The Arc de Triomphe Is illuminated in green to celebrate the Paris Agreement’s entry into force.
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Bill Hare, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Like president George W. Bush before him, Donald Trump made the announcement from the White House Rose Garden, showing that Republican governments have failed to learn past lessons.
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A wastepicker working in the streets of Casablanca. (Photo Pascal Garret, July 2013)
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Bénédicte Florin, Université François-Rabelais de Tours; Mustapha Azaitraoui, Université Hassan Ier
Despite being outcasts in Moroccan society, waste collectors defend their profession as protectors of the environment.
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Surinamese’s President Desi Bouterse in 1996, speaking in front of a portrait of himself from back in his military strongman days.
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Rosemarijn Hofte, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
Oil-dependent and led by a charismatic dictator with a chaotic economic policy, is Suriname the next Venezuela?
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Contemporary Indonesia is heading down the path of conservative Sunni Islamism.
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Daniel Peterson, Australian Catholic University
Recent events in Indonesia should dispel any doubt about the rising influence conservative Sunni Islamist sentiment is having on the country’s laws.
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