The Pacific islands struggling to survive

The article in Swedish: Stillahavsöarna som kämpar för att överleva A volcanic eruption in the north, recurring flooding and on top of that, a direct threat from Donald Trump. “How do you sleep at night?” I asked Vanuatu’s minister for climate change, Ralph

Sammanhang: ...At the same time, the eyes (and money, I might add) of rich countries are turning away from the climate issue towards the ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East. So what happens with the climate issue now? ...

Omnämnda platser: Bokaitoktok, Island, Netherlands. Omnämnda personer: Christiana Figueres, Donald Trump, Middle East.

”Scientists Portrayed as Mass Murderers”

For a Swedish version, read here. Outside an underground lecture hall at Tokyo University a crowd is bustling. Neuroscientists, psychologists, physicists, computer scientists and other experts have gathered here to discuss consciousness – the elusive inner

Sammanhang: ...When I approach him during a break with questions about his role in the conflict, he raises his arm in a defensive gesture. – This is an extremely sensitive issue. You must understand it’s sensitive, and I won’t discuss it without careful thought, he says. The following day, when I try again, he asks me to send written questions. ...

Omnämnda platser: Photo, Conducting, Venice. Omnämnda personer: John Lennon, with questions, Philip Goff.