Sarah Bailey

Nudging sustainability

For Earth Overshoot Day, we explore whether psychology has the solutions to flip our behaviour to be more sustainable.

Nudging sustainability

For Earth Overshoot Day, we explore whether psychology has the solutions to flip our behaviour to be more sustainable.

Not usually at the forefront of geopolitical argy-bargy, the Pacific has recently emerged as a strategic element of securing democracy. A rift threatened to tear apart normally unshakeable regional unity in 2021, with five Micronesian countries threatening to leave the most powerful transnational group, the Pacific Islands Forum. Ahead of the July 12 – 14 meeting of the Forum, the rift seems to have been patched over. (more…)

A last-minute agreement has avoided rupture in the Pacific Islands Forum. As the agreement was negotiated, regional strengths and vulnerabilities were revealed.

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With Pacific Islands nations controlling 20 percent of all oceans, they are at the foundation of initiatives to help the planet and our health.

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Encouraging work abroad schemes could help Pacific Island nations to steer their way clear of crippling debt.

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Rising debt and declining income seem to add up to an austere future for Pacific Island nations. But belt-tightening may make things worse.

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Global perspectives on overcoming barriers to reproductive health.

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Beliefs about a woman’s ‘proper’ place in society are behind the some perplexing contradictions in attitudes to abortion.

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If Malaysia wants to stop teen pregnancies, it could start by putting more women in parliament.

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