The US and Israel took out Ayatollah Khamenei this weekend — the first direct state assassination of a world leader in recent history. These experts react. During joint operations with the U.S. on Saturday, Israel targeted and killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who at 86-years-old had been Iran’s longest serving head of state, leadingContinue reading “Responsible Statecraft: Symposium: What happens after Iran’s sudden ‘decapitation’”
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The highly unpredictable man from the U.S.A. started a war
The guy who promised his voters that he would never start a wwar and was later to claim he could end the war in Ukraine in just a few days, as well as that he ended 8 wars and therefore should receive the Nobelprice of Peace though he said he was going to give theContinue reading “The highly unpredictable man from the U.S.A. started a war”
“Never again” seems like a vain hope
For four years already, Russia has been attacking Ukraine, and with it brings a looming danger to the European Union. Even though people said ‘Never again’ after the First World War, the Second World War soon followed. That first ‘Great War’ was also referred to as a ‘trench war’. Today, we are once again witnessingContinue reading ““Never again” seems like a vain hope”
Europe’s oldest nuclear site, global renewable energy, leaf blowers, planetary health diet and greenhouse gas emissions
‘It’s Sellafield or nothing’: what life is like growing up in the shadow of Europe’s oldest nuclear site Young people in Whitehaven on England’s north-west coast rely on the power plant for everything from jobs to civic investment. But for those who see their future elsewhere, options can be limited … Sellafield, Europe’s largest nuclearContinue reading “Europe’s oldest nuclear site, global renewable energy, leaf blowers, planetary health diet and greenhouse gas emissions”
Electricity “superhighways” and othe composted reads
The good news Hole in Antarctic ozone layer shrinks to smallest since 2019, scientists say The yearly gap in what scientists have called “planetary sunscreen” reached a maximum area of 21m sq km (8.1m sq miles) over the southern hemisphere in September – well below the maximum of 26m sq km reached in 2023 –Continue reading “Electricity “superhighways” and othe composted reads”
A killer heat
What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat Donald Trump’s decision to boycott Cop30, withdraw the US from the Paris agreement and illegally terminate a slew of investments in renewable energy will not change the reality of climate breakdown for Americans. In what has become an annual reporting tradition, IContinue reading “A killer heat”
Good things that came out of Cop30
Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30 Some commentators have called Cop30 a failure. An attempt to insert plans for a route to the phaseout of fossil fuels into the legal text was stymied, consideration of how to improve countries’ emissions-cutting plans was put off till next year, and althoughContinue reading “Good things that came out of Cop30”
Femicide stil a big problem in Europe and the rest of the world
Home is meant to be the safest place in the world. Yet for too many, it is the most dangerous. Beliefs that men own women, can tell them what to do, and then punish them for infractions are widely held. In South Africa a study found 70 per cent of men believed a woman shouldContinue reading “Femicide stil a big problem in Europe and the rest of the world”
Trump’s influence looms large over Cop30
Despite America’s absence, Trump’s influence looms large over Cop30 Under Donald Trump, America has not only jettisoned any effort to deal with the climate crisis, but has also attempted to stymie moves by other nations to shift to cleaner forms of energy, such as solar and wind. The climate crisis is “the greatest con jobContinue reading “Trump’s influence looms large over Cop30”
Is it worth paying attention to Cop meetings
Cop can be torturous and tedious – but here’s why it’s worth paying attention World leaders – or at least about 50 of them – flew away from preliminary Cop meetings in the Amazonian city of Belém last week, where they met to discuss the climate crisis, the ravages committed on the planet’s biggest rainforestContinue reading “Is it worth paying attention to Cop meetings”
Some View on the World 