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Climate Change Series

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The climate change has a price tag and it could be expensive for the world, the increasing greenhouse gas emissions will exert a growing economic impact on countries leading to price rises, slow-paced technological changes, and slow growth in per-capita incomes. In this exclusive series, we highlight the various climatic and growth scenarios, analysis of economic and environmental costs, damaging eco-systems, changes in socio-economic structures and living situations.

Climate Change Series

Developing countries can prosper without increasing emissions

Sep 22, 2017 03:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

One of the ironies of fighting climate change is that developed countries which have benefited from decades or centuries of industrialisation are now asking developing countries to abandon highly polluting...

Climate Change Series

Costly signals needed to deliver inconvenient truth

Aug 16, 2017 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

A little over half the worlds population sees climate change as a serious problem (54% according to a 40-nation Pew Research survey). Coincidentally, roughly the same number identify as Christian or Muslim (55%). On the...

Climate Change Series

Climate Change Killing Hundreds Of Thousands In Europe

Aug 08, 2017 15:48 pm UTC| Technology

The vast majority of scientists all over the world have already settled on the existence of climate change and the huge role that humanity has played in speeding it up. Now, new data is coming in that indicates how many...

Climate Change Series

Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt

Jul 19, 2017 11:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

By continuing to delay significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we risk handing young people alive today a bill of up to US$535 trillion. This would be the cost of the negative emissions technologies required to...

Climate Change Series

Rising sea temperatures will hit fisheries and communities in poor countries the hardest

Jul 12, 2017 19:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Despite having some of the worlds smallest carbon footprints, small island developing states and the worlds least-developed countries will be among the places most vulnerable to climate changes impacts on marine life, new...

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions: U.S. vs. China and India in climate debate part 3

Jun 29, 2017 12:33 pm UTC| Commentary

On 1st June of 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announced United States withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord (PCA) portraying the deal to be an unfair one American people and American workers. There has been a furor...

Climate Change Series

Volcanoes under the ice: melting Antarctic ice could fight climate change

Jun 16, 2017 05:05 am UTC| Nature

Iron is not commonly famous for its role as a micronutrient for tiny organisms dwelling in the cold waters of polar oceans. But iron feeds plankton, which in turn hold carbon dioxide in their bodies. When they die, the...

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Economy

German bunds climb after Eurozone’s September CPI remains unchanged; EU Leaders’ Summit eyed

The German bunds climbed during European session Wednesday after the eurozones consumer price inflation (CPI) for the month of September, released today, remained unchanged, meeting market expectations as well. Investors...

Singapore’s September NODX unexpectedly accelerates; full-year NODX growth seen at 5 pct: OCBC Bank

Singapores non-oil domestic exports (NODX) unexpectedly accelerated to 8.3 percent y/y (-4.3 percent m/m sa) during the month of September, which beat market expectations and compared to the 5.0 percent y/y (+0.4 percent...

USD/CNY risk reversal likely to slide if U.S. Treasury Department refrains from designating China a currency manipulator, says Scotiabank

The risk reversal as well as implied volatility in the USD/CNY currency pair is expected to slide further if the United States Treasury Department refrains from designating China a currency manipulator in its semi-annual...

New Zealand bonds mixed after GlobalDairyTrade price index improves, albeit in red

The New Zealand bonds closed mixed Wednesday after global dairy prices improved, albeit still in the negative zone at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) price auction, held late yesterday. At the time of closing, the...

JGBs flat in muted trading ahead of September trade balance, national core CPI

The Japanese government bonds remained flat Wednesday ahead of the countrys trade balance data for the month of September, due to be released today by 23:50GMT and national core consumer price inflation (CPI), due on...

Politics

Coalition trails 47-53% in Newspoll, as Ipsos finds 74% oppose law discriminating against gay students and teachers

Two new polls have Labor maintaining a commanding lead as the parliament goes into a fortnight that will see a flurry of new government legislation, including to outlaw discrimination against gay students. Newspoll...

Challenge populism: re-inventing the world together

Democracies in the world are being rocked by a new wave of populism. Many scholars correctly analyse the flaws in populist discourse and practices. Populist politicians stoke fears and hate, exacerbate divisions and...

What young people can learn from the Kavanaugh hearings

Against the backdrop of the recent Senate confirmation hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, young people especially those aged 15 or 17 are naturally reflecting on what is being said about...

Masculinity should not be defined by the Kavanaugh hearings

With the hearings that led to the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as a United States Supreme Court justice still in our rear-view mirrors, what have men learned from the events of the past few weeks? I watched the...

Understanding universities as political battlefields

In Indonesias latest crackdown against terrorism, the government has targeted universities whose staff and students hold radical views. A recent report by Indonesias State Intelligence Agency (BIN) stated that radical...

Science

How we can turn the tide for women in science

For the first time in 55 years, a woman has won the Nobel Prize in physics Prof. Donna Strickland. This win has publicly highlighted that women are still under-represented in science, particularly in physics. As a...

How astrophysics could transform the treatment of cystic fibrosis and other rare diseases

Its a cruel disease which dramatically shortens life expectancy. One in 25 Europeans carry the cystic fibrosis gene and, in the UK, about 10,400 people currently have the condition. But people are living longer and longer...

Why more women don't win science Nobels

One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that shes only the third female physicist to receive the...

Could villains clone themselves to take over the world?

If asked about clones, most people think of evil sci-fi characters. However, in real life, the word clone often has broader, far more positive applications. Just as office workers replicate documents by using copy...

No black scientist has ever won a Nobel – that’s bad for science, and bad for society

Many in the scientific world are celebrating the fact that two women received this years Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry. Donna Strickland and Frances Arnold are only the 20th and 21st female scientists to be...

Technology

Google Pixel 3 Release Date, Specs: Is Google Coming Out with a Dead Phone So Close to When It Goes to Market?

The Google Pixel 3 was unveiled to the world as the modern ages prime Android smartphone platform for any true aficionado. But it looks like the Google Pixel 3 has problems under the hood that may take any excited buyer by...

OnePlus 6T Release Date, Specs: Device Comes with Android 9.0 Pie?; Features Confirmed Before the Unveiling Event

Unlike other smartphone manufacturers, OnePlus is less secretive even when it comes to its upcoming flagships. Several features of the OnePlus 6T have been confirmed, including the version of the pre-installed Android...

‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ Release Date, Pre-Order Guide: Get Bonus Content by Pre-Ordering the Game

With Red Dead Redemption 2 slated to hit the shelves on Oct. 26, now may be the right time to reserve a copy of the game. So what are the bonuses available to those who pre-order? As noted by Rockstar Games, all...

‘GTA 6’ Release Date, Update: Game Set in Both U.S.A. and South America?

GTA 6 continues to be one of the hottest topics in the video game industry even though the game doesnt really exist yet. But over the months, many have speculated that Rockstar Games will eventually commit their resources...

MacBook Air 2018 Release Date, Market, Speculations: Does the Subnotebook Exist?

The MacBook Air is perhaps one of the least popular products of Apple in recent years, lagging behind the Dell XPS 13 and the Microsoft Surface Pro. The Cupertino-based tech giant hasnt given the device much attention...