A hot and troubled world of work: how South Africa’s bold new climate act and labour law can align to drive a just transition

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Increased average temperatures, climate variability, and extreme weather events are taking a toll on the environment and disproportionately affecting the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable communities. This is...

You don’t have to be a net zero hero – how focus on personal climate action can distract from systemic problems

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Campaigns and social media often encourage people to make eco-friendly choices like using less plastic or driving less. While these actions are important, focusing so much on what people do can distract from the much...

Patrick Doyle’s five best film scores – including his pick of an undiscovered gem

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Scottish musician Patrick Doyle is an acclaimed composer of over 60 feature film scores with many attendant accolades, honours and awards. I first met him in 2001 while making a now long-vanished series on movie music...

Trump pulls out of WHO and Paris – how did international bodies get through deglobalisation last time around?

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Following Donald Trumps return to the White House, much attention has been given to his plans for tariffs on imported goods, deportations of illegal migrants, and cuts to federal government spending. Fewer column inches...

Happiness in poorer countries does not follow the typical U-shaped curve − people are often happiest in middle age

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Happiness over ones lifetime has been popularly described as looking like a U-shaped curve: The joys of youth are followed by the challenges of our 20s and 30s before an upswing later in life that reaches a peak after...

Donors are down, but dollars are up – how US charitable giving is changing

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Although the US$557 billion Americans gave to charity in 2023 marked a 2.1% decline in inflation-adjusted terms, U.S. donations have increased significantly over the past two decades. Giving has grown by about 42% since...

1975 was declared International Women’s Year. 50 years on, the ‘revolution in our heads’ is still being fought

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National Archives of Australia In December 1972, the same month the Whitlam government was first elected, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1975 as International Womens Year (IWY). This set in train a series...