Belgium is building artificial dunes to protect itself from rising sea levels
Belgium is one of the countries most exposed to climate change. Dune–dikes are a solution to curb sea-level rise.
Luigi Mastrodonato
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Gen Z is leading antigovernamental protests around the world
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First the protests in the mud at Lützerath, then a more traditional appearance at Davos. In January, Greta Thunberg brought focus to where it matters most.
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On 14th January, thousands of people protested against the expansion of the Lützerath coal mine. And the police detained Greta Thunberg.
The German village of Lützerath is being cleared out to make way for a coal mine
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No one needs the Istanbul Convention more than Turkey, but Erdoğan turns a blind eye
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The demographic and cultural genocide of China’s Uyghur population
The Uyghur population is subject to violent repression at the hands of the Chinese state, with reports of mass sterilisations, re-education camps and forced labour.
Renewed clashes in Western Sahara shed light on the plight of the Sahrawi people
Hostilities between Morocco and the Sahrawi people over control of Western Sahara defy a 1991 peace treaty that hasn’t been brought to fruition.
Kamchatka, an ecological disaster is causing mass death of marine wildlife
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China aims for carbon neutrality by 2060
President Xi Jinping surprised the international community with China’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. How this will occur is yet to be seen.