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The initial concept for the film was motivated by the threat of an American nuclear strike against North Korea in 2017 and the realisation that the blast effects of a nuclear bomb though devastating, would be outweighed by the potentially catastrophic damage to the Earth's atmosphere. The film soundtrack begins with contemporary accounts of the Lakakigar volcanic eruption in 1783 that record the dramatic climatic effects both in Iceland and across the rest of Europe. The 1780s seemed like a pertinent emblematic moment to start the film because it marks the start of the industrial revolution and the Anthropocene that is the underlying cause of the current crisis of climate change. The film extends this ecological theme into the present day political crisis in Europe and America: Brexit, Trump, the rise of right-wing nationalism and denial of imminent global climate change.

This volume presents ten visual essays that reflect on the historical, cultural and socio-political legacies of empires. Drawing on a variety of visual genres and forms, including photographs, illustrated advertisements, stills from site-specific art performances and films, and maps, the book illuminates the contours of empire's social worlds and its political legacies through the visual essay. The guiding, titular metaphor, sharpening the haze, captures our commitment to frame empire from different vantage points, seeking focus within its plural modes of power. We contend that critical scholarship on empires would benefit from more creative attempts to reveal and confront empire. Broadly, the essays track a course from interrogations of imperial pasts to subversive reinscriptions of imperial images in the present, even as both projects inform each author's intervention

Abstract
Preliminary data show that Hong Kong's poor suffer increased exposure to air pollution. People in lower-class areas may be up to five times as likely to be hospitalized for respiratory illness as their counterparts in high-income areas. In addition, variation in household income may explain up to 60% of Air Pollution Index (API) variation between districts. Despite this, air pollution has not been seen as a class issue because of the invisibility of Hong Kong's poor, the nature of environmental activism, and a relative lack of class tensions.
Two of Asia's most significant trends are deepening income inequality and increasing environmental degradation. Yet, these two trends are often examined separately, as parts of entirely different spheres. Using air pollution in Hong Kong as a case study, this article argues that environmental issues and social class are intimately intertwined. Environmental burdens, such as air pollution, disproportionately affect the poor. Social class—who is generating pollution and who is affected—also determines how environmental issues are perceived and addressed. However, little combined analysis of social class and the environment exists outside the United States. Hong Kong's struggle to improve air quality in the post-handover period provides an unusual opportunity to examine the relationship between social class and the environment in Asia.

Peatland fires and haze events in Indonesia are disasters with national and international implications. The phenomena lead to direct damage to local assets, as well as broader economic, social and environmental losses. Despite the extensive efforts of many organizations, the situation persists. At present, Indonesian disaster management authorities manage peatland fire and haze events based on satellite data as well as static data on population density and distribution. But to better support affected populations, the Government is looking for more timely data and more information on the dynamics of the disaster, especially the situation on the ground. Pulse Lab Jakarta's Haze Gazer enhances disaster risk management efforts by providing real-time situational information from diverse data sources, including insights on the response strategies of haze-affected communities, in order to better protect vulnerable populations and the environment.