This week on Policy Forum Pod we chat to the Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce John Denton AO, to find out how the business world is implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. We also hear from Quentin Grafton about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and the recent Four Corners show.

In efforts to challenge sanction regimes, Russia has been enthusiastically advancing its relations in the Middle East, actively engaging with Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq across various sectors, Isaac Kfir writes.

Though current legal frameworks are unprepared to protect the interests of those displaced by climate change-related events, project benefit-sharing could help countries manage these risks, providing they select the right projects in the first place, Susanna Price writes.

As sea levels rise across the Pacific, entire populations find themselves under increasing threat. That’s why, this World Refugee Day, we’ve decided to focus on ‘climate refugees’. Patrick Cooney sets the scene for the discussions to come, emphasising the need for a globally recognised definition for climate refugees amidst a brewing crisis.

Though this year’s African Cup of Nations will no longer be held in Cameroon, with Huawei soon set to introduce its 5G network to the continent, China’s grip on Africa is likely to stay tight for now, Simon Chadwick writes.

As competition rises amongst major powers of the Indo-Pacific, so do concerns around China’s increasing involvement in small Pacific nations and their economies, Bahauddin Foizee writes.