On 24th May 2022 there was yet another school shooting in the United States, this time occurring at the Robb Elementary School, Uvalde Texas. The atrocity sent shock waves through the media for the murder of so many young children – yet many remain unaware that the Uvalde shooting was the 27th school shooting this year. In a survey from 2018 to the current day, it was discovered that the USA had thirty-eight times more school shootings than Mexico, the country with the second highest rate. In a country that lauds itself ‘the land of the free’ and a cornerstone of the ‘developed world’, it seems impossible that such tragedies have been allowed to continue.

The era of technology that we live in is golden; access to incredibly useful information is just beneath your fingertips. Of course, good things come with the bad, and just like everything in life, the internet is a double-edged sword which can easily harm you of you’re not careful. But do not fear, as I’m here to tell you what you need to look out for in an era when disinformation is just as accessible.

What is labelled as the ‘patriarchy’ in international relations, is the idea that women’s absence in key political positions allows men’s concerns to take precedence and disproportionately influence how society operates. Under the patriarchy, the attribute of ‘masculinity’ has been traditionally associated with dominance and aggression. Arguably, the principle of state sovereignty, highly present in current political structures, is expressed through features that are typically ascribed to men. Features such as strength and power. Therefore, under the premise that ‘femininity’ is likened to being aligned with kindness and empathy, is it fair to predict that if more women were in positions of power, the nature of the global relations would shift?

Whose responsibility is it to drive climate action? A debate almost as divisive as the chicken and the egg, still it remains unanswered: is it up to the consumer or the company to put an end to climate change? The short answer is both (in the developed world). The longer one? Find below.

“The danger of global warming is now well and truly evident, so we must hurry to make changes and sacrifices. We have been living too long at the expense of future generations” – Margaret Thatcher. In 1992, during a United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, nations all across the world agreed to officially take action on the issue of climate change. This agreement was called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (more commonly known as UNFCCC) and was charged with organising an annual conference for all nations to tackle the issue of climate change. Thus, the concept of climate diplomacy was born.