Marco Pomati, Cardiff University and Shailen Nandy, Cardiff University Four years ago the United Nations (UN) members states created a list of international development targets, known as the Sustainable Development Goals. These included 17 urgent
Weiterlesenby Fatma Medhi, PassBlue November 5, 2019 A stunning policy reversal by the United States regarding Western Sahara occurred last week, but it didn’t make many headlines. What happened? When the United Nations Security Council
WeiterlesenOlalekan Adekola, York St John University Nigeria is experiencing a major conflict between nomadic herdsmen and indigenous farmers. In 2016, the conflict led to the death of 2,500 people, displaced 62,000 others and led to
WeiterlesenBram Büscher, Wageningen University and Maano Ramutsindela, University of Cape Town Many books have been written on peace and war. But proposals to promote peace among nations through nature conservation in the war-torn borderlands of
WeiterlesenShireen Daft, Macquarie University An open letter from 24 scientists published in Nature last month calls on governments to draft a new Geneva Convention dedicated to protecting the environment during armed conflict. This inspired a
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