Getting climate funds to conflict zones – a case for working with armed groups and local communities
Dec 05, 2023 05:38 am UTC| Insights & Views
Conflict-ridden and fragile countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change and least prepared to deal with it. They are largely excluded from climate adaptation programmes and funding. This is partly because...
How conspiracy theories can affect the communities they attack – new research
Dec 05, 2023 05:37 am UTC| Insights & Views
Scientists have learned a lot about why people believe in conspiracy theories and how they harm society over the past couple of decades. Yet little is known about how the groups targeted by conspiracy theories feel and...
Dec 05, 2023 05:37 am UTC| Insights & Views
The approaching holiday season will be the first post-split for Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire, who separated in summer 2023. It may also be the first for you. Welcome to co-parenting,...
Why do private schools get more holidays than public schools?
Dec 05, 2023 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
Its that time of year when it seems the more school fees parents pay, the less time their children spend in school. For example, within a few kilometres of each other in Melbourne are an independent school whose last...
COP28: with a ‘loss and damage’ fund in place, protecting climate refugees is more urgent than ever
Dec 05, 2023 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
It has taken decades, but the complex and increasingly urgent issue of climate mobility has gradually become central to international climate negotiations. At the COP28 summit currently taking place in Dubai, there are...
Dec 05, 2023 05:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Humanitys emissions of greenhouse gases have caused rapid global warming at a rate unprecedented in at least the past 2,000 years. Rapid global warming has been accompanied by increases in the frequency and intensity of...
Australia has its first framework for AI use in schools – but we need to proceed with caution
Dec 04, 2023 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Federal and state governments have just released a national framework for generative AI in schools. This paves the way for generative AI algorithms that can create new content to be used routinely in classrooms around...
'Father of Reconciliation' Pat Dodson to quit parliament
South Africa’s immigration proposals are based on false claims and poor logic – experts
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