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The world changes when society chooses to change it - part one
History shows that organised citizens have shaped many of the world’s greatest advances, proving that lasting change often begins far beyond the corridors of power
Editorial Team SDG17
7 days ago5 min read
World Bicycle Relief turns rural mobility into essential infrastructure
Purpose-built bicycles help communities reach schools, clinics and markets where transport remains scarce
Editorial Team SDG9
Aug 55 min read
Working animals at the centre of community resilience
Around 200 million animals may contribute to the livelihoods of between 300 million and 600 million people worldwide
Editorial Team SDG8
Aug 46 min read
Teach A Man To Fish brings enterprise learning into the classroom
School businesses connect practical education with work skills, local opportunity and greater self-reliance
Editorial Team SDG4
Aug 35 min read
Advanced geothermal could take continuous clean power beyond volcanic regions
New drilling techniques may unlock deep heat almost anywhere, but costs, seismic risk and water use remain decisive
Editorial Team SDG7
Aug 26 min read
When coastlines can no longer be defended
Managed retreat tests whether governments can reduce coastal risk without dismantling communities
Editorial Team SDG11
Aug 16 min read
AI data centres are testing the limits of power and water systems
Faster computing is intensifying pressure on electricity grids, cooling water and environmental accountability
Editorial Team SDG9
Jul 316 min read
When climate risk makes insurance unaffordable
Repeated disasters are pushing insurance, mortgages and public budgets into a growing protection gap
Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 296 min read
The Advocates for Human Rights links legal aid to systemic reform
How documentation, pro bono representation and international advocacy turn individual cases into wider human rights action
Editorial Team SDG16
Jul 286 min read
Architecture of inequality, the built environment shapes life chances
Housing, transport, green space and public services are not neutral infrastructure. They distribute health, wealth and opportunity.
Editorial Team SDG11
Jul 277 min read
ARTICLE 19 turns free expression principles into practical protection
How a global rights organisation uses law, policy and local partnerships to defend speech and the public’s right to know
Editorial Team SDG16
Jul 255 min read
The world's largest forest restoration experiment
China's Three-North Shelter Forest Program shows both the promise and the limits of restoring degraded landscapes
Editorial Team SDG15
Jul 248 min read
Women defending land and water are reshaping environmental leadership
Women environmental defenders protect shared resources while confronting violence, exclusion and legal pressure
Editorial Team SDG5
Jul 235 min read
What the evidence says about global warming — part three
What remains uncertain, what science says with confidence, and why evidence should guide the conversation more than ideology
Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 226 min read
What the evidence says about global warming — part two
How glaciers, polar ice and atmospheric chemistry reveal a coherent picture of climate change and help distinguish human influence from natural variability
Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 216 min read
What the evidence says about global warming — part one
How measurements from land, oceans and space transformed global warming from a scientific hypothesis into one of the best-documented changes in the modern Earth system
Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 207 min read
From landfill to the power grid: the new generation of plants aiming to turn waste into energy without releasing its carbon
Europe is supporting pioneering projects that combine waste-to-energy with carbon capture to reduce the climate impact of residual waste
Editorial Team SDG9
Jul 194 min read
The politics of clean air: health, power and environmental justice
Air pollution exposes how transport, energy and urban policy determine who breathes safely and who carries the greatest health burden
Editorial Team SDG3
Jul 186 min read
Locked out of finance, trapped in poverty
Banking exclusion leaves low-income workers, migrants and rural communities paying more and facing greater risks
Editorial Team SDG1
Jul 107 min read
The ethics of climate adaptation and the question of who is protected first
As climate risks intensify, adaptation choices are becoming tests of fairness, power and public responsibility
Editorial Team SDG13
Jul 75 min read
After the tremor, the question we can no longer postpone
Venezuela must turn its natural resources into reconstruction, dignity and a shared future
Editorial
Jun 276 min read
Decidim, the living code of democracy
Barcelona's open-source platform Decidim transforms rigid administration into a dynamic, inclusive urban ecosystem
Till Heumann
Jun 96 min read
The power of caring when the world looks away
In Tuvalu, civil society organisations are showing how solidarity, climate action and community responsibility can shape resilience in one of the world’s most vulnerable countries
Editorial
Jun 75 min read
When a child has to go viral to receive treatment, the system has already failed
In Spain, the case of a boy from Seville with butterfly skin disease has exposed a deeper problem: life-changing medicines should not depend on television, social media pressure or a photograph with a regional president.
Editorial Team SDG3
Jun 45 min read
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