Cluster Bombs: The Weapon That Kills For Years
Cluster bombs have proved to be a deadly weapon used by many countries around the world. They not only kill civilians in large numbers but also contaminate the land for decades after the explosion. Ninety percent of all recorde...
Information Revolution And Climate Action: A Marriage With A Promise?
On September 23, 2014, as world leaders, corporations and other actors at the UN New York headquarters gave pledges on how they plan to address the challenge of climate change, climate-oriented blogs and social media platforms...
COP19: The hungry pangs of climate finance come calling
Just the way we cannot stand to see a hungry child cry for food, we are faced with a situation where there has been a prolonged cry to fill up the belly of a severely malnourished component in tackling climate change, this bein...
US Stops UNESCO Funds – Losing Voting Rights…And Credibility?
Last week, on November 8th, America failed to meet the deadline to pay its dues to UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, therefore losing voting rights and creating a stir amongst the international community. Th...
How Long can Jordan Cling to Stability in a Fractured Middle East?
Last month the British Foreign Office lengthened its list of Arab states unsuitable for travel with the addition of Lebanon. Now Jordan appears more than ever to be a fragment of peace wedged between some of the most volatile s...
What’s Wrong With The UK’s Buy-To-Live Policy?
You’d think a house was primarily a place for someone to live, but the quintessentially capitalist reduction of housing to just another commodity may price out entire generations from buying in their locality.
