All posts tagged "China"
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EU and China pledge to strengthen climate cooperation
The leaders of China and the European Union have agreed to strengthen their cooperation on climate change in the face of what they described as the “fluid and turbulent international
- Posted August 4, 2025
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BRICS leaders urge richer nations to fund global energy transition
Wealthy nations should fund the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries, BRICS leaders reiterated at a summit in Rio de Janeiro on 7 July. BRICS is an
- Posted July 8, 2025
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Global temperatures set to breach 1.5°C threshold over next five years, UN says
There is a 70% chance that the 5-year average warming for 2025-2029 will exceed the 1.5°C global warming limit set under the Paris Agreement, according to the World Meteorological Organization
- Posted June 4, 2025
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Current climate policy ‘doomed to fail’, says former UK PM Tony Blair
Net zero policies are increasingly viewed as “unaffordable, ineffective, or politically toxic” and efforts to phase out fossil fuels in the short term are “doomed to fail”, according to a
- Posted May 1, 2025
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Paris Agreement goals out of reach unless top emitters step up, study warns
Collective efforts “still fall far short” of what is needed to limit global warming to 1.5C of pre-industrial levels, according to research by the World Resources Institute (WRI). The study
- Posted April 24, 2025
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UK to introduce performance-related pay for civil servants, Kenya declares climate change a national security threat: news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence In this edition: UK to introduce performance-related pay for civil servants The UK government will introduce a performance-related pay regime
- Posted May 16, 2024
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Senior US official defends telework policy – as Canadian government wants officials in the office three days a week
Welcome to this month’s Global Government Forum Management and Workforce Monitor This month, we cover the latest thinking on remote working, a payroll hack at the UK’s Ministry of Defence,
- Posted May 7, 2024
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Defeating disinformation: how to create a healthier national conversation
Bad actors are poisoning the information well from which populations drink in the democratic world. In the final part of our investigation into overseas interference in elections, Matt Ross asks
- Posted February 11, 2024
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Knowing and showing: how intelligence and transparency can combat electoral interference
For a decade, hostile powers overseas have been interfering in elections and stoking public anger in Europe and North America – and the domestic beneficiaries of these operations often stymie
- Posted February 4, 2024
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A subtle opponent: China’s influence operations
China’s attempts to influence electorates in the democratic world are far more targeted and less destructive than the tactics deployed by Russia – but that doesn’t make them any less
- Posted January 28, 2024