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Climate Risks

How to defuse the climate-debt time bomb for small island states

We need innovative solutions to allow small island nations to manage debt and build climate resilience as global funding declines

Emily Wilkinson, Ali Naseer Mohamed

Published April 25, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

Nutrition can be golden thread for fragile aid system

With aid funding falling and climate change accelerating, we must protect nutrition programmes or risk losing long-term gains

Afshan Khan

Published April 23, 2025

Just Transition

Charles Oppenheimer: The World Bank should fund nuclear energy

In the face of dual energy and climate crises, the World Bank must reconsider its outdated ban on financing nuclear power

Charles Oppenheimer

Published April 21, 2025

Digital Rights

African students need fast internet: we have an answer

Public-private partnerships can get African schools online quickly. It's not just about education: it’s also about economic growth

Etleva Kadilli

Published April 17, 2025

Money, Power and People

ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ groups at risk of closure as USAID freeze adds to cuts

The impact on civil society will be devastating. We must protect and strengthen multilateralism, democracy and civic space

Julia Ehrt, Gabriel Galil

Published April 16, 2025

Money, Power and People

UN’s Nkweta-Salami: Donors, please don’t desert Sudan now

What we do - or fail to do - in the coming months will shape not only Sudan’s future, but also the stability of the region

Clementine Nkweta-Salami

Published April 15, 2025

Climate Risks

COVID showed us how ingenuity, speed, and collaboration can save the planet

We must prioritise research and the application of groundbreaking solutions to the climate crisis, and roll them out quickly

Jean-Claude Burgelman

Published April 11, 2025

Big Tech

‘Adolescence’ shows the danger of tech writing its own rules

The Netflix hit Adolescence highlights how online bullying, harmful content and exploitation run rife on social media

Leanda Barrington-Leach

Published April 09, 2025

Money, Power and People

Attacks on abortion rights ‘catastrophic’ for women’s health

Rollback of gender equality and attacks on reproductive rights are taking place as other fundamental rights come under pressure

Isabelle Rome

Published April 04, 2025

Money, Power and People

When children in Gaza are not off limits, the world has failed

There is only one path left that can shield Gaza’s children from further devastation: a definitive ceasefire

Rachael Cummings

Published April 01, 2025