Climate-Conflict Research: A Decade of Scientific Progress
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To the frustration of policymakers and laymen alike, empirical research has been unable to provide a simple and coherent answer to this question. Instead, studies of climate-conflict connections have for a long time continued to produce diverging findings and – occasionally – inspired heated debates. So, where do we stand?
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This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits and drawbacks for humanity. The emergent technologies have for instance implications within medicine and health care, employment, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, and armed conflict. While there has been considerable attention devoted to robotics/AI applications in each of these domains, a fuller picture of their connections and the possible consequences for our shared humanity seems needed. This volume covers multidisciplinary
Ground-breaking methodology shows risk to children nearly ten times higher than in 1990
Number of verified cases of sexual violence against children in conflict just tip of the iceberg
A staggering 72 million children 17% of the 426 million children living in conflict areas, globally, or 1 in 6 are living near armed groups that perpetrate sexual violence against them, a new report from Save the Children reveals.
Weapon of War: Sexual violence against children in conflict which includes the very first analysis of the risk of sexual violence against children living in conflicts between 1990-2019 shows that nearly ten times more children are at risk now than three decades ago (8.5 million in 1990).
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CLIMATE campaigner Greta Thunberg is one of those nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
OSLO Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization (WHO) and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, all backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner.
Thousands of people, from members of parliaments worldwide to former winners, are eligible to propose candidates. Nominations, which close on Sunday, do not imply an endorsement from the Nobel committee.
Norwegian lawmakers have nominated the eventual laureate every year since 2014, with the exception of 2019, said Henrik Urdal, Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo. “The pattern from recent years is quite stunning.”
Rights groups in Eastern Europe nominated Fridays for Future, UNHCR, Trump, NATO also named Distribution of Nobel prizes: http://tmsnrt.rs/2y6ATVW
By Gwladys Fouche and Nora Buli
Thousands of people, from members of parliaments worldwide to former winners, are eligible to propose candidates. Nominations, which close on Sunday, do not imply an endorsement from the Nobel committee.
Norwegian lawmakers have nominated the eventual laureate every year since 2014, with the exception of 2019, said Henrik Urdal, Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo. “The pattern from recent years is quite stunning.”
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which decides who wins the award, does not comment on nominations, keeping secret for 50 years the names of nominators and unsuccessful nominees.