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The 29th annual climate change conference, COP29, starts next month in Azerbaijan. Though a key part of climate discussions has been how to get polluters to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions, many of the largest continue to operate with little or no financial consequence for the damage they cause. Environmental scientist professor Llewellyn Leonard sets out the steps that COP29 needs to take to change this.
There are many myths about breast cancer, particularly in Africa with its rich diversity of people, different genetic backgrounds and ancestral histories. One of these myths is that breast cancer in African women is highly aggressive. The truth is more complicated. Breast cancer researchers address some of these myths and set out the facts.
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Llewellyn Leonard, University of South Africa
COP29 should end subsidies to fossil fuel companies, compel large-scale emitters to compensate affected regions and ensure that carbon taxes reflect the true cost of cleaning up pollution.
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Raquel AB Duarte, University of the Witwatersrand; Caroline Dickens, University of the Witwatersrand; Therese Dix-Peek, University of the Witwatersrand
Dispelling myths around breast cancer in Africa is important so that treatment care can focus on the dire socio-economic issues facing patients.
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Martina van Heerden, University of the Western Cape
Clear, actionable feedback can help students learn.
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Christian Hamann, Gauteng City-Region Observatory; Rashid Seedat, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
Many people feel unsafe in their homes, and when walking in their neighbourhood during the day or at night.
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Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng, University of Oxford; Sulemana Bawa, University of Oxford
Deforestation has cast Moo Deng’s wild relatives into a hostile landscape of cocoa farms and mines.
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From our international editions
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Christopher Hill, University of South Wales
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham suggests the treatment of nuclear test veterans will be the next major UK public scandal to emerge. But how do the local people of Kiritimati recall these tests?
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Leonie Fleischmann, City St George's, University of London
There are widespread fears that Israel is planning to clear Palestinians from the northern part of the Gaza Strip to allow for settlements.
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Jesica Lopez, Lund University
Rainforest is fast being turned into cattle ranches.
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Saurabh Singhal, Lancaster University; Finn Tarp, University of Copenhagen
Recent research highlights the hidden effects of a fluctuating market.
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