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What lessons in cyber resilience can be learnt from the UK High Street attacks?

Dr Patricia Esteve-Gonzalez, an Oxford Martin Fellow at the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), and Luna Rohland from the World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity, outline how organisations can take a strategic approach to minimising the impacts of cyber-attacks.

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Montserrat’s Premier Reuben Meade visits Oxford to deepen scientific collaboration on volcanic research

On May 6th, 2025, Montserrat’s Premier Reuben Meade visited the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University, hosted by the Oxford Martin School’s Rethinking Natural Resources (ReSET) Programme. The Premier was accompanied by Harvey Edgecombe, a senior advisor to the Montserrat government.

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Mobilising Private Capital to Scale Carbon Markets: Lessons from Insurance

Developing economies, excluding China, receive only 14 percent of total climate finance flows while they account for about one-quarter of global GDP. In addition, only 16 percent of these resources are dedicated to adaptation – with 98 percent of it provided by public actors.

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Climate Policy Monitor suggests growth of worldwide climate laws offers resilience to US rollbacks

The explosion of worldwide climate-related policies gives resilience to the climate fight even in the face of the USA’s dramatic change in policies under the Trump administration, findings from Oxford's Climate Policy Monitor show.

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REECON-UK: Rare Earth Element Forum

REECON-UK, a one-day multidisciplinary Rare Earth Element forum hosted by the Oxford Martin School Programme on Rethinking Natural Resources and Oxford EARTH.

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'Artificial intelligence bottlenecks - how we can achieve a brighter economic future?' with Prof Georgios Petropoulos

Artificial intelligence technologies have the potential to lead to substantial economic growth and prosperity. To achieve these objectives, we need to ensure the larger-scale adoption and diffusion of these technologies in a way that maximises their economic value for corporations, consumers and the industrial production.

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'Time to reset : ending the self-deception in Africa-Europe relations' with Prof Carlos Lopes

The illusions that have long defined Africa-Europe relations are not just outdated—they are, Professor Carlos Lopes argues, actively harmful. As Africa repositions itself within a rapidly changing global order, clinging to legacy narratives only deepens inequality and missed opportunities.

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Book talk - 'How To Think About AI: A Guide For The Perplexed' with Prof Richard Susskind

In recent years, and certainly since the launch of ChatGPT, there has been massive public and professional interest in Artificial Intelligence. But people are confused about what AI is, what it can and cannot do, what is yet to come, and whether AI is good or bad for humanity and civilisation - whether it will provide solutions to mankind's major challenges or become our gravest existential threat. There is also confusion about how we should regulate AI and where we should draw moral boundaries on its use.

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