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India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ghana host the largest number of cities with high-risk scores.
AIR CONDITIONING

Oxford study finds world’s highest heat-risk cities concentrated in Asia and Africa

Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban…

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
The energy transition itself carries human rights risks. If clean energy is built on compromised rights, it will not be sustainable in the long term. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images
ADAPTATION

Infrastructure and development plans must align

Infrastructure is responsible for 79% greenhouse gas emissions and plays an important role in supporting national development priorities and achieving the targets of the 2015…

  • Marcia Zali
4 min read
Comeback: Wolves were almost extinct in Europe, but a ban on hunting and preservation of habitats has increased numbers. Photo: Byrdyak
BIODIVERSITY LOSS

And now for the good environment news with Conservation Optimism

Conservation Optimism, a site that provides stories about efforts to protect and restore the environment has become a global movement

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
Changes in news consumption practices and in the information ecosystem have hit newspapers hard
DECLARATION ON INFORMATION AND DEMOCRACY

Call for a New Deal for Journalism to strengthen democracy

Changes in news consumption practices and in the information ecosystem have hit newspapers hard

  • The Commission on Information and Democracy
4 min read
CECIL JOHN RHODES

Oxford’s position on Rhodes Must Fall is bad politics — and even worse history

It is misleading to use Nelson Mandela’s name to defend the Cecil John Rhodes statue

  • Nic Cheeseman
7 min read
Gauteng schools feel the pressure to place more than 700 000 primary and secondary school pupils.
CORONAVIRUS

Universities have a role to play in a pandemic and should adjust accordingly

An executive centre that makes decisions quickly is advisable to ensure staff, students and research are well taken care of

  • Francis Petersen
5 min read
Over the past month, security forces have embarked on a campaign of forced disarmament that pastoralist leaders say has been accompanied by shooting of civilians, mass detentions and beatings. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)
ABIY AHMED

‘Killing without any reason’: Deaths in rural Ethiopia spark outcry

The violence is unfolding ahead of elections next year in one of the country’s most volatile and ethnically diverse areas

  • Robbie Corey Boulet
5 min read
KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Malaria can be beaten in many places, say researchers

Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, yet in many parts of the world the disease is hanging on by a thread and could be wiped out by concerted action, researchers said on…

  • Ben Hirschler
2 min read