現在の世界情勢に安心感を抱く人はいないはずだ。紛争、気候変動、不平等といった現代の最大の諸問題は、2024年に驚異的にエスカレートし、世界中でまさに沸点に達した。 こうした激化 ...

人工知能（AI）はアフリカにとって変革の可能性を秘めているが、AIは責任を持って活用することが極めて重要である。AIがさまざまな分野にますます取り込まれていく中、その利活用が ...

As recognition grew that international migration is a global phenomenon growing in scope, complexity and impact, in 2013 the United Nations convened a High-level Dialogue on International Migration ...

Jared Diamond famously stated that “the biggest problems facing the world today are not at all beyond our control, rather they are all of our own making, and entirely in our power to deal with” when ...

With the topic of peak global oil production moving more into the mainstream, you have perhaps heard of the Canadian oil sands. There, huge tracts of remote forested land are strip-mined to obtain a ...

Globally today, we are witnessing an “inexorable intensification of violence” in the world’s armed conflicts. The result is that there are currently 59.5 million refugees worldwide. And among that ...

There is a pervasive belief amongst Japanese leaders and decision-makers that climate change will not have a big impact on Japan in the future. They are wrong. That is one reason many were dismayed ...

Of late, opportunities to see and hear the term ‘satoumi’ are on the rise, thanks to international conferences on the topic. Satoumi is defined as marine and coastal landscapes that have been formed ...

Waste not, want not. Unfortunately, this old adage has been overshadowed by a growing torrent of global demand for the latest and greatest consumer gadgets. Rapid technological advances, expanding ...

The ongoing famine in war-prone Somalia has led to much speculation about the link between violent conflict and food insecurity. Some commentators have also connected this year’s political revolutions ...

When a drought occurs in Indonesia, there could be flooding later in Kenya. But what are the linkages between these two disasters? The answer is a phenomenon discovered 10 years ago called Indian ...

Miguel Esteban is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo. He graduated with a MEng. in civil engineering from Bristol University (U.K.). In 2006, Miguel received his PhD in ...