Despite its small size, Portugal’s climate varies significantly from north to south, thanks to its unique geographical positioning and diverse topography. The country can be divided into three distinct climate zones: the north, centered around Porto; the central region, near Lisbon; and the south...
Reefs and a crystal-clear lagoon surround an island encircled by near-perfect beaches. The interior, too, has plenty of appeal, with rugged mountains, forest-filled valleys and a handful of endangered species, as well as an intriguing cultural and culinary mix. Rates (CNY) ¥1,350 to ...
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is a small island country situated near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago with Bahrain Island, the largest land mass, at 55 km long by 18 km wide. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the ...
Public transport is provided by water buses (Italian: vaporetti) and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola. One end of the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin; in between, it makes a...
The same period also saw international arrivals hit 97% of their pre-pandemic levels, signaling a near complete recovery. This growth in international tourism coincides with a rise in choosing to travel alone, with 59% of travelers surveyed earlier this year by Booking.com saying they wanted to...
The first few years were marked by a communist uprising, confrontation with Indonesia and the withdrawal of Singapore in 1965. Malaysia has a constitutional monarchy headed by a mostly ceremonial monarch, who appoints a prime minister. The country has an open, diversified, upper-middle income ...
^ The second essay looks into the possibility that over the near term, the poverty impacts of climate change mitigation policy might be more significant than the poverty impacts of climate change itself. The essay uses the same modeling framework as the first essay to generate poverty ...
The BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 (poverty eradication) and SDG 8 (sus
Put differently, we suggest that the greenness of economic recovery packages helps reveal the extent to which governments prioritize climate policy in the near term. How credible are international climate pledges? To contrast countries’ climate policy ambition with the greenness of economic recovery ...
Recent cross-cultural and neuro-hormonal investigations have suggested that love is a near universal phenomenon that has a biological background. Therefore, the remaining important question is not whether love exists worldwide but which cultural, social,