by Talking Humanities | Oct 25, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Human Rights, Research & Resources
Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a serious warning of the dire consequences of exceeding 1.5o C of global warming. It urged governments, yet again, to cut carbon emissions faster and warned that the ‘next few years are probably...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 4, 2018 | Features, Politics & Law
In the wake of Michael Gove’s announcement that Britain is to tighten its laws on ivory exports, Professor Keith Somerville questions the value of bans that have no machinery in place to back them up. The environment sectary, Michael Gove, has announced that...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 28, 2017 | Features, Politics & Law
Image: Members of a large pride at Ongava, south of Etosha, © Keith Somerville Professor Keith Somerville looks at how Namibia, a country subject to periodic droughts with often little permanent water for wildlife or livestock, has gone much further than most African...