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Back to SearchThe SDGs: Can we solve all of the world's problems?
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In 2015 the world set itself 17 very ambitious targets: the Sustainable Development Goals. To end hunger, eradicate poverty, ensure h…
4 years, 11 months ago
How to prevent a cold war in science
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Diplomats and scientists often live in different worlds and don’t have open access to each other’s community.
A new foundation known a…
5 years ago
Extinction: old work habits and hierarchies?
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Covid 19 has changed the way we work. But has it changed how we value work?
Host Imogen Foulkes asks if our old workplace habits and h…
5 years ago
Killer robots: should algorithms decide who lives or dies?
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In Geneva, complex negotiations are underway to decide if a treaty is needed to control, or even ban, lethal autonomous weapons – or …
5 years ago
How 9/11 has eroded our human rights
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How have our attitudes to human rights changed since 9/11? What about our laws?
Imogen Foulkes is joined by Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Sp…
5 years, 1 month ago
Afghanistan: aid agencies are staying
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The troops have left Afghanistan but aid agencies say they’re staying. How will that work, with the Taliban back in control?
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5 years, 1 month ago
Chocolate, gold, human rights: what’s the Swiss Connection?
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In this episode Imogen Foulkes is joined by Susan Misicka, host of sister podcast The Swiss Connection. We take a deep dive into what…
5 years, 2 months ago
Afghanistan: The forever war?
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Some call the war in Afghanistan "the forever war". But now the US and NATO are leaving. The conflict is escalating. Inside Geneva tr…
5 years, 2 months ago
Human rights: Holding businesses to account
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Ten years ago, the United Nations adopted a landmark set of guiding principles on business and human rights.
"Those who have been harm…
5 years, 3 months ago
War crimes: Holding perpetrators to account
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How do we bring war criminals to justice? Who can bring prosecutions? The country where the crimes took place? The International Crim…
5 years, 3 months ago