Can China really become carbon net zero by 2060? March 24, 2021 At the UN General Assembly in September 2020 China’s President Xi Jinping pledged that the country would become net zero by 2060. This was a surprise move that has been hailed as a significant step forward in the global effort to address the Climate Crisis, given that China is responsible for around 30% of global [...]
We have weakened the very systems of international law we need to restore peace in Ukraine March 9, 2022 In the global and regional corridors of power, Russia’s place – as the successor to the Soviet Union – has made international diplomacy appear impotent. There has been continued human rights abuses abroad and on its own soil, and under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, there has been an almost total disregard for national sovereignty over the [...]
Greta Thunberg crowned Time Person of the Year 2019 December 11, 2019 Time named teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as its person of the year today, after she inspired worldwide protests against inaction on tackling climate change. The 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, whose school strikes in 2018 sparked the so-called Fridays for future movement, is the youngest person to win the prestigious magazine title. Read more: Greta [...]
Johnson to push Biden on reopening UK-US travel during White House visit September 19, 2021 Boris Johnson is expected to push US President Joe Biden on the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the potential of reopening UK-US travel and climate change during a visit to the White House. The Prime Minister will head to Washington during an environment-focused trip to the US, where he will urge world leaders to take [...]
Johnson to push Biden on reopening UK-US travel during White House visit – CityAM : CityAM September 19, 2021 Boris Johnson is expected to push US President Joe Biden on the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the potential of reopening UK-US travel and climate change during a visit to the White House. The Prime Minister will head to Washington during an environment-focused trip to the US, where he will urge world leaders to take [...]
Bercow: Commons will sit tomorrow, after ‘explicit’ Supreme Court judgement September 24, 2019 Speaker John Bercow has said the House of Commons will return tomorrow morning, following the Supreme Court’s “explicit” judgement today. Standing on College Green outside parliament, the outgoing speaker said he had “instructed the House authorities to prepare not for recall, because prorogation was unlawful and therefore void, but the resumption of business” As a [...]
Taiwan ready and able to be a part of UN family September 16, 2019 Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister, argues it is time for the country to be welcomed into the United Nations Earlier this year, President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) travelled through New York, an icon of diversity and freedom and home to the United Nations, as a prelude to her state visit to [...]
Brexit: Bercow reconvenes MPs as Supreme Court rules PM’s prorogation unlawful September 24, 2019 Update: John Bercow has said parliament will resume business tomorrow morning The Supreme Court has ruled that Boris Johnson’s move to prorogue parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Supreme Court president Lady Hale told the court this morning that parliament had not been prorogued, leaving it to Speaker John Bercow to decide the next steps. [...]
UK to pledge £340m increase in funding for World Health Organisation September 26, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge on Saturday a 30 per cent increase in funding for the World Health Organization while urging reforms to the global health body and calling for a revival of cross-border cooperation to end “ugly rifts”. Delivering a recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Johnson will say the [...]
The west can no longer afford to ignore Iranian aggression September 19, 2019 The most curious question about last weekend’s destruction of Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure was not who carried it out, or even how, but why it occurred at this particular juncture. Saudi Arabia and Iran – the almost-certain aggressor given both intent and ability to carry out such an attack – have been shadow boxing with each [...]