Environment

Human and Non-Human Rights — Convergence or Conflict?
- December 10, 2018
Today is the 70^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Most reflections on this milestone are likely to sound a sombre note, dwelling on the many challenges faced by those championing human rights in an increasingly …
By David Petrasek
Environment, Human Rights, United Nations
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The Future of Sustainable Protein is… Complicated
- October 28, 2018
“The Paleoketoveganmacrofasting Diet: Stop the Madness!!!” This was the amusing title of a recent presentation by Dr. Shawn Arent, a kinesiology professor at Rutgers University. The talk was aimed at personal trainers. But for the rest of us, the title …
By Ryan Katz-Rosene
Economy, Environment, Health
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Trans Mountain Clarifies Canada’s Climate–Energy Choices
- October 3, 2018
Since the court decision of August 30^th that put the Trans Mountain pipeline on hold —and the cat decidedly among the pigeons — Canada’s energy/climate politics has been strangely quiet. Trans Mountain was the last of a batch of …
By Matthew Paterson
Economy, Environment, Indigenous Peoples
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Ford and the Future of Canadian Climate Policy
- September 6, 2018
In the fallout from Doug Ford’s election as Premier of Ontario, two things have dominated public debate regarding climate policy. One, the provincial cap and trade plan along with the court case to stop the federal government from imposing a …
By Matthew Paterson
Economy, Environment, Science
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Small States vs. Middle Powers — What’s the Difference?
- July 15, 2018
Njord Wegge, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

In early June 2018, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide expressed in an interview with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that Norway, as a “middle-sized economy,” benefited from …
By CIPS
Defence and Intelligence, Environment, Europe, International Relations
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Has the G7 Lost its Mojo?
- June 17, 2018
After a series of sessions on global trade and the key Canadian priorities of gender equality and climate change, the highly anticipated two-day Group of Seven (G7) summit ended Saturday afternoon in Charlevoix, Quebec.

There had been hopes for a …
By John Sinclair
Canadian Foreign Policy, Economy, Environment, Europe, International Relations, USA
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Sentinels of the Pacific: What Seabirds Tell Us about the Oil Industry
- June 8, 2018
When ornithologist Hisashi Sugawa of the Bird Banding Association invited me this May to accompany his team to the ongoing investigation of the Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) on Kanmuri Island, an uninhabited island under the jurisdiction of Maizuru …
By Scott Simon
Asia, Environment, International Trade
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Why Nationalizing the Trans Mountain Pipeline is Undemocratic
- June 8, 2018
When Canadians woke up to learn that they were the proud owners of a run-down pipeline, many of them no doubt asked themselves, “Can the government just do that?” After all, nationalization hasn’t been a popular government pastime in Canada …
By Jacqueline Best
Democracy, Economy, Environment, Indigenous Peoples, International Trade
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Bangladesh on the Move, Part 1: A Development Breakthrough
- June 5, 2018
Bangladesh, a country branded at its birth, in 1971, as a bottomless development basket by Henry Kissinger, marches forward. Proving Kissinger’s words wrong, this development success story unfolds in one of the poorest countries of the world.

The country moves …
By Nipa Banerjee
Asia, Economy, Éducation, Environment, Health, International Development, Women
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Bangladesh on the Move, Part 2: Future Prospects
- June 5, 2018
Read Part 1 of this article here.

London-based research organization BMI has listed Bangladesh as one of six countries that will be growth performers in the period 2016–2025. Three major factors are identified as boosters of this growth. An …
By Nipa Banerjee
Asia, Economy, Éducation, Environment, Health, International Development, Women
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Standing Guard on Japan’s Most Western Point
- March 30, 2018
Yonaguni, Japan’s most westernmost inhabited island (pop. 1745), lies 111 km from Hualien (Taiwan), but more than 2000 km from Tokyo. Yonaguni is part of the Sakishima Islands that include the Yaeyama Islands to the west near Taiwan and the …
By Scott Simon
Asia, Environment, International Law
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Korean Demilitarized Zone Essential to Thousands of Migratory Birds
- February 11, 2018
The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics (February 9–25) and Paralympics (March 9–18) promise a brief respite in tensions on the Korean Peninsula. During inter-governmental talks in January 2018, North and South Korea decided that their teams would march in the Opening …
By Scott Simon
Asia, Environment
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