[SHARE] Bush fires crisis shows Australia needs a strategic response to Climate Change
Feb 2020 - News
Click here to read the article. The bush fire crisis may be the moment that opens genuine but critically honest policy debate on climate change in Australia, including for the Department of Defence. For ideas on what its response might look like, Michael Thomas, Senior Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security says that the ADF could do worse than turn to its Kiwi partner. Read more... [Quotation] https://climateandsecurity.org/2020/01/29/bushfire-crisis-shows-australia-needs-a-strategic-response-to-climate-change/
[SHARE] Tackling climate change “more crucial even than disarmament,” says UN Geneva Chief
Feb 2020 - News
Click here to read the article. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva, says that while nations continue to grapple with major global issues as the new year dawns, such as disarmament and climate change, there is reason to hope that they will work together to resolve the biggest threats to humanity. Listen to an interview here. Read more... [Quotation] https://news.un.org/en/audio/2020/01/1054891
[SHARE] Toda Peace Institute Director Professor Kevin Clements expresses concerns at news that New Zealand is now the fourth largest player in the global space industry
Jan 2020 - News
Click here to read the article. The once-sleepy Mahia peninsula is now the site of regular rocket launches but a plan to put US spy satellites into space is causing concern... Read more... [Quotation] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/25/aiming-for-the-stars-how-new-zealands-space-industry-is-causing-turbulence