Let Their People Drown: The EU’s Self-inflicted Migration Drama
- 2015•05•05
- Hein de Haas United Nations University
Twenty-five years of European border restrictions have not only failed to curb immigration but have actually had counterproductive results — through an increase in irregular migration and an increasing dependence of migrants on smugglers, argues UNU-MERIT Prof. Hein de Haas.
RECENT
Dear Bill Gates: ‘Will You Lead the Fight Against Climate Change?’
- DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY
- 2015•05•01
- Alan Rusbridger The Guardian
The Gates Foundation is already helping to tackle global challenges like polio, HIV, malaria, sanitation, and much more. Now a new Guardian video is asking Bill Gates to lead the fight against climate change and divest from fossil fuels.
Eco-modernists Versus Eco-radicals
- SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- 2015•04•28
- Brendan Barrett Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Detailing the latest and more intense phase in the ongoing battle for our hearts and minds between eco-modernists and eco-radicals, Brendan Barrett concludes that we should perhaps instead be seeking a new form of eco-something ideology.
The Cherán Indigenous Community’s Remarkable Road to Self-rule in Mexico
- DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY
- 2015•04•24
- Giovanna Salazar
After turning to self-government in response to illegal logging by narco-traffickers, a small town in Mexico is celebrating 4 years of communal decision-making.
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OPINION
Opinion: The World Has Reached Peak Plutocracy
Soren Ambrose details how we are living in an age of hyper-capitalism where the power of people is being curtailed by the people with power, and how to make a start of getting out of it.
Geoengineering Is Not a Solution to Climate Change
Using technofixes to tinker with global climate systems is an excuse to avoid unpopular but necessary measures to reduce carbon emissions, argues professor of public ethics Clive Hamilton.
NEW FROM UNU
Nigerian Elections 2015: What Should Be on Buhari’s Agenda?
- DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY
- Ayokunu Adedokun
Political history was made in March when, becoming the first incumbent to lose an election since Nigeria’s 1960 independence, President Goodluck Jonathan was beaten by former military leader Muhammadu Buhari. Ahead of Buhari’s 29 May inauguration, UNU PhD fellow Ayokunu Adedokun sets out seven points that he wants to see on Buhari’s agenda.
Regional Organizations and Food Safety: Lessons from South America
- DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY
- Ana B. Amaya United Nations University, Belen Herrero
With foodborne illnesses still impacting a disproportionate number of the world’s poorest people, the Poverty Reduction and Regional Integration project is gleaning lessons from South America’s successful health policy work.
The Sendai Framework and Lessons from Fukushima
- HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
- Ana Mosneaga United Nations University
UNU’s Ana Mosneaga, lead researcher for the Fukushima Global Communication Programme, reports how the recently adopted Sendai Framework, while falling short of expectations on many fronts, took some important steps towards integrating lessons from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Navigating to Safe Waters
- DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY
To mark World Water Day, UNU-INWEH’s Dr Corinne Schuster-Wallace describes a programme that is helping disadvantaged communities across the world to implement holistic, affordable and sustainable change to combat waterborne diseases.
IN PICTURES
What Happened Here, At The Salton Sea?
- DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY
- Nathalie Farigu
This photo-essay highlights a question ever more urgently in need of an answer: is there a bearable margin of ecosystem wreckage inherent to feeding and powering the world?
OF SOIL IMPORTANCE
Recommended Reading for the UN International Year of Soils 2015
- Robert Blasiak United Nations University
If you never thought ‘dirt’ could be interesting or ultra important, UNU’s Robert Blasiak recommends a fascinating book demonstrating how soil management has impacted the rise and fall of civilizations.
How Nature Affects the Carbon Cycle
- Tim Radford Climate News Network
In Australia and the Arctic, scientists say, they have found unexpected ways in which natural processes are helping to compensate for global warming.
Soil Bacteria Offer Clues to Curbing Antibiotic Resistance
- Carol Smith United Nations University
Microbes in soil may help identify ways to reduce gene-sharing among infectious bacteria, which could slow the spread of drug-resistant superbugs.
The Surprising Healing Qualities… of Dirt
- Daphne Miller
A doctor discovers that exposure to healthy farm soil holds keys to healthy bodies.
VIDEO
Re-creating Eelgrass Beds in the Seto Inland Sea