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IDF Europe and the quiet logistics of diabetes care in crisis
How a European diabetes network helps protect access to insulin, supplies and care during emergencies
Editorial Team SDG3
5 days ago6 min read
The World Food Programme at the centre of a growing hunger hotspot crisis
The UN agency’s food crisis assessments have become an essential warning system as acute food insecurity deepens
Editorial Team SDG2
6 days ago6 min read
Education Cannot Wait and the widening education emergency facing children in crisis
The UN fund tracks and supports education needs as conflict, displacement and climate shocks keep millions from school
Editorial Team SDG4
May 77 min read
TELL Japan, the quiet infrastructure of mental health support
A Tokyo-based non-profit offers confidential counselling and crisis support for people navigating distress in Japan
Editorial Team SDG3
May 55 min read
Climate disasters, conflict and exclusion are making education unstable for millions of children
Schools may still stand, but crisis is making learning less regular, safe and equal for millions of children
Editorial Team SDG4
May 46 min read
Water Stewardship enters the age of shared responsibility
The Alliance for Water Stewardship shows how water risk is becoming a question of trust, governance and collective action
Editorial Team SDG6
May 35 min read
Infrastructure, power, and people: inside Africa’s shift from ambition to execution
Insights from the Africa We Build Summit 2026 on Africa’s infrastructure shift, capital, and regional integration
Edwin Ochola
May 23 min read
The Water Project and the difficult work of keeping rural water systems running
A water charity working in Kenya, Uganda and Sierra Leone highlights the gap between access and reliability
Editorial Team SDG6
Apr 286 min read
Fundación Affinity and the careful case for animal-assisted therapy
A Spanish foundation has helped move human-animal bonds from sentiment into health, care and education practice
Joan Ubide
Apr 265 min read
Community-led conservation initiative focuses on biodiversity and rural livelihoods in Mpem et Djim
In Cameroon, BIOCOM-MDJ aims to involve nearby villages in protecting wildlife, forests and sustainable local livelihoods
Editorial Team SDG15
Apr 203 min read
The World Food Programme at the centre of a growing hunger hotspot crisis
The UN agency’s food crisis assessments have become an essential warning system as acute food insecurity deepens
Editorial Team SDG2
Apr 156 min read
How Europe’s debt architecture is draining public budgets in the global south
Rising repayments to creditors linked to London and other European financial centres are squeezing health, schools and climate action
Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 136 min read
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
Apr 26 min read
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
Mar 306 min read
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 246 min read
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 206 min read
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 196 min read
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 146 min read
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 136 min read
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 114 min read
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 108 min read
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 88 min read
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 42 min read
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 37 min read
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