人工知能（AI）はアフリカにとって変革の可能性を秘めているが、AIは責任を持って活用することが極めて重要である。AIがさまざまな分野にますます取り込まれていく中、その利活用が ...

現在の世界情勢に安心感を抱く人はいないはずだ。紛争、気候変動、不平等といった現代の最大の諸問題は、2024年に驚異的にエスカレートし、世界中でまさに沸点に達した。 こうした激化 ...

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are some of the world’s most controversial technologies. Transatlantic disputes arising from the sharp regulatory differences between the two major frameworks — ...

Widespread heatwaves. Spiking temperatures. Uncontrollable wildfires. Unforeseen floods. Oppressive droughts. These kinds of extreme events are becoming the norm and, according to a growing body of ...

If humanity is going to move away from fossil fuels, then a new range of renewable energy options from the ocean will have to be tapped. Ocean energy, also known as marine energy, encompasses ...

Remote lands are often treasure boxes full of local lore. Along the far-flung peninsulas of the Japanese archipelago, local legend claims that the ama-san, women free divers, were once seafaring ...

Since the end of the cold war, the United Nations Security Council has articulated its responses to many crises of international peace and security through the use of sanctions. The Council currently ...

Many consider forests as the ‘lungs’ of the planet — the idea that trees and other plants take up carbon and produce oxygen (the carbon and oxygen cycles). If we are to be fair though, the oceans ...

Over four million Syrian refugees have fled Syria since 2011, with the majority seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. Five years into the crisis, and with no foreseeable end, it is of grave ...

In autumn 2013, a silent invader nudged its way to the Swedish nuclear plant Oskarhamn. It wasn’t an earthquake or a terrorist attack that crippled the reactor, rather it was a jellyfish bloom. The ...

Mrs. Wong lives by herself in a small house in central Shanghai. Her husband passed away not too long ago, and, once married, her children moved away to live in modern high-rise buildings on the urban ...

Globally today, we are witnessing an “inexorable intensification of violence” in the world’s armed conflicts. The result is that there are currently 59.5 million refugees worldwide. And among that ...