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...article in the Harvard Business Review (Taleb et al., 2009) noted that executives often make six basic mistakes in assessing risks. Paraphrased, these are: We think we can manage risk by predicting extreme events. We are convinced that studying the past will help us manage risk. We don’t listen to advice about what we shouldn’t do. We assume that risk can be measured...

...article we are using the current version of the calculator used in the U116 module (Environment: journeys through a changing world). It will be updated in a second edition. You should treat the calculator as an educational tool designed to be quick and easy to use and to explore options for reducing your existing carbon footprint, rather than to produce the most precise...

...et al., 2017). Even though the policies on food focus on feeding 9 billion people by 2050, in reality food is not distributed equally and some people have poorer access to food than others. In addition to the accessibility of food, affordability is also important. However, for hundreds of millions of people in the world, the cost of sufficient and nutritious food can be...