The Conversation Weekly
By The Conversation
Each week we talk to academic experts around the world to help unpack the context behind the headlines – and hear from scholars carrying out brand new research about how the world works. A podcast from The Conversation.
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Improving how the IMF does business could help billions of people worldwide
Instead of austerity, governments need money to spend on public goods -
The solutions needed to address climate change already exist – Fear and Wonder podcast
What technologies can help us reduce our demand for energy, materials, land and water? -
Fast Fashion: Why garment workers’ lives are still in danger 10 years after Rana Plaza
The Rana Plaza accident in Bangladesh killed 1,124 people, but little has changed for garment worker conditions since. -
Cloud seeding can increase rain and snow, and new techniques may make it a lot more effective
If you could control the weather, would you? -
Dangerous and dirty – but cheap – used cars exported from the US and Europe are filling roads in Africa
Older imported cars pose risks to motorists and spew pollution. -
Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists attribute extreme weather events to climate change
Advances in climate modelling now allow scientists to pinpoint the influence of natural and human-caused factors on individual weather extremes. -
How recognising cultural practices in environmental regulation can help protect natural resources like sandalwood
Conservation efforts need to consider and involve cultural practices to help protect endangered species -
Do glitzy awards like the Earthshot Prize actually help fight climate change?
Climate solutions prizes are a drop in the ocean, but can they still address the problems facing our planet? -
Too many digital distractions are eroding our ability to read deeply
In an era of ceaseless notifications digital devices, how do we find ways to manage? -
Back to the Moon
A space lawyer and planetary scientists on what it will take to share the benefits of new lunar exploration