The climate emergency requires the full mobilisation of scientific institutions, but the persistent compartmentalization between disciplines and difficulties of adaptation hinder their action.
In the city of Beersheva, election banners promote Likud and Netanyahu in Russian and Hebrew as of September 15, 2019.
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Immigrants and their descendants residing in the poorest peripheral cities of the state are the main supporters of the right, and Netanyahu in particular.
Jacques Chirac (here in 2005) was a defining figure in French politics after May 1968.
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Pierre Bréchon, Auteurs historiques The Conversation France
A look back at the distinguished career of the former president, an ardent defender of France’s place in the world.
Alvin Roth exposes his work on “disgusting markets” at the European Meeting of the ESA (Economic Science Association) on 7 September in Dijon, France.
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Designating an object with the movement of a finger is at the heart of human communication, yet precisely why we point isn’t clearly understood. A new paper indicates that it may be related to touch.
To understand an economic reality where growth is increasingly more qualitative than quantitative and where environmental constraints need a careful understanding, economics needs a major overhaul.
Montse Barado, casa Armengol (Sorpe). In summer, once a week, cattle ranchers and shepherds climb to the communal lands to have a look at the animals and give them some salt.
David Tarrasón i Cerdá,
Federica Ravera, Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya
In the Catalan Pyrenees, women shepherds and cattle ranchers try to valorise the ancestral agropastoral culture to save the mountains from climate change.
Industrial vaccine production has enabled mass vaccination campaigns that have reduced infectious diseases.
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Combining aquaculture and hydroponics, aquaponics unearths value in “waste” flows and re-routes them back into the economy. It’s an inspiring example of how a circular-economy business model can work.
A match between ASNL Nancy and ESAP Metz in 2017.
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Women’s football has made great strides, but when it comes it comes to media coverage, governance or funding, female athletes still suffer greatly from gender bias.
To understand how healthy a food is, we often look at fats and proteins, vitamins and minerals. But this approach overlooks one property that’s a key part of a food’s health potential – its structure.
Since the first “climate awareness bond” was issued in 2007, the green-bond market has flourished. But how can investors judge their risk and effectiveness?
French wines for sale at a Los Angeles supermarket on August 18, 2019.
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French wine is the subject of an ongoing trade dispute between the US and EU, but tariffs could have impacts not intended by US president Donald Trump.
Although disparities exist, French teachers are generally satisfied with their jobs.
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Nearly 1 million teachers in France – 4% of the employed population – work with students on a daily basis, in the public or private sector. How do they feel?
‘#Unapologetic’ the new campaign by Matell wants to portray Barbie as a doll telling women and girls they can be anything they want with a focus on entrepreneurship.
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Elisabeth Pruegl, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Contradictions abound as companies seek to style themselves as advancing gender equality while at the same time marketing sexist products or thriving on sexist employment practices.
Solid waste in Mulago, Kampala, 2010. The city’s residents have found ways to recycle waste into energy.
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Residents have come up with solutions to make usable products out of organic waste materials.
Nimai Hajong and his wife, August 2018. Hajong was born in Bangladesh and moved to India when he was an infant. The 58-year-old, now considered a “foreigner” in his own state, poses with paperwork supporting his right to citizenship.
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Anuradha Sen Mookerjee, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
On August 31, the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the state of Assam, along the India-Bangladesh border will decide upon the future of millions of people in the state.
Freight micro-entrepreneur in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Countries in Africa have some of the highest rates of entrepreneurship in the world, yet their contribution to the economy is limited. Technology such as the blockchain, drones and AI could provide a way forward.
Coffee production is booming, yet wholesale prices have been falling and global demand is stagnant. What’s happening to one of the world’s favorite beverages?
Landscape in the Var area of France with fossilised Permian pelites (Permian Middle, 270 Ma) and “muddle cracks”.
Professeur senior d’analyse financière, d’audit et de risk management - Directrice de Programme pour le MSc Fashion Design & Luxury Management- Responsable de la spécialisation MBA "Brand & Luxury Management", Grenoble École de Management (GEM)