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Last day of the year: when change did not come from governments
An end-of-year reflection on real progress driven by people and civil society, one Sustainable Development Goal at a time.
Editorial Team SDG17
Dec 31, 20254 min read
Year in review: twelve stories that shaped 2025
A month-by-month selection of the most meaningful shifts, voices and ideas featured on Global Society News.
Editorial
Dec 30, 20258 min read
Sustainable construction inspires a new era of climate-adaptive design
Twenty-five global projects redefine architecture for resilience, innovation and decarbonisation
Editorial Team SDG11
Dec 29, 20252 min read
Climate justice at the tipping point as courts recast inaction as a human-rights violation
How a quiet legal shift is reshaping global expectations for fair, sustainable governance
Editorial Team SDG16
Dec 28, 20253 min read
Europe’s mission cities chart new paths to net zero
New research reveals how innovative financing and governance models can accelerate the EU’s urban sustainability goals
Editorial Team SDG11
Dec 27, 20252 min read
Strategic UN partnership drives sustainable development innovation
Indonesia launches new cooperation framework to accelerate SDG progress through finance, data, and policy alignment
Editorial Team SDG17
Dec 26, 20253 min read
Digital Power, Inclusion, and the Global Society: Patrick Lumumba’s Peer Interview with Edwin Ochola
A conversation on digital inclusion, African leadership, and building an inclusive Global Society through connection and shared responsibility.
Editorial Team SDG16
Dec 25, 20255 min read
Melting glaciers are rewiring water security
The slow loss of mountain ice is becoming one of the most underestimated risks to global stability
Editorial Team SDG13
Dec 24, 20253 min read
When green slowly turns dark green
A calm reflection on climate actions that, beneath a sustainable narrative, reveal social and environmental costs that cannot be ignored
Editorial Team SDG17
Dec 23, 20254 min read
EPA web revisions spark concern over omission of fossil fuels in climate change explanation
Scientists warn that removing references to fossil fuels from U.S. environmental web pages risks public confusion and weakens climate literacy
Editorial Team SDG13
Dec 22, 20252 min read
Age of disconsent
youth exchange explores political literacy and responsible citizenship across borders
Editorial Team SDG16
Dec 21, 20253 min read
Zambian teachers lead climate action in Kafue biosphere reserve
Empowering educators to protect biodiversity and build resilient communities
Editorial Team SDG13
Dec 20, 20253 min read
Climate justice at the tipping point as courts recast inaction as a human-rights violation
How a quiet legal shift is reshaping global expectations for fair, sustainable governance
Editorial Team SDG13
Dec 19, 20253 min read
The inequality crisis and the age of ultra-wealth
Why extreme concentration of wealth is testing global fairness and SDG 10
Editorial Team SDG10
Dec 18, 20253 min read
Red cross and red crescent scale back aid as crises grow
Funding cuts expose limits of global humanitarianism at a time of conflict climate shocks and displacement
Editorial Team SDG16
Dec 17, 20252 min read
When green energy becomes contested, downstream effects of withdrawing fossil fuel support
A shifting moment for global energy finance as governments reassess risk, security and sustainability
Editorial Team SDG7
Dec 16, 20254 min read
Ai’s quiet drift toward structural inequality
How uneven access to emerging technologies could harden global divides in the decades ahead
Editorial Team SDG10
Dec 15, 20254 min read
News from the BedrettoLab – earthquakes explicitly welcome
Research deep beneath the Alps reveals how controlled seismic tests and microbial discoveries are reshaping our understanding of the Earth
Petra Fritz
Dec 14, 20255 min read
Rebalancing power through storytelling: Shenali Rajaratnam’s expanding influence on global leadership
As her network widens, Rajaratnam’s work links digital equity, gender leadership and SDG-aligned collaboration across continents
Editorial Team SDG5
Dec 13, 20253 min read
The launch of the “be hope – end aids” campaign
Global solidarity, innovation and shared responsibility place the end of AIDS within reach
Editorial Team SDG3
Dec 12, 20254 min read
Gender Equality – A foundation for sustainable development and lasting peace
One of the most powerful, yet persistently undervalued, strategies for long-term sustainable development is hiding in plain sight.
Lovisa Ralpher WIN WIN
Dec 11, 20252 min read
Harnessing evolutionary intelligence: young scientists drive a breakthrough in biogenic materials
Emerging talent leads a breakthrough in biogenic materials, merging AI and evolution to tackle tomorrow’s environmental challenges
Editorial Team SDG9
Dec 10, 20254 min read
Older people slipping into dental poverty, a hidden crisis with visible consequences
When oral health is out of reach for the middle classes, the result is pain, isolation and a crisis in dignity
Joan Ubide
Dec 9, 20254 min read
Safeguarding the planet one acre at a time
How the World Land Trust empowers local communities to protect Earth’s most vital ecosystems
Editorial Team SDG15
Dec 8, 20252 min read
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