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Milan, Italy: Can Trees Cool a Dense European City?

Green Cities Series | Article 17 For a decade, the Lombard capital has captured...

Cape Town and the Watershed of Resilience: A Metropolitan Study of Post-Drought Transformation

GREEN CITIES SERIES | ARTICLE 15 The atmospheric tension in Cape Town during the austral summer of 2017–2018 was characterized by a distinct psychological phenomena...

Why Mexico City is Sinking: The Environmental History of a Modern Water Crisis

Mexico City faces sinking and water crises due to drained lakes and urban growth. Explore the environmental challenges and solutions shaping its future

The Common Table in a Burning World: Why the United Nations Must Be Revived, Not Abandoned

The chamber still looks improbably calm. Green marble. Translation headsets. Country names set out in alphabetical order, as though the world’s grief can be...

Mark Twain: The American Voice of Wit and Wisdom

Listen to our short audio summary of the article below to get a feel for the content. I have always enjoyed the work of Mark...

Democracy in the Balance: A 21st-Century Audit

This is the second of my essays on the topic of democracy, the parlous state of which I have been researching over recent months...

A Gathering Storm for Global Freedom: Democracy Under Threat

For many of us these these concerning times as it seems democratic norms and values are under increasing threat. The data bears this out...

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