Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Special Committee of the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights has issued a new report […]
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Secret Files reveal how UN Climate Advisers ‘greenwashed’ for BP
By Lucas Amin and Ben Webster | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – The PR firm advising the UN on climate change campaigns has been accused by […]
How Putin’s War and small Islands are accelerating the global Shift to Clean Energy, and What to Watch for in 2023
By Rachel Kyte | – (The Conversation) – The year 2022 was a tough one for the growing number of people living in food insecurity […]
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being French: Murderer of Kurds ‘William M.’ Treated with kid Gloves
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last Thursday, one “William M.,” a retired French train conductor, went to the Kurdish Cultural center in the 10th Arondissement […]
Iran: ‘Bloody Friday’ Crackdown This Year’s Deadliest
Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – Iranian security forces using unlawful lethal force, killed and wounded several dozen protesters in Zahedan on September 30, […]
Challenging Israel-inspired Anti-Boycott Legislation in the US
By Tariq Kenney-Shawa | – ( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli regime’s defenders across the US are ramping up efforts to criminalize the constitutionally protected right […]
Ukraine war: Putin has been weaponising energy for years, here’s what to look out for next
By Thomas Froehlich, King’s College London | – Not since the 1970s oil crisis has the west seen such a focus on energy security. Suddenly […]
Top 8 Political and Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East in 2022
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We saw a lot of pivotal developments in the Middle East this year, including the impact of climate change in […]
Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins could be Extinct by 2100 – and other Species may follow if we don’t act
By Jasmine Lee, Queensland University of Technology; Iadine Chadès, CSIRO; and Justine Shaw, The University of Queensland | Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect […]
Is the New Energy Crisis a Boon for the Green Energy Transition?
By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The year 2022 saw the energy topic return intensely to the attention of […]