A curated selection of public diplomacy-relevant news from a global cross-section of English-language media outlets, including independent, corporate-owned, and state-sponsored sources. The stories featured don't necessarily represent CPD's views nor have they been verified by CPD.
Save the Panel on Climate Change!
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been heavily criticized for erroneous projections. In the following editorial, climate researchers Richard Tol, Roger Pielke and Hans von Storch call for a reform of the IPCC.
How Sun Power Could Save the World
An international research collaboration, supported financially by the European Union and by the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Korean, Russian and US governments, has recently embarked upon one of the world's greatest and most ambitious scientific challenges.
Russia Loses Science Powerhouse Standing
Political turmoil, a brain drain of scientists and waning interest have transformed Russia from a nation that launched the first satellite into an increasingly minor player in the world of science, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Tuesday.
Sustainable Development Linked to Scientific Innovation
Everyone agrees that better science and technology is vital, but as Watkins and other World Bank staff at the Global Forum asked, what should the Bank’s role be in this process?
Vietnam Draws on Finland’s Experience in Promoting Science and Technology
A delegation from the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology visited Finland from January 16-25 to gather ideas for promoting science and technology.
Online Forum Aims to Revamp Emirati Image
Tired of stereotypes and lack of community amongst Emiratis, two University graduates launched Emiratweet, an online social media initiative aimed at promoting dialogue and challenging the negatives image imposed on them. Through the use of social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, the organizers bring together Emiratis for a variety of offline activities such as EmiraTalents, EmiraTalks and EmiraTech.
Chinese and American Scientists Meet to Discuss Environmental Causes of Cancer
Researchers from science and public health organizations in China and the United States met in China, to discuss collaboration in cancer epidemiology, environmental monitoring, and tobacco control, and how to foster translational research.
India’s cricket blunder
At an auction to pick the players for the eight franchises that compete in the IPL, not a single Pakistani player was recruited. Pakistan reacted furiously. Pakistani boycott is somehow a clever deployment of Indian soft power is similarly misplaced.
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