Impact investing in Paris suburban ‘banlieue’ neighbourhoods
Apr 25, 2024 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
From July to August, Paris will host the 2024 Olympic games. However, once the athletes and spectators have packed up and left, the Games will leave behind a lasting social impact on the run-down neighbourhoods on the...
Economic growth tops the priority list for Canadian policymakers — here’s why
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Canada is currently experiencing anemic economic growth, meaning there is a slowdown in the total production of goods and services per capita. The real GDP growth forecast for 2024 is 0.7 per cent. Despite this,...
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
Russias invasion of Ukraine has put the countrys nuclear facilities at considerable risk. For example, on April 7 a drone attacked Ukraines Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. This attack on the largest nuclear power plant...
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon emissions...
Apr 25, 2024 05:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
How do we understand past societies? For centuries, our main sources of information have been pottery sherds, burial sites and ancient texts. But the study of ancient DNA is changing what we know about the human past,...
Is it possible to ‘objectively’ judge music? We asked 5 experts
Apr 24, 2024 09:39 am UTC| Insights & Views
Everyone has a favourite band, or a favourite composer, or a favourite song. There is some music which speaks to you, deeply; and other music which might be the current big hit, but you can only hear nails on a...
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Apr 24, 2024 09:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
One year ago, Germany took its last three nuclear power stations offline. When it comes to energy, few events have baffled outsiders more. In the face of climate change, calls to expedite the transition away from fossil...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight