Climate change tracker

 Good TED lecture looking at the state of play of the world’s climate

HHRI- The US spent billions on Afghanistan but failed to build a sustainable economy.

 Very good Wall Street Journal article on Afghanistan giving plenty of stats and examples of the way aid money was spent... excellent for HHRI.

7 ways China is becoming the next Superpower.

Here are 7 video clips from the BBC looking at why China might be considered to be the next Superpower.

Sea Power - The allies and the Red Fleet

 

Did the AUKUS deal mark the beginning of a new world order? This article looks at what it means.

Is the USA in decline as a superpower?

 An Economist video looking at the decline of the US as a Superpower. 

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Aukus: UK, US and Australia launch pact to counter China

 

Aukus: UK, US and Australia launch pact to counter China. BBC Article good for Superpowers

Energy pathways - Fire disrupts electricity supply to the UK

Disruption to energy pathways is an important part of the carbon unit. Usually the disruption is concentrated on oil tankers and gas pipelines. This news article looks at the UK’s reliance on electricity coming from France. This video shows how the power system works and what happens when there is a power surge. 

Carbon capture machine turned on in Iceland

This article looks at Iceland’s new carbon capture machine. Is it the solution to climate change? Not really as it can only absorb 4000 tonnes of carbon approximately the same amount as 870 cars produce in a year. Still a long way to go.

 Afghanistan and HHRI. The whole of the unit of HHRI is premised on evaluating whether (usually western) intervention by richer countries is beneficial to countries (article )Joe Biden announced this week that henceforth the USA was no longer going to intervene to 'nation build'. However this has been said before by other US Presidents - see the link.