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Opinion
Dancing with the bear: Ukraine’s perilous negotiations
By
Tim Marshall
Jan 20, 2025
Tim Marshall on possible peace talks over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The divisive art of lawns: lawn people versus fake lawn people
By
Andrew Brooks
Dec 27, 2024
Andrew Brooks ponders on what exactly makes lawns so divisive
Packing in the tourists in the ‘Sardine City’ of Lisbon
By
Andrew Brooks
Dec 3, 2024
As tourism to Lisbon booms, Andrew Brooks looks at how the city must balance globalisation alongside its local communities
How a global universal income could help poverty & the planet
By
Geographical Contributor
Nov 27, 2024
Campaigns and Operations Director at Equal Right Patrick Brown on how a global universal income could be help extreme poverty
North Korea marches us nearer to a bipolar conflict
By
Tim Marshall
Nov 22, 2024
Sending troops to fight in Ukraine is yet another step in dividing the world into two bitterly opposed camps, warns Tim Marshall
The need for scientific thinking
By
Geographical Contributor
Nov 14, 2024
Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees argues for the need for rigorous, scientific minds & science in our complex, rapidly changing world
How quickly can ecosystems evolve to meet new challenges?
By
Geographical Contributor
Nov 12, 2024
The world's ecosystems are in danger - leading evolutionary biologist Christopher Wills suggests their complexity could help save them
Is COP29 at a dead end?
By
Marco Magrini
Nov 11, 2024
Geographical's climate columnist Marco Magrini fears that COP29 has nowhere to go as the planet continues to warm
Has the United Nations become a retired superhero?
By
Tim Marshall
Oct 31, 2024
Tim Marshall argues that despite its many flaws, the United Nations does far more good than harm across the world.
Can we learn from environmental protests – then and now?
By
Andrew Brooks
Oct 28, 2024
Andrew Brooks asks whether the lessons learned from a mass 1930s trespass should be applied to today’s environmental protests.
Why it is so important that the USA and China can talk to each other
By
Tim Marshall
Oct 9, 2024
Tim Marshall on the importance of USA and China relations during a world crisis – and what communication links the countries have.
Can microbes save us from plastic pollution?
By
Victoria Heath
Oct 4, 2024
Robin Hanbury-Tenison on solving the plastics problem across the globe before we all end up as waste product
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