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This is a guest post by the team of learnstuff.com. The article has originally been published here.  Thanks to extensive research and noticeable changes in weather and storm prevalence, it’s getting harder to turn a blind eye to the reality of climate change. Since the Industrial Age spurred the increasing usage […]

Asia Policy Briefs The „Asia-Policy-Briefs“ analyze political and economic developments in Asia and reflect on their impact on Germany and Europe. The short briefing papers focus on current events as well as underlying trends in important Asian countries. In addition, they seek to develop concepts and strategies for politics and […]

Manila needs to optimize urban design, one that uses sustainable development as a tool to address the needs of the people.  In this city that was once torn by wars, there should be space for in-city relocation and revitalized waterways. There should be space for better life.

Over the course of 2012, more than 550 rhino have been brutally and unnecessarily butchered for their horns in South Africa’s national parks, comfortably eclipsing last year’s total of 448. 321 of these deaths were within the supposedly heavily-protected boundaries of the famous Kruger National Park. These numbers are particularly […]

Russia is cursed with its resources: the oil and gas industry is growing so fast that 50% of the federal budget and three quarters of exports depend on its production. It seems that the country does not produce anything, but just relies on its natural resources.  At the same time […]