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The Future of Sea Level Rise with Professor Peter Wadhams

“All of these changes, we can plot them and if we look exponentially, we see really catastrophic effects in the next few years, certainly in the next decade or two the world will be completely different… I think we’re at…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Fires Back at U.S. Over Drug Cartel Criticism

Tensions between Mexico and the United States have escalated since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with the two nations clashing over strategies to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a scientist-turned-politician who assumed office…

Dubai BRICS Forum Will Help Develop Small and Medium Businesses

In this insightful conversation, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Dubai BRICS Investment Forum, academician Konstantin Klimenko-Bogdanov, highlights the primary importance of the forthcoming corporate business forum within the context of geopolitical situation and offers a distinctive roadmap…

EcoWaste Coalition Marks 25 Years of Service to the People and the Environment

DENR Cites EcoWaste as a “Steadfast Ally and Partner” 7 February 2025, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition celebrated its historic 25th year of service to the Filipino people and Mother Earth by recognizing its indispensable partners from various sectors and affirming…

Bangladesh’s Right to Ganges Water: Navigating the Renewal of the Ganges Treaty in 2026

The Ganges River holds immense importance for both Bangladesh and India, providing water for agriculture, livelihoods, and ecosystems across their shared basin. In 1996, the two nations signed the historic Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, aimed at ensuring an equitable distribution…

Why Did Trump Threaten To Modify Or Rescind India’s Sanctions Waiver For Iran’s Chabahar Port?

Threatening the viability of the North-South Transport Corridor pressures Iran, India, and Russia in one fell swoop in a diplomatic-economic masterstroke. Trump 2.0 is considered to be Indophilic in large part due to his team’s understanding of how India can…

Forcing The Palestinians Out Of Gaza Is A Recipe For Unimaginable Disaster

Even after Trump declared that he wanted to take back the Panama Canal, acquire Greenland by force, if necessary, and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, I could not, like many others, imagine that his madness…

2°C Climate Warming Target Is ‘Dead,’ Pioneering Climate Scientist Says

In a new analysis, acclaimed climate scientist Professor James Hansen and colleagues said that scientists had greatly underestimated the rate of global heating, and that the international target of two degrees Celsius is “dead.” By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The analysis concluded that the…

Claudia Sheinbaum: The Leadership the World Needs

Bullied by a macho president in the neighboring north, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s newly elected leader, has made a bold and defining move in her first year in office. In a world fraught with political posturing, Sheinbaum’s firm yet thoughtful response…

The Humanist Moment in America: Sheinbaum’s cool head, Petro’s warm heart

In a conversation between the President of Mexico and US President Donald Trump, they reached several agreements, among them, the imposition of tariffs is canceled, when it seemed that an economic and social “catastrophe” was approaching. “It is important to…

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