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1 – 10 of 34This was a reference to criticism of Taliban rule by certain international players. While engagement between the emirate and the West remains limited, the Taliban are drawing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286669
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The Taliban were invited but refused to attend. There was no decision on appointing a UN special envoy for Afghanistan as mandated recently, although UN Secretary-General Antonio…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285495
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The decision followed weeks of protests over the terms of the newly revised contract. Cobre Panama, located in Colon province, is Central America’s largest open-pit copper mine…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283954
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The dam project, situated near the source of the Blue Nile, has long been a centrepiece of Ethiopia’s development plans, but also a major source of tension with downstream…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281936
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This COP comes amid growing calls for urgent climate action, from bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and others. Discussion looks likely to be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273641
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In October, it signed a landmark green economy deal with Australia. The Financial Services Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274529
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INTERNATIONAL: Climate change impacts will worsen
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES272462
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Such impacts look set to worsen, affecting biodiversity and human society alike. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Atlas suggests, in its worst-case scenario…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273461
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COLOMBIA: Public anger risks FARC's negotiation clout
Prospects for global climate policy in 2016.