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Shifting from fossil fuels will fail without funding for African industry and energy infrastructure

Wealthy nations will need to help fund clean energy, green industrial growth and mineral processing.
theconversation 15h ago

Being taught by people who know stuff instead of prepared teachers risks our children’s futures

We are trading one problem — not enough teachers — for another and much deeper problem: lesser qualified teachers.
theconversation 42h ago

Pakistan’s voter turnout decline: Why more women registered, but fewer cast ballots in 2024

Pakistan added millions of women voters in 2024, but declining turnout reveals deeper barriers to meaningful political participation.
theconversation 28h ago

When wars destroy heritage, women lose more than monuments – new research

For women in war zones, heritage sites can go beyond worship and history. They are places of gendered socialising.
theconversation 11h ago

Climate change could significantly worsen summer air quality in future decades

By 2100, 100 million Americans could breathe unhealthy air in the summer, seven times more than in 2000.
theconversation 15h ago

Trump’s ‘largely negotiated’ truce with Iran exposes a deeper crisis in U.S. strategic thinking

Donald Trump isn’t the first American president to fall prey to the allure of U.S. military might and to ignore its limitations.
theconversation 18h ago

Beyond Disney: A 1616 portrait of Pocahontas shows how English colonizers saw Indigenous Americans

The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity – an assumption reflected in Pocahontas’ portrait.
theconversation 21h ago

Controversy-ridden NACC chief Paul Brereton quits two years short of his term’s end

The move comes amid an ongoing investigation into Brereton by the NACC Inspector, and a day before he’ll appear at Senate estimates.
theconversation 41h ago

Baby boomers embrace a freer sexuality, but ageist norms persist

Baby boomers are helping to reduce the taboo surrounding older adults’ sexuality.
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