Dismantling the Fossil-Fuel Economy
Our planet is facing a triple crisis of climate, nature, and pollution, with one common cause: the fossil-fuel economy. Oil, gas, and coal are...
Death of Davos
Global food prices are soaring. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index – which covers a basket of basic food commodities...
Climate Consensus in the Middle East
This week, I met a teenager in Ramallah named Miriam, who shared how much she has benefited from one of the 450 solar-powered schools...
First International Migration Review Forum kicks off after adoption of the global compact for...
A landmark meeting on international migration governance is slated to take place from 17-20 May at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York....
Ecosystem Restoration is Good for Your Health
Humanity currently faces multiple, interlinked existential crises. The catastrophic consequences of climate change, ecological degradation, and biodiversity loss have cascading knock-on effects on human...
Breathing New Life into Medical Oxygen
COVID-19 has taken at least 18 million lives, and it is anyone’s guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of...
International Community Still needs to Do Big Things
When US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau opened the Bretton Woods Conference almost 80 years ago, he reminded delegates that failures of international...
True and false ‘liberations’ Fighting the ghosts of neo-colonialism
By Jan Lipavský
Foreign Minister Of Czechia
This year, the celebrations of the victory in World War II are being overshadowed by blood and suffering on...
Asia’s Post-COVID Education Catch-Up
Across Asia and the Pacific, students and parents are breathing a sigh of relief as schools reopen and in-person classes gradually resume. But now...
Macron’s Win Is Not Populism’s Defeat
French President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election by a comfortable margin against an opponent with whom he shares a mutual dislike almost obscured a certain co-dependence...
