Hungry for change: Faulty food systems laid bare by COVID-19 and climate crises
THIN LEI WIN and CORMAC O’BRIEN, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the world’s food crises…
From floods and fires to locusts, ‘climate breakdown’ cost rich and poor in 2020
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes brought “catastrophic results for millions” across rich and poor nations in 2020, causing thousands of deaths and tens of billions of dollars in losses, charity Christian Aid said on Monday. In a report, the aid agency identified 15 of the most destructive climate disasters of […]
Essay: Brexit deal done – what’s in it and where next for the UK and EU?
In an article first published on The Conversation, ANDREW GLENCROSS, senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Aston University in the UK, takes a look at the detail of the much vaunted Brexit trade deal…