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Extreme heat hits women hardest
Oped, Jess Ayers & Helen Mountford, Published on 24/09/2024
» Climate shocks -- from heat waves to droughts, floods to wildfires -- often hit women the hardest. New research published this May in The Lancet found that even in wealthy European countries, women died at nearly twice the rate as men from extreme heat over the last two decades. Marcos Quijal, one of the report's authors, said the findings "reflect a global trend".
What's really killing historical UK pubs
Business, Helen Chandler-Wilde of Bloomberg, Published on 28/08/2023
» When the Crown and Anchor pub in Llanidloes in mid-Wales was built, there was a different Charles on the throne, America was a British colony and France still had a king.
I dreamed about this moment for so long
Sports, Wyndham Clark, Published on 23/06/2023
» I just felt like my mom was watching over me during the final round [of the US Open on Sunday which he won]. She can't be here, and I miss her. I know she'd be proud of me. She's always been proud of me, regardless of how I'm doing or what I'm doing.
Race for Olympic qualification heats up
Sports, Helen Ross, Published on 20/01/2023
» Hollywood couldn't have scripted a better ending to the pandemic-delayed 2020 Olympic Games than Hideki Matsuyama battling Xander Schauffele down the stretch for gold medal at Japan's Kasumigaseki Country Club.
Time to act on conflict's impact
News, Helen Clark & Supachai Panitchpakdi, Published on 16/11/2022
» It is now nearly nine months since Russia invaded Ukraine. A war that should never have happened, and which Moscow hoped would be over in a matter of days, threatens to drag on endlessly. Estimates of military and civilian deaths vary wildly but are in the tens of thousands on each side. Over thirteen million Ukrainians have been displaced, about half of them across Europe and the other half internally. There has been inestimable damage to infrastructure and property. The approaching winter threatens to multiply misery many times over. As if the human suffering already experienced is not enough, the nightmarish spectre of the use of nuclear weapons lurks in the background.
Asia needs to expand care work migration
Asia focus, Helen Dempster, Published on 27/06/2022
» Asia needs millions more long-term care workers to look after its ageing population. A new report, published by the Center for Global Development (CGD), argues that only by expanding migration can this target be met, and outlines how this can be done.
Renewables key to 'independence'
News, Helen Clark & Dan Smith & Margot Wallstrom, Published on 13/04/2022
» Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shaken many long-held Western assumptions about the foundations of peace in Europe. Among other things, it has renewed policymakers' focus on energy dependence as a key strategic issue.
Reeling in a deal to save the seas
Oped, Helen Clark, Arancha González, Susana Malcorra & James Michel, Published on 02/12/2021
» The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet's surface, produces half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, and provides hundreds of millions of jobs. It also plays a major role in mitigating climate change: over 80% of the global carbon cycle passes through the ocean. But this precious natural resource is not invincible. Despite all the benefits it affords us, the ocean today faces unprecedented man-made crises that threaten its health and its ability to sustain life on Earth.
Gas emission targets must be met
Oped, Helen Mountford and Mauricio Cardenas, Published on 22/07/2021
» The science is clear: to avoid the most damaging effects of climate change, the world must reach net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG) around mid-century. That means reducing human-caused emissions to the lowest levels possible, and balancing any remaining emissions by permanently removing an equivalent quantity of GHGs from the atmosphere. Thereafter, the world must ensure that GHG removal exceeds emissions.
HSBC to Take $3 Billion in Losses on Sale of Troubled French Bank
Business, Simon Clark, Published on 21/06/2021
» HSBC Holdings PLC expects to take $3 billion in losses as part of an agreement to sell its unprofitable French retail bank, in a sign of the souring fortunes of European banking.