5 天之前 · As the Brahmaputra transforms into the Jamuna River in Bangladesh, its flow is crucial for more than 160 million people. Bangladesh, already facing acute water stress and climate change challenges, depends on the river for agriculture (55 per cent of its irrigation needs), drinking water, and fisheries. The dam in Medog county may further reduce water availability, …

4 天之前 · None of the bitcoin-like cyber currencies can meet the three-fold requirements of a proper currency: providing efficient payments services, a safe savings instrument and an accounting numéraire (金 运 jinyun/Unsplash)

5 天之前 · Over the past decade, the Oceania region has moved from what many thought was a backwater of global politics towards much greater centrality. A significant driver of Oceania’s greater prominence in global affairs is climate change. As one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, voices ...

4 天之前 · The Trump administration has spent a week directing USAID and other government departments to remove any references to gender equality, women’s empowerment and LGBTQIA+ programs from their websites (and the USAID website now down altogether). So it was a great relief on Wednesday to see Australia ...

5 天之前 · As Australia’s chief voice on foreign affairs, Penny Wong has sought to project calm in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariffs – both those threatened and applied. “This is consistent with what President Trump said he would do,” was the Foreign Minister’s repeated message this …

4 天之前 · In the face of geopolitical confrontation, technologies evolving faster than we can regulate them, populist politics and failing cooperation on climate, we must understand that the best way to manage risks is to build trust, not to undermine it. Confidence in complex interdependence, which ...