COP28 marks the first time that nations will formally assess the progress of the Paris Agreement and the UAE presidency has outlined four key areas for action: fast-tracking energy solutions, addressing climate finance challenges, prioritizing nature and livelihoods, and promoting inclusivity. The goal is to respond to the Global Stocktake with a comprehensive action plan.

This season sees the chanting of ‘frozen garlic’ (‘凍蒜’ dongsuan, a Taiwanese Hokkien pronunciation for ‘當選’ dangxuan, meaning getting elected) in campaign rallies across Taiwan as the island approaches its quadrennial presidential and legislative elections on 13th January 2024.

To See is to Act: What the Death of a Migrant Worker Can Tell Us About Humanity - The Film Screening of 'And Miles to Go Before I Sleep' (九槍) with Director Tsai Tsung-lung.

The language of ‘ecocide’ has become an increasingly important tool in the arsenal of those seeking to oppose and contest the continued environmental destruction of the planet. This has been true both as a general phenomenon but also – more specifically – through the language of international law. Particular important in this regard have been recent proposals to create an international crime of ecocide for inclusion in the Rome State of the International Criminal Court.