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Debt-for-nature swaps face a test of lasting conservation

Debt relief can fund forests and oceans, but durable results depend on transparent finance and public consent

Editorial Team SDG14

3 days ago5 min read

Environmental cooperation turns shared resources into channels for dialogue

Shared ecosystems can open contact across conflict lines, but cooperation depends on rights, power and durable local institutions

Editorial Team SDG6

5 days ago5 min read

Debt repayments squeeze climate resilience investment in lower-income countries

Rising debt costs narrow budgets for flood protection, health systems, clean energy and disaster readiness

Editorial Team SDG17

6 days ago4 min read

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

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

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

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 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

The science and politics of vaccine hesitancy

Declining vaccination rates in some countries are creating new public health risks, driven by distrust, misinformation and political polarisation

Editorial Team SDG3

Jul 176 min read

Libraries as democratic infrastructure for education and public life

Libraries protect equal access to knowledge, digital services and lifelong learning amid widening social and information divides

Editorial Team SDG4

Jul 167 min read

Digital Defenders Partnership strengthens digital security for civil society under threat

The programme funds emergency responses and long-term protection for activists, journalists and human rights organisations

Editorial Team SDG16

Jul 126 min read

When tourism becomes a local burden

Tourism can support cities, but unmanaged growth can displace residents, strain resources and turn communities into visitor economies

Editorial Team SDG11

Jul 127 min read

The forgotten right to sanitation

Safe toilets and wastewater systems protect health, education, equality and dignity, yet remain neglected in public policy

Editorial Team SDG6

Jul 107 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

ARTICLE 19 defends freedom of expression in an increasingly restrictive information environment

The organisation combines legal expertise, advocacy and training to protect the rights to speak, know and participate

Editorial Team SDG16

Jul 96 min read

Library For All and the case for culturally relevant children's books

Library For All works to expand early literacy by creating books that reflect the languages and lives of underserved children

Editorial Team SDG4

Jul 87 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

International Rivers challenges the dam-first model reshaping vulnerable waterways

Large dams, water stress and climate risks are forcing a rethink of river governance and community rights

Editorial Team SDG6

Jul 65 min read

Climate communication becomes a test of public trust

Climate Outreach highlights why public engagement now matters as much as policy design in climate action

Editorial Team SDG13

Jul 45 min read

Lake Sevan clean-up pledge draws attention to a wider water crisis

A foundation linked to Cape Town’s WeCare Foundation says it will fund shoreline waste removal in Armenia while urging stronger action on sewage, runoff and water withdrawals.

Editorial Team SDG6

Jul 34 min read