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Here you can read the latest news and views from our Fellows and associates. Many articles are also reprinted in the ISRF Bulletin, the Foundation’s in-house periodical.

The Blog and Bulletin are edited by Dr Lars Cornelissen.

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COP30: Children and young people at climate talks: seen, photographed, but not allowed to decide anything

by Florencia Paz Landeira, Alicia O'Sullivan, Aoife Daly and Katie Reid

The global youth climate justice movement uses protests, strikes and court cases to block fossil fuel expansion. But do they have any say in what their governments do to address climate change, or a voice at the annual COP climate change conferences, where the world’s leaders make important climate decisions?

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Labour’s White Paper Fails Higher Education

by Christopher Newfield

In this monthly Director's Note, Christopher Newfield unpacks the Labour government's most recent White Paper, which fails to adequately address the pressing challenges facing UK universities.

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Bulletin #32: Crisis and Conjuncture: Climate, Borders, Politics

Based on papers presented at the ISRF’s 2024 annual conference, contributions aim to recalibrate existing categories of analysis in the face of escalating political, humanitarian, and environmental crises.

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