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Will China and India lead on global climate action and environmental protection?

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 Following the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures conference in June, Dr Mark Robinson of the World Resources Institute looks to what needs to happen for China and India to be global leaders on addressing climate change and environmental protection. The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement marks the culmination of a series of domestic policy […]

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Demonetisation in India: the fight against black money

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The Indian Government recently caused uproar by announcing that the two largest denomination bank notes would no longer be legal tender.  The aim was to tackle corruption and crime, but the sudden move also caused huge disruption to daily life and pandemonium at the banks.  Indranil Dutta of the University of Manchester and Ajit Mishra, […]

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Intervening in conflicts

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Should governments send weapons or troops to conflicts in other countries? Professor James Pattison compares the ethics of supplying arms with militarily intervention. Western states are less likely to wage major wars in the future. This is for (at least) four reasons. First, despite ongoing conflicts, the world is generally more peaceful. Second, the US’s […]

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Inequality: What is to be done?

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Professor David Hulme tackles the problem of rising global inequality. Over the past few years there has been a wealth of research demonstrating the perils of inequality – both in the rich world and in developing countries. Studies have shown that increasing levels of inequality bring greater social problems and can act as a brake […]

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Tackling exclusion in informal urban communities

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Across much of the global South, urban centres are expanding as new informal suburbs are created. Those informal communities generate challenges for both their own populations and the authorities, explains Dr Jessica Roccard. Urbanisation was one of the most substantial and revolutionary social forces of the 20th Century. It continues to transform the global South. […]

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Time is ripe to overhaul UK’s messy surrogacy legislation

Danielle Griffiths By Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted:

Dr Danielle Griffiths, along with colleagues Dr Amel Alghrani and Professor Margot Brazier, argue that existing law and regulation of surrogacy in the UK offers little guidance, is out of touch with reality, and needs overhauling as a matter of some urgency The surrogacy industry in India is booming. It has been estimated that Britain is […]

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