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Climate change will have a huge impact all over the world, especially in Africa. While a lot of attention has been given to agriculture and how changing weather patterns will affect output, there’s not been much on small and medium businesses. Kate Elizabeth Gannon and Declan Conway reveal how even small changes in rainfall will impact on water and electricity supplies in cities, with major consequences.
Meanwhile, Chui-Ling Tam explains why branding someone as a climate change denier isn’t very helpful. It’s simplistic to divide people into only two opposing camps of climate change - believers or deniers - and does not advance us to a world of collective effort to confront climate change.
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In Zambia businesses in the food processing sector, are in for a tough time.
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Kate Elizabeth Gannon, London School of Economics and Political Science; Declan Conway, London School of Economics and Political Science
Water and power cuts prompted by reduced rainfall and drought in Southern Africa have caused major problems for business.
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We are not doing a good job of communicating climate change. People have diverging interpretations of how climate change fits into their own stories.
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Chui-Ling Tam, University of Calgary
We must recognize the complexity of perspectives on climate change if we want to confront it.
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Politics + Society
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Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State
For many Zimbabweans Robert Mugabe will remain a contested figure.
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Luca Belli, Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Facebook retired its 'Move fast and break things' slogan – perhaps because, as new research from Brazil confirms, democracy is among the things left broken by online misinformation and fake news.
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Health + Medicine
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Abu Sina, The University of Queensland; Laura G. Carrascosa, The University of Queensland; Matt Trau, The University of Queensland
Our research has found that cancer DNA forms a unique structure when placed in water. We used this finding to develop a test that can detect cancerous DNA in less than ten minutes.
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Rezanti Putri Pramana, SMERU Research Institute
The failures to implement inclusive policy stem from various barriers created by both individuals and the government.
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Environment + Energy
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Alex McBratney, University of Sydney
The thin layer of soil on our planet's surface ultimately sustains us all, but it's a finite resource. With a growing global population, perhaps it is time to start looking for alternatives.
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Science + Technology
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Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University
In an era of big scientific collaborations, China's renegade actions have hurt its reputation. As international researchers back away, it may be the country's military that ultimately suffers.
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