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Kazakhstan, the newest state party to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
On 29 August, the International Day against Nuclear Tests, Kazakhstan deposited its instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, becoming the 26th signatory state to do so. The Treaty will enter into force at the…
Re-evaluating Kashmir in Rishi Kashyap’s land
By Nava Thakuria Suddenly narratives over Kashmir have changed for both India (Hindustan/ Bharat) and Pakistan where New Delhi extended its horizon up to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (known as Ajad Kashmir) and Islamabad aggressively insisted on its domination over the…
[Research] Seeing it both ways: Visual perspective in memory
A report on Science Daily explores the ways images from memory are represented either as seen as they were experienced, that is, through our own eyes, or observed as a third person. “If memory was simply an exact recollection of our…
Tinderbox Earth: The significance of the Amazon and Siberian fires
By Dr Andrew Glikson As fires rage across tens of thousands square km the Amazon forest, dubbed the Planet’s lungs, producing some 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere, with some 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, where fires on such a scale are…
Why the G7 can only deliver more of the same (only worse). But there is hope
It is that time of the year and the leaders of 7 industrialised countries get together to address the world situation. What an opportunity to deal with inequality, the climate crisis, the trade wars, gender discrimination, racism, the refugees crisis,…
The new political story that could change everything
George Monbiot Do you feel trapped in a broken economic model? A model that’s trashing the living world and threatens the lives of our descendants? A model that excludes billions of people while making a handful unimaginably rich? That sorts us into winners and losers, and then…
Inauguration of the counter-summit “G7 No! Let’s defend our alternatives!”
Pressenza participates in the Counter-summit of the G7EZ [NT G7EZ: No al G7, in Basque], which is held in Hendaye (France) and Irún (Spain), between 19 and 25 August. On 21 August the G7 counter-summit and the village of alternatives…
Statement by the Executive Director of UN Environment on the Ongoing Fires in the Amazon Rainforest
By Inger Andersen* The ongoing fires in the Amazon rainforest are a harsh reminder of the environmental crises facing the world – of climate, of biodiversity and of pollution. The ongoing fires in the Amazon rainforest are a harsh reminder…
Water 2. System that converts Salt Water to Drinking Water can change the lives of 3 billion people
“The system that converts salt water into drinking water can solve the problem of access to better health, food and hygiene for billions of people around the world”. In a recent note from REHUNO Health it was reported that more…
Futurology: how a group of visionaries looked beyond the possible a century ago and predicted today’s world
Max Saunders, King’s College London for The Conversation From shamanic ritual to horoscopes, humans have always tried to predict the future. Today, trusting predictions and prophecies has become part of daily life. From the weather forecast to the time the…
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