Expert Comment
Expert comment - International Development Committee and climate adaptation
Dr Morten Byskov and Professor Keith Hyams of PAIS welcome the International Development Committee report's recognition of the importance of promoting fair and equitable access to climate adaptation and the need to integrate the knowledge of vulnerable communities, and highlight areas where stronger recommendations would be useful.
International Development Committee calls for easier access to ‘climate finance’ funds - expert comment
Dr Celine Tan, Warwick Law School and Director, GLOBE, comments on the Climate Finance aspects of the International Development Committee report - Global Britain in demand: UK climate action and international development around COP26, published today, and the UK COP26 Presidency's Climate Finance Delivery Plan, published yesterday.
Countries lobbying to weaken UN climate recommendations - expert comment
Dr Tom Pettinger comments on reports that a number of countries are pushing the UN to water down a forthcoming report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) into how best to limit global warming.
Credit Suisse fined over Tuna Bond Scandal - expert comment
Dr Stephen Connelly from Warwick Law School comments on the news that investment bank Credit Suisse has been fined £147m by UK authorities over a corruption scandal involving Mozambique's tuna fishing industry.
Dr Eric Jensen comments on steps taken by Facebook to protect Afghan users
Facebook has temporarily removed the ability for people to search the friends lists of accounts based in Afghanistan, in response to concerns that the Taliban could use social media to target people with US or UK contacts. Dr Eric Jensen of the Department of Sociology comments.