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All about risk and vulnerability, and the interplay between individuals and national policies responding to Coronavirus. 

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Limits to Growth was right. New research shows we're nearing collapse | Cathy Alexander and Graham Turner

Graham Turner and Cathy Alexander: Four decades after the book was published, Limit to Growth’s forecasts have been vindicated by new Australian research. Expect the early stages of global collapse to start appearing soon

“The Earth is finite”. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

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As Coronavirus Deepens Inequality, Inequality Worsens Its Spread

The pandemic is widening social and economic divisions that also make the virus deadlier, a self-reinforcing cycle that experts warn could have consequences for years to come.

What is a multiplier effect? To what extent inequalities affect the risk of contracting and surviving the coronavirus? Think about it from an individual - national and global scale.

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

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The UAE’s longer term approach on energy security

Plans for underground oil storage facility in Fujairah is part of a bigger game plan

Habshan-Fujairah oil extension pipeline - how it provides more reliable international oil export and reduces geopolitical instability.

http://www.iags.org/geopolitics.html

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Trans-Tasman sport in chaos as New Zealand implements Aussie travel restrictions

A cricket series has been cancelled and the NRL, A-League and Super Rugby could now be forced to suspend their seasons after the NZ government’s order.

What are the short term and long term impacts from NZ’s strict boarder control policy?

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NZ enacts sweeping border restrictions

New Zealand has enacted sweeping border restrictions forcing anyone who arrives in the country to go straight to quarantine. The unprecedented measure...

How does government policies affect different stakeholders?

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Justin Trudeau announces sweeping steps to tackle coronavirus in Canada

Prime minister delivers address from self-imposed quarantine shuttering parliament and advising curbs on international travel

What are the economic impact from the government response?

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Coronavirus measures for Indigenous communities get poor grade from opposition MPs

Many Indigenous communities do not have local doctors or hospitals and must be flown to urban centres to be treated for serious conditions, which makes them additionally vulnerable.

What are the impacts of Coronavirus for different groups of people?

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New Jersey town urges people to self-quarantine as US coronavirus cases top 2,800

Americans are waking up to a country under a national emergency. In many neighborhoods, grocery shelves will be empty. International travel is now heavily restricted. Some church services may be canceled or live streamed this weekend. There won't be NBA, golf or soccer games to watch. Broadway shows have halted too. And in many states, mass gatherings are outright banned.

How powerful are governments? What can they do? What are the possibilities with the current pandemic situation? Can it be stop? When will it be stopped?