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 ...

The chances of keeping the global temperature increase below 2°C will “swiftly diminish” unless the world takes immediate action to escalate cuts in carbon emissions, the United Nations has warned.

The desire for self-sufficiency has always been a common trait of human society. After all, no one likes to be dependent upon others, especially for vital commodities and services. From a geopolitical ...

A famous anecdote describes a scheme the British Colonial Government implemented in India in an attempt to control the population of venomous cobras that were plaguing the citizens of Delhi that ...

A popular speaker, veteran communications strategist and award-winning writer and editor, Jay Walljasper chronicles stories from around the world that point us toward a better and more enjoyable ...

Stigma and discrimination are among the most serious threats to human rights. However, persons with mental or intellectual disabilities too often face these barriers. The World Health Organization’s ...

Increasingly important as population growth and climate change are predicted to worsen water access in many areas of the world, the emerging field of environmental diplomacy seeks ways to use ...

Fuelled by a growing international appetite for leather, the industry represents a sizeable chunk of Bangladesh’s yearly export revenues — $284 million in 2007-08. There are about 200 leather ...

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 ...

Jared Diamond famously stated that “the biggest problems facing the world today are not at all beyond our control, rather they are all of our own making, and entirely in our power to deal with” when ...

Since pre-Hispanic times, a co-evolutionary relationship built around management of biocultural resources with the mountain environment in Cusco Valley, Peru, has produced the ayllu mindset. While ...