How marketing classes can rescue ‘ugly produce’ from becoming food waste
Apr 25, 2024 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
At a time of rising food costs and growing food insecurity, a large percentage of food grown for consumption never reaches our tables. Indeed, some estimates suggest that approximately 40 per cent of fruits and...
The weather experiment that really flooded Dubai
Apr 25, 2024 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
A reckless experiment in Earths atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to flood. That was the story last week when more than a years worth of rain fell in a day on the Arabian Peninsula, one of the worlds driest regions....
New EU trade rules could put poor countries in a billion dollar ‘green squeeze’
Apr 25, 2024 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The EU parliament has just approved sweeping new rules that will require companies to avoid and mitigate human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains. These are noble aims. They have been a long time...
The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa
Apr 25, 2024 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Since coming to power, Giorgia Melonis government has been remarkably orthodox in its foreign policy. Unwavering support for Ukraine, loyalty to the Atlantic Alliance and full participation in the European Union - these...
Impact investing in Paris suburban ‘banlieue’ neighbourhoods
Apr 25, 2024 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
From July to August, Paris will host the 2024 Olympic games. However, once the athletes and spectators have packed up and left, the Games will leave behind a lasting social impact on the run-down neighbourhoods on the...
Economic growth tops the priority list for Canadian policymakers — here’s why
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Canada is currently experiencing anemic economic growth, meaning there is a slowdown in the total production of goods and services per capita. The real GDP growth forecast for 2024 is 0.7 per cent. Despite this,...
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
Russias invasion of Ukraine has put the countrys nuclear facilities at considerable risk. For example, on April 7 a drone attacked Ukraines Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. This attack on the largest nuclear power plant...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects