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The water crisis raises questions about prevailing attitudes to water as a resource at a time of increasing climate variability, and highlights tensions between human and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280818
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Rising temperatures and reduced rainfall have strained power systems across Central America in recent months, with hydroelectric dams generating less power while demand rises…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287453
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The consultations followed major public protests after it emerged the government had in 2021 signed a secret deal with Cairo to restart the project, which would boost Egypt’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271966
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The notice comes amid rising violence between pastoralists and settled non-Fulani, predominantly Christian farming communities in the south-west. As southern politicians grow…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259452
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Meanwhile, the National Energy Board (NEB) is preparing final approval of two large pipeline projects -- Energy East and Trans Mountain -- to carry Alberta and Saskatchewan crude…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB209589
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During last month’s UN General Assembly, President Jair Bolsonaro unsuccessfully argued that his government was controlling deforestation in the Amazon region. Reports indicate…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265043
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In Amazonia, deforestation increased by 25% year-on-year in the first half of 2020. The situation has led large institutional investors, corporations and foreign governments to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256215
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The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is beginning its third term with an emphasis on post-pandemic issues. While there was little new in the speech, which…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265839
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Prospects for South-east Asia in 2016.