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Prevention programmes that reduce future costs in health systems
Vaccination, screening and public health policy can cut long term costs, but prevention still gets a small share of spending
Editorial Team SDG3
Mar 176 min read
Post-harvest waste in middle-income countries, the simple fixes that can save food fast
From crates to cold rooms, small changes in handling and logistics can cut losses across Eastern Europe and the Balkans
Editorial Team SDG12
Mar 68 min read
Migration forum and ILO recruitment strategy set 2026 test for migrant worker rights
Global plans due in May and through 2030 seek to turn promises on migrant workers into enforceable labour protections and easier access to redress
Editorial Team SDG8
Mar 53 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
Finance turns to regulation as biodiversity markets mature in early 2026
New disclosure rules, emerging nature credits and expanding BIOFIN plans are reshaping how capital is directed towards SDG 15
Editorial Team SDG15
Mar 23 min read
Generational transition in small social organisations is becoming a test of resilience
As founders and long-serving volunteers step back, small charities face a delicate handover of power, trust and know-how
Editorial Team SDG10
Feb 258 min read
The long making of gender equality
From Paris to Beijing, key texts and turning points turned a moral question into a modern democratic principle
Editorial Team SDG5
Feb 246 min read
Rubbish on the fly: global outrage at videos showing litter thrown from trains
Viral clips of waste tossed from trains in India keep resurfacing, fuelling anger at a practice that still appears to go unpunished.
Editorial Team SDG15
Feb 233 min read
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
Editorial Team SDG17
Feb 205 min read
Globalization without mobility: why the world is open for capital but closed to people
Capital moves freely; people don’t, visa barriers and passport inequality reveal globalization’s unfinished promise
Patrick Lumumba
Feb 163 min read
Housing forum in Riyadh sets out tools to scale affordable, low-carbon homes
A February 2026 meeting in Saudi Arabia brought government, industry and civil society together around modular building, green standards and PropTech
Editorial Team SDG11
Feb 124 min read
Straits in focus as Tarifa forum links border pressures to Arctic ‘Intelligence’ debate
Meeting at Europe’s closest point to Africa spotlights borders, narratives and a June Arctic call for papers on “intelligence”
Editorial
Feb 123 min read
Global finance still fuels destruction despite urgent call for nature positive investment
A 30 to 1 imbalance in global funding shows the world is still financing its own extinction as nature based investment lags far behind
Editorial Team SDG15
Feb 104 min read
Digital abuse crosses the screen as gender-based violence becomes a human rights crisis
New data expose how unchecked online harassment, AI misuse and legal gaps are driving real-world harm against women and girls
Editorial Team SDG5
Feb 45 min read
The right to disappear
A practical look at consent, AI and the right to be forgotten, and how to delete your digital footprint online
Editorial Team SDG16
Feb 24 min read
FAO tightens transparency standards for hunger indicators
2025-26 move strengthens data validation for PoU and FIES, aiming to steer funding and policy with greater precision
Editorial Team SDG2
Jan 293 min read
Africa at the World Economic Forum 2026: civil society perspectives on global dialogue and development impact
Why Africa is closely watching Davos 2026, and what the continent expects from global leadership in a fragmented world
Edwin Ochola
Jan 283 min read
Global education challenges 2026: the SDG 4 funding gap & AI's equity paradox
UNESCO's Intl. Education Day 2026 focuses on youth co-creation amidst a $97bn annual funding deficit
Editorial Team SDG4
Jan 243 min read
Global focus on access to justice defines CSW70 agenda
The 70th session will unite nations to strengthen equality before the law and expand women’s access to fair justice systems
Editorial Team SDG16
Jan 212 min read
The horizon of parity: light and shadow on the path to global equality in 2026
Political progress rises, yet the world remains far from closing its economic and social divides
Editorial Team SDG5
Jan 103 min read
Beijing Agenda 2030 and the political test of gender equality delivery
A six lever framework aiming to convert long standing commitments into measurable equality outcomes by 2030
Editorial Team SDG5
Jan 93 min read
The end of dismissal by algorithm
Europe sets binding safeguards to keep human judgement at the centre of AI driven work by 2026
Editorial Team SDG8
Jan 72 min read
Elections under force and fear test the meaning of democracy
Low turnout, digital surveillance and repression in Myanmar reveal how voting has become a tool of control rather than consent
Editorial Team SDG16
Jan 23 min read
Reducing inequality must move to the centre of global action
Why prioritising SDG 10 is now critical for stability, growth and fair sustainability
Editorial Team SDG10
Jan 13 min read
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