If you can read this
headline, you can read a novel. Here’s how to ignore your phone and just do it
- https://theconversation.com/if-you-can-read-this-headline-you-can-read-a-novel-heres-how-to-ignore-your-phone-and-just-do-it-116524
You’re not the only
one feeling helpless. Eco-anxiety can reach far beyond bushfire communities - https://theconversation.com/youre-not-the-only-one-feeling-helpless-eco-anxiety-can-reach-far-beyond-bushfire-communities-129453
You can leave water
out for wildlife without attracting mosquitoes, if you take a few precautions (we
use plastic bottles to slow water pot plants, and cover the tops of those with
knee hi stockings to manage the risk of mosquitoes [although, based on this
article, it also helps that they drain in less than a week]) - https://theconversation.com/you-can-leave-water-out-for-wildlife-without-attracting-mosquitoes-if-you-take-a-few-precautions-128631
“I’ve won cases
against the government before. Here’s why I doubt a climate change class action
would succeed” (“Urgenda’s success has led to similar legal strategies in a
host of countries, including Canada, France, Germany, India, New Zealand, the
UK and the US. Australia, however, is missing from the list. The reason is that
a climate change class action is unlikely to succeed here because we do not
have the equivalent of the European Convention on Human Rights incorporated
into our legal system.”) - https://theconversation.com/ive-won-cases-against-the-government-before-heres-why-i-doubt-a-climate-change-class-action-would-succeed-129707
Shaming people for
flying won’t cut airline emissions. We need a smarter solution (argues for
biofuels for now and then electric planes) - https://theconversation.com/shaming-people-for-flying-wont-cut-airline-emissions-we-need-a-smarter-solution-127257
Daniel Andrews's
bushfire response draws praise, but bigger tests may be to come - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-15/canberra-could-learn-from-victorias-response-to-the-fires/11860122
Chris made his home
stormwater smart and saved money in the process. He says you can too - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-15/rain-gardens-green-roofs-solutions-for-stormwater-problem/11843114
New Zealand's
"Climate Refugee" Visas: Lessons for the Rest of the World - https://www.cgdev.org/blog/new-zealands-climate-refugee-visas-lessons-rest-world?utm_source=200114&utm_medium=cgd_email&utm_campaign=cgd_weekly
Iran makes arrests in
relation to Ukrainian plane crash, Justin Trudeau points finger at US (“Meanwhile,
a person who posted a video online of a missile striking a Ukrainian airliner
in Iran last week has been taken into custody by the elite Revolutionary
Guards, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.”) - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-14/iran-makes-arrests-over-ukrainian-plane-shot-down/11867824
EU states trigger
dispute process with Iran for breaches of nuclear deal - https://www.timesofisrael.com/eu-states-start-dispute-process-over-iran-nuclear-deal-paving-way-for-sanctions/
Iran disqualifies
thousands, including 90 lawmakers, from running for parliament - https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-disqualifies-thousands-including-90-lawmakers-from-running-for-parliament/
What Electoral Reform
Means for Iraq - http://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2020/01/14/what-electoral-reform-means-for-iraq/
Is Violent Democracy
the New Norm? The View from Ghana - http://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2020/01/13/is-violent-democracy-the-new-norm-the-view-from-ghana/
Winter avalanches
claim at least 69 lives across Kashmir in Pakistan and India - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-15/kashmir-avalanches-leave-at-least-69-people-dead/11868446
Storm Brendan brings
damaging winds and flooding to United Kingdom and Ireland - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-14/storm-brendan-lashes-united-kingdom-ireland-causes-flooding/11867836
'Blanket secrecy'
surrounds Australian weapons sales to countries accused of war crimes - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/14/blanket-secrecy-surrounds-australian-weapons-sales-to-countries-accused-of-war-crimes?CMP=share_btn_link
Should Facebook and
Twitter Stop Trump's Lies? with Robert Reich - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2kW5K-KhvA&feature=youtu.be
US actor Mark Hamill
deletes Facebook account over ad policy - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-14/mark-hamill-deletes-facebook-account-over-ad-policy/11866688?section=world
Sahel Coalition: G5
and France agree new joint command, will prioritize fight against Islamic State
- https://thedefensepost.com/2020/01/14/sahel-coalition-france-g5-islamic-state/
Russia downplays
failed Libya talks before Berlin summit - https://apnews.com/01c02bf59d35bc26b541a42137b30355
'Two killed' in
Guinea during anti-government protests The opposition has called for open-ended
demonstrations against president's suspected bid to seek third term in office.
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/killed-guinea-anti-government-protests-200114070652902.html
Sudan peace talks
resume with great hopes for a comprehensive agreement - https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/sudan-peace-talks-resume-with-great-hopes-for-a-comprehensive-agreement
Press freedom group
condemns attempted kidnapping of Mozambican editor - https://mg.co.za/article/2020-01-14-press-freedom-group-condemns-attempted-kidnapping-of-mozambican-editor/
Cameroon to crack
down on election disruptors - https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/africa/Cameroon-promises-crackdown-on-election-disruptors/4552902-5417250-xfy0c5/index.html
Ivory Coast Rescues
137 Child Trafficking Victims - https://www.voanews.com/africa/ivory-coast-rescues-137-child-trafficking-victims
Malawi police face
legal action over failure to investigate alleged rapes - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jan/14/malawi-police-face-legal-action-over-failure-to-investigate-alleged-rapes
Haiti farmers eager
to receive compensation after 'groundbreaking' land deal - http://news.trust.org/item/20200114092648-42sut/
As flood waters
recede, Jakarta residents file lawsuit against governor - http://news.trust.org/item/20200114084713-ubakw/
London launches green
energy firm to fight climate change, poverty - http://news.trust.org/item/20200113181813-4z14e/
Indonesia rights body
condemns LGBT raids ordered by mayor after UK rape case - http://news.trust.org/item/20200114055858-ve2i9/
California governor's
'homelessness tour' seeks money, solutions to crisis on streets - http://news.trust.org/item/20200114021451-tuum0/
Power back on, but
thousands still homeless, in quake-hit Puerto Rico - http://news.trust.org/item/20200113161802-002t0/
'Megxit' may see like
a simple portmanteau, but it has far more sinister undertones (“Megxit,
then, was a pun waiting to be written by the British tabloid press, baying for
blood since they could no longer illegally hack phones. .. . . Then I
paused and processed. This portmanteau is a bit of a trap. It's more of a portman-don't.
Its catchiness temporarily distracts from the fact it feeds the narrative that
puts all this back onto Meghan as a scapegoat.’) - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-15/megxit-when-portmanteau-goes-too-far/11866920
