Can the new heroes of net zero save the climate?
From countries and corporations to fossil fuel producers and steakhouses, almost everyone is pledging to reach net-zero emissions. But meeting these promises would require a Planet B to offset Planet...
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By Khaled Diab Arab revolutionary fever has spread to Europe as Belgians raise their freedom fries, not to bring down a regime but to ask for one to be formed. Wednesday 23 February 2011 Missing the...
View ArticleSocial responsibility goes digital
By Ray O’Reilly Information technology is being hailed as the new face of socially responsible business. Friday 10 February 2012 Corporate social responsibility, or CSR, is getting a makeover thanks to...
View ArticleBasque Country: In the eye of the financial storm
By Eric Bienefeld Although many Europeans associate it with political turmoil, the Basque Country is the only Spanish region where the economic outlooks is mild. Tuesday 13 March 2012 In the summer...
View ArticleEgypt’s return of the “noble” outlaws
By Bel Trew and Osama Diab Three years after a revolution against Mubarak-era cronyism, fugitive tycoons are scrambling to buy back their freedom… at knock-down prices. Wednesday 19 February 2014 As...
View ArticleOne year on: Gaza, life with hard labour
By Khaled Diab With rubble Gaza’s only growth industry, people are unable to pick up the pieces of their broken lives, face psychological ruin and dream of escape. Gaza’s rubble rousers. Photo: ©Khaled...
View ArticleDo the laws of nature apply to your career?
By Christian Nielsen Just as people reach the very heights of their chosen careers, their job satisfaction begins to dip. Is this an inevitable law of career physics? Grafitti inside a church steeple....
View ArticleWhat happens when science fiction crosses into science fact?
By Christian Nielsen Cloaking devices are the stuff of magic realms and deep-space exploration, not real life. Think again! Making photonic chips invisible to one another could pave the way to...
View ArticleEconomic recovery means little to Europe’s working poor
By Christian Nielsen Europe is experiencing an economic recovery but many of the jobs being created are keeping people poor rather than lifting them out of poverty. Friday 8 December 2017 The latest...
View ArticleEgypt’s 21st-century plagues
By Khaled Diab While the Egyptian regime battles for its survival, Egypt itself may not survive as a viable state, as it faces a ‘plague’ of potentially crippling environmental, economic and social...
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