the first place. Sunak said he would delay the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars...
Exclusive – Meet documentary makers Common Table Creative
As the future of the world balances on a knife edge, these impact documentary filmmakers have started a conversation about how the one thing we share could be the one thing that saves us. If each generation has its cross to bear, then climate change is surely ours. Gen Z and Millennials, whose inheritance include an ecologically unstable planet and the burden of unlearning centuries of damaging habits, face...
Catastrophic flooding is occurring in ten countries simultaneously
Storms of unprecedented strength and ferocity have cropped up unexpectedly around the world. Though countries in conflict and poverty have been the hardest hit by these events, climate scientists have warned that ‘nowhere is immune.’ For those looking for a positive news story to start the week, I apologise in advance. This article will not be your tonic. While it certainly seems that there’s enough doom and gloom in the world...
Opinion – UK XL bully ban will ultimately fail to prevent dog attacks
The UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced a ban on the American XL bully breed following a rise in serious dog attacks last year. Here’s why I believe the move is short-sighted, tokenistic, and ultimately destined to fail. Does the UK government enjoy anything more than a knee-jerk reaction these days? Here I sit, exasperated, pleading that policymakers adopt a holistic and sensible approach to addressing a serious issue...
