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Domestic difficulties since Brexit in 2016 forced Britain to look inward. It cut foreign aid, and Tory prime ministers gave little time to meeting African leaders and others from the global south. The new Labour government is changing this. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the United Nations general assembly last month that his administration was returning Britain to “responsible global leadership”. Nicholas Westcott sets out four ways Britain can reconnect
with the global south.
Nearly a third of the 400 parrot species worldwide face extinction. To meet a growing demand for parrots as pets, commercial farms were set up to relieve pressure on wild bird populations. However, as wildlife trade researchers Neil D'Cruze and Rowan Martin reveal, the parrot farms can actually have a negative impact on conservation efforts.
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Nicholas Westcott, SOAS, University of London
British governments have neglected Africa and the Commonwealth due to domestic political and economic difficulties since Brexit.
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Neil D’Cruze, University of Oxford; Rowan O. Martin, University of Cape Town
A review of the impact of parrot farming on conservation of wild parrots shows that consumer demand for the birds must be reduced.
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Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand; Julia Taylor, University of the Witwatersrand; Sonia Phalatse, University of the Witwatersrand
The concept of care can serve as a powerful focal point for understanding the climate challenge and for policies toward a sustainable and equitable future.
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Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, United Nations University; Saskia Werners, United Nations University
For both developed and developing economies, recovering from extreme climate events requires measures that address systemic challenges and empower communities to build a better future.
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Serag El Hegazi, University of Bradford
Tunisia’s president has won a second term in an election marred by repression.
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From our international editions
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Angharad Hampshire, York St John University
Women guards are often portrayed as masculinised sadists, but the more prosaic – and shocking – truth is they were often just normal women who acclimatised to the brutality of the Nazi regime.
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Alexander C. Lees, Manchester Metropolitan University
The average size of monitored wildlife populations has shrunk by 73% since 1970.
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Ali Mamouri, Deakin University; Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deakin University
Calls in Iran for a revision of the country’s nuclear defence doctrine are growing louder as Israel’s attacks on Iran’s main proxy group, Hezbollah, intensify.
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Eirini Karamouzi, University of Sheffield; Luc-André Brunet, The Open University
The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Japanese anti-nuclear group, Nihon Hidankyo.
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