Protecting marine areas seem a good idea – but they may have insidious political effects

Oct 09, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Zones of ocean known as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are all the rage. They have no single or agreed definition, but essentially they are areas of sea in which human activity is restricted or prohibited in order to...

Survey shows a majority of South Africans support land reform

Oct 09, 2018 12:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Unequal access to land in South Africa continues to prevent citizens from enjoying human dignity, rights and security. The ongoing debates and recent public hearings about land reform policy in the country are therefore...

The UN's 1.5°C special climate report at a glance

Oct 08, 2018 15:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a special report today on the impacts of global warming of 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels. The report outlines the considerable challenges of meeting the Paris...

Australia has two decades to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change

Oct 08, 2018 15:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The long-awaited special report on the science underpinning the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5℃ has been released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It tells us that hitting...

New UN report outlines 'urgent, transformational' change needed to hold global warming to 1.5°C

Oct 08, 2018 15:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

A landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, commissioned at the breakthrough 2015 summit that brokered the Paris climate agreement, outlines whats at stake in the worlds bid to limit global...

Why Indonesia's tsunamis are so deadly

Oct 04, 2018 15:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The magnitude 7.5 earthquake, and subsequent tsunami, that struck Indonesia days ago has resulted in at least 1,200 deaths. Authorities are still gauging the extent of the damage, but its clear the earthquake and...

Palu earthquake and tsunami swept away some of Indonesia’s most important human rights activism

Oct 04, 2018 15:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

When the earthquake and tsunami hit the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi, last Friday, they not only brought wreckage and death. The twin disasters also swept away efforts by activists and the municipal administration to...