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World
leaders and climate scientists are in what is scheduled to be
the last full day of negotiations at the COP28 climate summit
in Dubai. Stay across our
coverage here. On the other side of the world, as we reported
recently, Brazil is gripped by drought in the
Amazon.
In
this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, I caught up
with Cesar Baima, an editor with The Conversation in Brazil,
and Philip Fearnside, an ecologist who has spent 45 years
living in and studying the Amazon region.
Philip
lives in Manaus, a city of around two million people in
Brazil’s Amazonas state. A professor at the country’s National
Institute of Amazonian Research, he told me more about why the
region is suffering from a severe and unprecedented drought,
why that’s so dangerous for the planet, and what can be done
to protect the rainforest. |
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Gemma Ware
Editor and host, The Conversation Weekly
Podcast | |
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Robert Chris, The Open University; Hugh Hunt,
University of Cambridge
Is
reaching net zero emissions by 2050 enough to halt warming?
One leading scientist says no. |
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation
Brazil’s
rainforest is a massive carbon store, so its severe
drought could be a tipping point for the global
climate. Listen to The Conversation Weekly
podcast. | |
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Ahmad Syarif, Johns Hopkins University
The
shift in focus in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will
change how China does its business in Indonesia – that might
mean less money for the latter’s ambitious infrastructure
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Samantha Mynhardt, Stellenbosch University
Scientists
found De Winton’s golden mole by tracking its environmental
DNA through the sand. |
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John Strawson, University of East London
Israelis
are still reeling after October 7 and many feel that
the international community has turned against
them.
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Tets Kimura, Flinders University
After
2013’s The Wind Rises, Miyazaki spent ten years
creating The Boy and the Heron, speculated to be his
final film.
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Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway University of
London
A
longstanding territorial dispute could flare into open
confrontation in South America.
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Eleonora Ardemagni, Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore - Catholic University of Milan
Long
a well-kept secret, the archipelago of Socotra is one
of the most biodiverse on earth. But the Emirates have
other plans for its main island, with which it has
long cultivated ties.
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Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, University of
Southern California
New
research suggests artificial intelligence can make
professional development programs more accessible and
effective.
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Troy Bickham, Texas A&M University
The
Christmas pudding, once known as the ‘Empire Pudding,’
reflects the lasting legacy of the British
Empire. | |
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Sent: Monday, December 11, 2023 11:31 AM
Subject: COP28 enters key moment; podcast from
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