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US Green New Deal will evolve piecemeal

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UNITED STATES

The GND calls for massive changes to the US economy, environment and social policy to make the country fully ‘green compliant’. The March 26 rejection of a GND resolution before…

Jordan’s coming climate crisis will hit youth hard

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JORDAN

Young people, who will be most affected in their lifetimes, are disadvantaged by a lack of relevant education and information provision. They are also more preoccupied by…

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

R&D spending could help global productivity recovery

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INTERNATIONAL

High on the agenda is the need for science to work across disciplines to address complex societal problems. In 2015, research and development (R&D) funding increased by 5.1…

Maldives will manage militancy and virus risks

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MALDIVES

The attempted assassination involved a remote-controlled device, signalling new capabilities among local militant groups. Separately, the Maldives has recently had a sharp rise in…

Boosting Africa’s health security will be challenging

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AFRICA

Although cases and mortality per capita in Africa have been low compared to Europe and the Americas, the pandemic has exposed underlying vulnerabilities in health systems…

Millennials give US unions hope but need new focus

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UNITED STATES

Unions remain well-entrenched in the public sector, but their influence has fallen in much of the private sector. One exception is workers in knowledge-based industries, often…

Nuclear governance may slide from the policy agenda

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INTERNATIONAL

Post-NSS 2016 nuclear governance.

Central European tech sector needs help to scale up

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Tallinn is keen to showcase its success in developing its digital capabilities in both the public and private sectors. Estonia is one of a cluster of nine EU tech-sector…

France’s green bill adopts new rules for investment

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FRANCE

The bill, which will cost the government EUR500mn (USD540mn) each year, will focus on the provision of grants for new projects, expedited permitting and training for green…