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Explainable AI systems will develop slowly

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INT

However, high-profile failures have intensified pressure on the developers and institutional users of such systems to improve transparency to foster public trust.

Canada’s Trudeau will pursue pro-climate agenda

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CANADA

Canadian government emissions, energy and environment policy.

Deforestation and crime expand in Brazil’s Amazonia

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BRAZIL

Brazil recorded considerable improvements in the conservation of Amazonia in the decade from the mid-2000s. However, tighter budgets since the mid-2010s and the openly…

Explainability concern requires judicious use of AI

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INT

This presents a safety concern in some areas, and creates difficulties in guaranteeing that AI decisions are unbiased, for example in their treatment of different demographic…

Gulf monarchies may update power structures

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GULF STATES

Succession in Gulf Arab states.

Partisanship shapes US attitudes to climate policy

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UNITED STATES

Although acceptance of the reality of climate change is growing, views on how government should respond divide sharply by party affiliation. US polling data suggest that…

African cocoa grower disparities will mar reform plans

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WEST AFRICA

West Africa cocoa prospects.

ECJ bugbear undermines London’s negotiating position

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UNITED KINGDOM

The role for the ECJ after Brexit will be a key sticking point as negotiations between London and Brussels progress.

Tougher times for New Zealand farmers are ahead

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NEW ZEALAND

The impact on New Zealand's farmers of changing environmental policies.

India will press on with capital city redevelopment

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INDIA

Modi earlier this month laid the foundation stone for a new parliament complex in the precinct. The Supreme Court has ordered the government not to undertake further construction…