Aaron Nelson sits down with Dr John Steen, Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, to discuss the relationship between government regulation and private sector innovation in the pursuit of environmental sustainability. 

Aaron Nelson sits down with Dr Kevin Milligan, Professor at the University of British Columbia, to discuss the Canadian federal government's proposed changes to small business taxation.

Joanna Fensome discusses why anti-blasphemy protesters are creating a blockade in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. From there, we move on to the unfolding political changes occurring in Zimbabwe, where the rule of Robert Mugabe appears to be coming to an end, and discuss another resignation from UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s beleaguered government. Finally, we sign off with a quintessentially Japanese story about a train leaving 20 second earlier than scheduled. 

Nathan Seef discusses the Canadian government's ambitious goal of legalizing marijuana by next summer. After that we move over to Venezuela's restructuring of foreign debt followed by a discussion of the recent signing of Syria onto the Paris Climate Accord. Ending on a lighter note, we finish with a discussion of one of the latest trends in the green sector.

Nathan Seef, Joanna Fensome, and Luthfi Dhofier discuss Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power in China as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. We then move on to a discussion about the devastating suicide bombing on October 14th in the Somali capital of Mogadishu before touching on developments in the recent tensions in Spain over Catalan independence.

Joanna Fensome, Mitch Hulse, and Nathan Seef discuss the ongoing NAFTA talks between Canada, the US and Mexico for which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Washington this week. From there we move on to the recent announcement of a UK-Canada alliance to end coal power that will be officially launched at COP23 in Bonn, Germany in November.

Nathan Seef sits down with Elisha Connell and Laurélène Faye on a colloquium they attended last month in Paris addressing COP21 and the 2015 Paris climate agreement one year on.

Joanna Fensome, Mitch Hulse, and Raphaël Roman cover the latest developments on the divorce papers pertaining to Brexit, as well as a quick update on the Dutch elections and the anti-corruption protests in Russia.

Joanna Fensome and Mitch Hulse sit down with Mr Satya Tripathi, Executive Secretary of the Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility (TLFF) in Indonesia on issues surrounding sustainable development internationally, as well as tips for students interested in working in these fields.