Plus: how Germans are voting
| | | | US president Donald Trump recently shared a piece of academic research on Truth Social showing that 68% of people in Greenland want independence. The research was based on an extensive survey carried out in 2018 across the territory. So when one of the authors of the study got in touch, we of course wanted to hear what he had to say. Here, Gustav Agneman sets out what people actually told him when he asked what they thought about separating from Denmark – the findings don't add weight to Trump's claim on the land. Shortly after vowing the US would exploit "the liquid gold under our feet" in his inaugural address, Trump signed an executive order to leave the Paris agreement on climate action. University of Barcelona researchers explain why halting the extraction and use of fossil fuels, which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says is the best way to moderate global warming, has been so difficult – but also identify government reforms and industry practices that could help. The failure to halt rising carbon emissions has boosted the appeal of "degrowth", a critique of growth and profit as economic priorities that includes environmentalism as a central concern. Many degrowth advocates say that wealthier countries should reduce economic activity to reduce environmental harm, but there's a lot more debate over whether or not poorer countries should do the same – and who has the right to say so. The German federal elections are set for February 23. This week, in a special election podcast, an expert on right-wing extremism at the University of Tübingen discusses the anti-immigrant AfD party's embrace of "Völkisch nationalism", a white supremacist narrative about German heritage. In a companion article, the researcher examines how support for AfD – which is currently polling at 20 percent – reflects a shifting division between voters from rural areas, who may maintain traditional ideals after moving closer to cities, and voters from urban areas, including those setting up home offices in new countryside abodes. |  | Philippe Theise Editor, Paris | |  Kulusuk village in East Greenland. Shutterstock/Muratart Gustav Agneman, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Greenland has recently drawn global attention, yet much of the coverage centers on US and Danish perspectives rather than what Greenlanders themselves want. |  TR STOK/Shutterstock Guillem Rius Taberner, Universitat de Barcelona; Alejandro Marcos Valls, Universitat de Barcelona; Gorka Muñoa Capron-Manieux, Universitat de Barcelona; Martí Orta-Martínez, Universitat de Barcelona Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement and vowed to increase fossil fuel extraction. |  At a demonstration against pension reform, a person holds a sign that reads, "let's plan for degrowth, not decrepitude". FrederickFlorin/AFP Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch, Europa-Universität Flensburg; Birte Strunk, The New School Should the world's less developed nations be part of the "degrowth" movement? The debate involves considerations of economic dependency, neocolonialism and ecological debt. | | |  Rolf Frankenberger, University of Tübingen Spatial mapping shows votes for the AfD are concentrated in the east and in the most rural areas, while university towns turn away. | |  Laura Hood, The Conversation Rolf Frankenberger, an expert on right-wing extremism in Germany, talks to The Conversation Weekly about what kind of Germany the AFD wants to return to. |  María Ángeles Cadarso, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; Ángela García-Alaminos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; Louise Curran, TBS Education; Thibaut Joltreau, TBS Education By 'reshoring' key industries, the EU can reduce emissions, strengthen supply chains, and mitigate geopolitical risks. | |  Carles Vergara-Alert, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra) Pedro Sánchez' 100% tax on non-EU buyers misses the point. The real solution is building more homes. | | | | | -
Maja Mielke, University of Antwerp Researchers have discovered that massive beaks and strong bites hinder the velocity of beak movement in songbirds. The musical differences that result may have consequences for evolution. -
Lluís Montoliu, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB - CSIC) Stem cell engineering and CRISPR were used to create mice with two male parents. Could we use this technique on humans? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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