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Clearing rubble after the 2023 earthquake in Turkey

Boštjan Videmšek July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 0 Comments earthquake, environment, eu, europe, syria, turkey

Trauma and deprivation in the aftermath of the Turkey-Syria earthquake

Months after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, untold thousands of traumatised survivors are living in tents or containers with no prospect of employment or a swift return to their homes or alternative housing. Boštjan Videmšek spoke to some of them.

Photo of Hiroshima in the aftermath of the US atom bomb attack.

Climate Environment Ukraine War

Khaled Diab March 19, 2022June 16, 2023 0 Comments afghanistan, america, beauty pageant, civil war, conflict, conventional weapons, disarmament, environment, eu, european union, george w bush, north korea, nuclear weapons, russia, security council, Ukraine, united states, vladimir putin, World War II, world war iii

World peace is no naïve or utopian cliché. It’s the only way to save humanity from itself

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the major power tension it has created, has sparked fears of a wider conflict. While World War III is unlikely, World Annihilation War I only requires a misstep or miscalculation by one nuclear-armed man or another. That’s why we urgently need nuclear disarmament and world peace.

Climate Environment

Khaled Diab March 9, 2022February 3, 2023 0 Comments carbon neutral, economy, ecosystem, environment, eu, europe, facebook, google, iphone, net zero, renewable energy

Masking inaction: Why corporations greenwash

The corporate ecosystem is rooted in profit maximisation and the unrelenting quest for perpetual growth, which provides a powerful incentive for greenwashing. This is not good news for our natural ecosystems.

Economy Environment

Khaled Diab December 1, 2021June 18, 2023 0 Comments australia, carbon neutral, cars, china, climate change, cop26, covid-19, environment, eu, europe, india, industry, multinationals, net zero, netherlands, nuclear power, oil, oxfam, renewable energy, shell

Can the new heroes of net zero save the climate?

From countries and corporations to fossil fuel producers and steakhouses, almost everyone is pledging to reach net-zero emissions. But meeting these promises would require a Planet B to offset Planet A. We need other solutions.

The thin green line of environmental activism

The environmental movement has scored remarkable recent successes, but the situation for the climate and nature remains fragile and vulnerable. Overcoming the damaging inertia of business as usual requires the thin green line of activists to be reinforced by the swelling ranks of concerned citizens.

Overcoming the hidden environmental costs of solar energy

Our efforts to harness the sun’s energy to power our future may require up to 5% of the territories of some countries, a new simulation finds. This could have significant direct and indirect environmental side effects, including habitat loss and deforestation. But there are ways to avoid this.

Ancient Egypt: A pyramid scheme that worked

By Khaled Diab Spanning some three millennia of recorded history, Ancient Egyptians built a state to last. What was behind

Automation: On the high-tech path to destruction

Rather than humans becoming enslaved by robots, machines have become the new slave or serf class, with devastating consequences for society and the environment. We desperately need a more humane and sustainable approach to automation.

Billionaires and the welfare of nations

The super rich are leaving only the scraps for everyone else to fight over, which is fuelling a mounting wave of intolerance as minorities and migrants are scapegoated for falling wellbeing. For the welfare of all, we must end these stark wealth inequalities before it leads to unmanageable social unrest.

Living robots and the meaning of life

The advent of ‘living robots’, or biobots, not only poses grave risks for which we must be prepared but also raises profound questions about the future and what it means to be human.

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