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Jonathon Porritt and the Corner House offer two very different perspectives on one of the big debates of the day.

How not to run an economy

Cartoon by Polyp

A film about how far we know and trust others, and how other people make us who we are, partly through the stories we hear.

Some Pacifc islands are already being evacuated. Bangladesh stands next in the climate change frontline. The difference is, it has a massive and growing population.

The dawn of a new decade has Maria Golia pondering the past.

Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels

China and Iran: two ways to do family planning.

How ‘abstinence’ is pushing up the abortion rate.

The best books, music & films of 2009 as reviewed by NI.

Every home in Sierra Leone is well stocked with candles, gasoline lanterns and trusty flashlights. These are life essentials in the capital, Freetown, where electricity is intermittent at best.

Brazil has no specific law to deal with internet content.

Includes a murky past.

The average age of the population is increasing – people are living longer. Also, women are having fewer children. But is this greying of nations really a ‘crisis’?

The struggle to eradicate landmines continues