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Riyadh’s New Power Game With The US And China

Saudi Arabia is pushing hard for a new stake in the future of digital and artificial intelligence (AI) driven opening, in the quest to transition from fossil fuel led industry to join the bandwagon of digital revolution

2025-12-22 08:11:40 0 Comment 21720 view

A Fresh Perspective On Climate

The climate wars rage on interminably. A new perspective might help us see the way forward more clearly

2025-10-05 07:59:00 0 Comment 28965 view

Climate Action Can Feel Slow – But The Fastest Energy Leap In History Has Begun

It’s increasingly common to hear from experts and the general public that the global shift away from fossil fuels is glacially slow, or even non-existent

2025-09-14 06:10:47 0 Comment 38439 view

Millions Of Afghans Forced To Return To A Hellscape The World Forgot

It’s been a dark summer for Afghans. When Israel launched the 12-day war with Iran on June 13, Tehran used it as a pretext to scapegoat some of its most vulnerable residents

2025-08-30 10:40:11 0 Comment 57918 view

As India Remains In Coal’s Grip, China May Escape

The government in New Delhi can’t get out of its own way. On the one hand, it has made strides to ramp up renewable energy investment and development to help rein in its greenhouse gas emissions

2025-08-04 08:07:29 0 Comment 45918 view

Enabling The Clean Energy Transition Through Trade and Cooperation

One of the longest-running debates in economic policy has centered on whether economic growth must come at the environment’s expense

2025-07-28 04:56:39 0 Comment 41020 view

Noble Intentions Of SGDs Undermined By Western Consumerism, Hypocrisy

These countries promote the sustainable development goals (SDGs) only when it suits their economic or geopolitical interests

2025-05-13 02:42:09 0 Comment 39476 view

Europe Needs Trump For Its Long Term Survival

Europe is staring down the barrel of a stark new harsh truth and reality where the US is no longer a given in the security umbrella of the continent

2025-03-26 05:54:34 0 Comment 51592 view

At Davos, UN-Sec-Gen Guterres Slams Backsliding On Climate Commitments

The world’s political and business elite present in Davos on Wednesday faced an uncompromising address from UN chief António Guterres

2025-01-24 13:32:22 0 Comment 49105 view

Germany, Netherlands Among Top 10 Fossil Fuel Subsidisers In 2023

According to a recent study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

2024-12-23 13:29:49 0 Comment 55890 view

Greenhouse Gases Surged To New Highs In 2023, Warns UN Weather Agency

New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high shows once again that urgent action and not words is needed from the world’s major polluters to protect us all from climate change

2024-10-29 13:00:27 0 Comment 54192 view

Political Leaders Must Champion Human Rights Amid Global Crises

The UN’s top human rights official has told UN News that it’s not human rights themselves that are in crisis

2024-10-18 06:17:03 0 Comment 83850 view

India’s Renewed Focus On The Indo-Pacific

: India Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Brunei and Singapore signified the consolidation of the Act East Policy, further strengthening the focus on the Indo Pacific and Southeast Asia

2024-09-23 03:06:45 0 Comment 72921 view

Putin’s New Regional Friend-shoring And Courting Of Malaysia

The 9th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok creates new power dynamics and reflects the strategic intent by Russia to further bolster its weight and extended influence in the Global South and emerging powers in the non Western bloc

2024-09-12 06:09:28 0 Comment 63144 view

A New Trilemma Haunts The World Economy

Amid the ongoing multi-billion dollar infusions of military aid to Ukraine, the US is seeing a steady increase in national debt

2024-09-12 06:04:35 0 Comment 61811 view

Investing In Clean Air Can Saves Lives And Combat Climate Change

The UN Secretary-General is marking ‘Clean Air Day’ with a call for global investment in solutions that tackle climate change and the increasing public health, environmental, and economic harm caused by air pollution

2024-09-09 04:37:51 0 Comment 62134 view

Pressing Issues Await Pope Francis In Indonesia

A host of pressing issues, including the rise of religious intolerance, climate change, human trafficking, violence in Christian-majority Papua, disputes over development projects, and lay-clergy conflict

2024-09-04 09:29:31 0 Comment 84524 view

Peace Is UN’s Raison D’être: UN Gec-Gen Guterres

NEW YORK, US: Around the globe, “peace is the missing piece” as conflicts rage, divisions grow and polarization deepens, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.

 

2024-02-14 03:15:49 0 Comment 97863 view

Climate Advocates Demand Stronger COP28 Language On Fossil Fuels

NEW YORK, US: The latest COP28 draft outcome text released to negotiators in Dubai Monday evening dropped a call to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels, prompting outcry from climate vulnerable countries and civil society.

 

2023-12-14 01:53:20 0 Comment 117651 view

COP28 Is About Action, Not Politics And Point Scoring, Says UN Climate Chief

NEW YORK, US:UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-denominator politics”; they must take ambitious action on curbing global warming and ending the climate crisis.

 

2023-12-08 07:26:15 0 Comment 114389 view