Archive News & Announcements - 2019

Click here to read the article. The Australian parliament has passed legislation to crack down on violent videos on social media, despite furious reaction from the tech industry, media companies and legal experts... Read more... [Quotation] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/04/australia-passes-social-media-law-penalising-platforms-for-violent-content

Click here to read the article. A EUR 12 million project spanning 15 countries will help to build Pacific island resilience to the threat of climate change... Read more... [Quotation] https://www.sprep.org/news/building-pacific-resilience-to-climate-change-across-15-countries

Click here to read the article. A practical resource for countries dealing with the escalating impacts of climate change and disasters from natural hazard risks has been launched by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS)... Read more... [Quotation] https://www.forumsec.org/pacific-resource-for-climate-change-and-disaster-risk-finance-launched/

Click here to read the article. Following the presentation of a ‘roadmap to the UN Climate Summit’ by General Assembly President Maria Espinosa, we present an outline of key dates and events for the climate-security nexus, in what has the potential to be a ‘tipping point’ year for the agenda... Read more... [Quotation] https://www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org/news/evolving-climate-security-agenda-key-political-events-horizon

Click here to read the article. A new cybercrimes law that would impose heavy prison sentences and hefty fines against peaceful critics who express themselves online would be a devastating setback for freedom of expression in Iraq, Amnesty International said today... Read more... [Quotation] https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/03/iraq-draconian-cybercrimes-law-threatens-freedom-of-expression/