... t is only by deepening our understanding of biodiversity that we will comprehend nature’s full potential – and our impact on it. This knowledge is very site-specific, and acquiring it will require con ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-07
... ng offset by the fact that COP28 is hosted by a petrostate, and presided over by the leader of that petrostate’s oil company. This is particularly concerning since averting catastrophic climate scenar ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-07
... ught down by pressure”, adding that Hong Kong’s financial market has a solid foundation, it is “internationalised, comprehensive and growing in nature”. We don’t need a senior government official to t ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-06
... uted with by propositions that are least refutable. The search for truth becomes a search for conformity and uniformity. The in-group dominates, whilst the out-group is silenced, then erased. The majo ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-06
... generated by reducing military spending, while those on the right seemed to believe that taxes exist only to be cut. The most misguided approach involved using central banks to purchase government deb ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-06
... trillion by 2040, which will be equivalent to around 2.3% of global GDP. Smart building will enable the GBA to achieve its goal of becoming a global epicenter of trade and productivity. As the GBA’s ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-06
Last month, Hurricane Daniel showed The Middle East and North Africa is rapidly becoming one of the regions worst affected by extreme weather due to climate change. It claimed thousands of lives in Li ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-05
... attended by top business leaders, assuring them that China was ready to be a friend and partner of the United States and asserting that its modernization offered a “huge opportunity” for the world. N ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-05
... was asked by a friend whom I hosted a brief dinner to bid farewell to a couple of months back, over a well-done steak on her plate, and a blue on mine. I suppose one could term this a divergence in ta ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-05
... 山公路大欖段OMA by the Sea昨日更新價單，將其中3個單位定價下調3.5%至4.6%，最高樓價折扣由 ...全文
... f the Presbyterian Church; it was founded in 1876 by a Scottish missionary. Her mother, Peggy Cooley, was a musician and music teacher who learnt to speak Taiwanese fluently. Bi-khim grew up speaking ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-04
Part of the following was based on a few scrambled notes and thoughts I had put together in a personal journal a few years back. The rest, of course, is history – or rather, the byproduct culminating ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-04
... dominated by the actors one might expect – developed countries like the United States, as well as rising powers like China – they are also one of the rare multilateral forums where questions of histor ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-04
... nfidence. By reducing output, spending, and employment, this scenario could tip currently stagnant European economies into mild recessions. In the second scenario, the war in Gaza is followed by regio ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-04
... emissions by 2050. Sound ESG strategies that focus on robust standards, clear metrics, and strict compliance procedures can improve the investment decision-making process for firms in all sectors. Thi ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-01
... ew ground by passing the News Media Bargaining Code, compelling Alphabet (Google) and Meta (Facebook) to pay media outlets for news content shared on their platforms. This model has since gained tract ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-01
... were hit by at least one ransomware attack last year, and just under half (48%) suffered even two or three attacks. So, as cybercriminals constantly evolve their tactics and find new ways to bypass s ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-01
... n of duty by the ‘first line’ of defence, e.g. school administrators and teachers, whilst paying little to no heed to the fact that with the exodus in teachers and families, many schools are experienc ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-30
... van Gogh by a Muslim extremist. The Party for Freedom (PVV), founded by Wilders in 2006, did not exist yet. But I was interested in the views of an outspoken critic of Islam, and of immigrants with a ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-30
... it holds by 95bn USD/month through not fully reinvesting redemptions in its securities portfolio. A quick look at a simplified Fed balance sheet will clarify the underlying dynamics. The securities h ...More
EJ Insight2023-11-30
