Flash and Facts

27 March 2020

The Arms Trade is still Flourishing

The arms trade industry is doing very well. Worldwide arms sales were up 4.6% in 2018. But of course this is also a clear sign of growing tensions and armed conflicts throughout the globe. The ...

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13 March 2020

A few brief Considerations about the current Global Health Crisis

There is growing public and international alarm about the potentially devastating effects of the COVID-19. Unsurprisingly, totalitarian and authoritarian regimes disclose the information in a non ...

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13 March 2020

Is the European Green Deal Plan overambitious ?

The European Green Deal is described as the most ambitious plan ever presented regarding environmental issues. In a nutshell, the European Commission (EC) led by Mrs von der Leyen wants the EU to ...

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28 February 2020

This is a Call for a Broad Coordinated Mobilization Worldwide to fight Climate Change

Today, there is a large scientific consensus that climate change should be at the top of the list of important policy issues. There is also a large scientific consensus that global warming was ...

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28 February 2020

Too many People in too many Countries still live in Poverty despite having a Job

Some 2 Billion people around the world -representing more than 60% of the global labour force- work illegally and very often under precarious conditions. This is one of the particularly striking ...

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14 February 2020

The impacts of Climate Change are already apparent and measurable

According to the World Bank it is estimated that natural disasters cost about US$ 18 Billion a year in low-and middle-income countries through damage to power generation and transport ...

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14 February 2020

Epidemics and Pandemics: A World at risk

The current COVID19 epidemic is a very serious threat to the world (Re.WHO-Feb.2020). A World at risk is the title of the first report from the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) dated ...

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28 January 2020

The needs of a Growing Global Population pose a threat to our Planet

The world’s population now stands at 7.8 billion. We are adding over 200,000 people to our planet every day. As a result, by 2025 world population will be over 8 billion people and is ...

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28 January 2020

Cyber-criminality is a major Challenge for all democratic societies

The magnitude of the threat posed by cyber criminality is beyond doubt. State security services and experts agree that cyber attacks are rising steadily across the world. The perpetrators of such ...