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Geographic themes

Freshwater

Dubai battles flood waters as historic storm causes chaos

‘New climate reality’ stretches global freshwater supply

AI boom sparks concern over Big Tech’s water consumption

Extreme environments

Denmark raises investment in Arctic surveillance to counter Russian build-up

Oceans and coastal margins

To save the oceans, start eating ‘naked clams’

geophysical hazards

Japan earthquake death toll rises to 55 as military joins relief effort

Urban environments

Low traffic neighbourhood schemes drive wedge between communities across UK

Saudi Arabia’s mega-project: a 170km line city through the desert

How cities around the world are tackling climate change

Leisure, tourism and sport

AC Milan in talks to promote war-torn DRC as tourist destination

Less meat on menus and fewer new venues: how the Olympics is trying to go green

Food and health

Malnutrition crisis threatens child health gains, warns Bill Gates

UK becomes first European country to approve lab-grown meat

Global change

Unit 1 — Population distribution — changing population

Asia’s ageing population could deliver a ‘silver dividend’

South Korea bets on foreign housekeepers to ease women’s workloads and boost birth rate

Marriage holds key to Japan’s falling births

Pandemic blamed for falling birth rates across much of Europe

Unit 2 — Global climate — vulnerability and resilience

Europe must push for low CO₂ bread, says fertiliser group chief

Alarm raised on sea level rise and ocean warming as Pacific Islands leaders meet

Warmer, wetter, hotter, drier — February caps unending stretch of record temperatures

Ski industry navigates new terrain to fend off threat of climate change

Unit 3 — Global resource consumption and security

UAE’s Taqa seeks to shine with solar energy push

India’s energy demands to grow more than those of other countries, says IEA chief

Global interactions

Unit 4 — Power, places and networks

UK gives Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure military base

Christmas shipments rush risks deepening supply chain crisis, warns Maersk boss

Unit 5 — Human development and diversity

The far-right’s disturbing success in eastern Germany

Joe Biden to raise solar import tariffs in bid to protect US industry

Unit 6 — Global risks and resilience

North Korean hackers use AI for more sophisticated scams

Richard Allaway, International School of Geneva/geographyalltheway.com