Do you live in the most liveable city in the world? But what does that really mean? We love ranking cities and attaching fancy titles to them. Perhaps you live in a global city? According to the ...

How Bad are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything is an emissions-calculating guide to finally help us with our lifestyle choices.

The spread of genetically modified crops in Spain provides a unique perspective on the global expansion of biotechnology and the roles of EU agricultural law, scientific research, information access ...

An energy partnership will let Iran leverage its energy resources and Turkey maintain its economic growth, which will also enhance European energy security.

The people of Sarayaku are a leading force in 21st century indigenous resistance, engaging the western world politically, legally and philosophically.

Climate change effects are already observable in many parts of the world and, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a continuous rise in mean temperatures for the rest of the ...

In the third of a series on the United Nations Security Council, peacekeeping scholar Peter Nadin looks at arguments for its reform.

Building peace through environmental conservation by Mark Notaras is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Though used in response to many international peace and security crises, Peter Nadin argues that sanctions simply do not guarantee even partial compliance.

Using systems thinking, policymakers can avert the 'cobra effect' where simplistic policies come back to bite you with unintended outcomes.

Fuelled by a growing international appetite for leather, the industry represents a sizeable chunk of Bangladesh’s yearly export revenues — $284 million in 2007-08. There are about 200 leather ...

Seven individuals with special connections to the ocean share their hopes for the world’s oceans — and what it would take to achieve them.