UN pact offers hope to world’s climate migrants
Thomson Reuters Foundation Be it by flood, drought or hurricane, communities at risk of climate displacement have won vital protection after their plight was for the first time recognised in a global pact on migration, campaigners say. The United Nations agreed on 13th July to draw up the migration compact to cope with the millions of migrants […]
ESSAY: ‘OVERTOURISM’ – A GROWING GLOBAL PROBLEM
Academics CLAUDIO MILANO, JOSEPH M CHEER and MARINA NOVELLI, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the rising problem of ‘overtourism’…
Church of England plans to test aspiring clergy for skills, aptitude — and narcissism
RNS Responding to growing concern about the kinds of priests the Church of England is attracting, Anglican leaders are considering expanding its assessments of clergy candidates to include more rigorous psychological testing. Anxiety about the quality of those who aspire to become clergy is rooted in the series of child sex abuse scandals that have […]