Just transition, how to cut emissions without deepening inequality
Climate policy can move faster when governments protect household budgets, workers and the regions most exposed to change
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Citizen networks as a silent force when official diplomacy stalls
Informal networks, civic groups and local ties often keep dialogue alive when governments cannot, or will not, talk
Editorial Team SDG16
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Just transition, how to cut emissions without deepening inequality
Climate policy can move faster when governments protect household budgets, workers and the regions most exposed to change
Editorial Team SDG7
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Grid connection has become Europe’s main energy transition bottleneck
Clean power can be built quickly, but grid links, permits and court challenges often take far longer
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How long-duration energy storage works, what it costs, and why it matters for renewable grids
Long-duration energy storage could help power systems absorb more wind and solar, but cost, siting and policy still decide its future
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Peace, resources and conflict, how competition over water, land and minerals can turn violent
Recent reporting on Iranian threats around Gulf desalination plants shows how civilian water systems can enter regional coercion
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Nuclear power and the energy transition, where costs, timelines, safety and waste really stand
Nuclear can cut emissions, but high upfront costs and long build times shape how it compares with renewables and storage
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How to report on hunger without falling into victimising stereotypes
Responsible hunger reporting needs context, consent and dignity, not pity driven imagery or flattened narratives
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Citizen networks as a silent force when official diplomacy stalls
Informal networks, civic groups and local ties often keep dialogue alive when governments cannot, or will not, talk
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StepChange and the growing role of debt advice charities in household crisis
Free debt advice has become a frontline service as UK households struggle with arrears, rising essentials and insecure finances
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Growing up in a world that never stands still
How turning 18 shapes identity, emotional development and responsibility in a global society.
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Ashoka and the rise of social entrepreneurship as a civic force
The organisation helped define social entrepreneurship, but its larger wager is that changemaking should become a social norm
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Peace, resources and conflict, how competition over water, land and minerals can turn violent
Recent reporting on Iranian threats around Gulf desalination plants shows how civilian water systems can enter regional coercion
Editorial Team SDG6
3 days ago
StepChange and the growing role of debt advice charities in household crisis
Free debt advice has become a frontline service as UK households struggle with arrears, rising essentials and insecure finances
Editorial Team SDG1
6 days ago
The cost of living far from work, mobility as a driver of poverty
When cheaper housing lies on the urban edge, the daily journey to earn a living can deepen hardship
Editorial Team SDG8
Mar 24
Bond and the struggle to rebuild trust in international development
As aid budgets tighten and scrutiny grows, Bond sits at the centre of debates on safeguarding, partnerships and sector credibility
Editorial Team SDG16
Mar 20
The rural, urban education gap goes far beyond connectivity
Internet access matters, but rural learners are held back by deeper inequalities in teaching, transport, devices and support
Editorial Team SDG4
Mar 19
NGOs working on school dropout in later adolescence are filling gaps that states still leave open
As upper secondary dropout remains high, civil society groups are targeting poverty, gender, conflict and exclusion
Editorial Team SDG4
Mar 14
Telemedicine in rural areas, where it helps and where it does not
Remote care can widen access in rural communities, but it cannot replace clinics, staff, diagnostics, or emergency transport
Editorial Team SDG3
Mar 13
European green capital award sets out blueprint for sustainable city leadership
EU-backed recognition scheme highlights city policies that lift quality of life, and builds networks to spread workable sustainability practice
Editorial Team SDG11
Mar 11
Southeast Asia’s landmine survivors cannot wait for perfect politics
Prosthetics, rehabilitation and long-term support remain the clearest measure of real progress for survivors
Editorial Team SDG16
Mar 10
Energy poverty in tourist areas is hiding in plain sight
Bright resorts, dark homes: how tourism growth can deepen unequal energy access for workers and host communities
Editorial Team SDG10
Mar 8
Energy transition powers top spot in latest global environmental index
Estonia’s 40% emissions cut and tougher protection for forests and wetlands underpin its rise in the 2024-2025 EPI
Editorial Team SDG7
Mar 4
School meal networks, local procurement and traceability, what is changing?
From farm to school to traceability rules, districts want shorter supply chains, but funding and logistics are tightening in USA
Editorial Team SDG3
Mar 3
Waste Warriors Society scales up waste management work across the Indian Himalayan region
A volunteer clean-up group has grown into a regional operator running collection, sorting and community programmes across Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
Editorial Team SDG15
Feb 27
Global Brigades brings mobile dental care to remote villages
A volunteer-led mobile unit treated more than 200 children in Honduras, where the nearest hospital can be over three hours away on foot
Editorial Team SDG3
Feb 20
The world is changing, global civil society is the glue holding long term progress together
The UN SDGs offer a common blueprint, but it is civil society that turns goals into lasting projects on the ground
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Feb 20
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