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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.

Renewable energy is strengthening Kenya’s climate resilience, but coastal communities warn that clean growth must not come at the expense of marine ecosystems

Middle East tensions are driving fuel prices higher across East Africa, exposing fragile economies and deepening unrest

Trump-Xi talks highlight the urgent need for diplomacy, cooperation and stronger institutions amid rising global tensions

Mangroves sit at the centre of climate action, coastal resilience, community rights and disputes over green finance

A German policy foundation links climate, democracy and resource governance in a fractured global debate

Data tools can help cities target heat risks, but protection still depends on housing, health systems and local trust.

In conflict zones, women-led cultural initiatives are helping communities preserve trust, memory and public life.

Published alongside our earlier report on the International Rescue Committee, this opinion column reflects on why conflict, poverty, climate stress and aid cuts must now be understood as one connected global failure

Conflict harms children long after the shelling stops, through education loss, trauma, displacement and collapsed public services

Recent reporting on Iranian threats around Gulf desalination plants shows how civilian water systems can enter regional coercion

Informal networks, civic groups and local ties often keep dialogue alive when governments cannot, or will not, talk

Vaccination, screening and public health policy can cut long term costs, but prevention still gets a small share of spending

From crates to cold rooms, small changes in handling and logistics can cut losses across Eastern Europe and the Balkans

Global plans due in May and through 2030 seek to turn promises on migrant workers into enforceable labour protections and easier access to redress

From farm to school to traceability rules, districts want shorter supply chains, but funding and logistics are tightening in USA

New disclosure rules, emerging nature credits and expanding BIOFIN plans are reshaping how capital is directed towards SDG 15

As founders and long-serving volunteers step back, small charities face a delicate handover of power, trust and know-how

From Paris to Beijing, key texts and turning points turned a moral question into a modern democratic principle

Viral clips of waste tossed from trains in India keep resurfacing, fuelling anger at a practice that still appears to go unpunished.

The UN SDGs offer a common blueprint, but it is civil society that turns goals into lasting projects on the ground

Capital moves freely; people don’t, visa barriers and passport inequality reveal globalization’s unfinished promise

A February 2026 meeting in Saudi Arabia brought government, industry and civil society together around modular building, green standards and PropTech

Meeting at Europe’s closest point to Africa spotlights borders, narratives and a June Arctic call for papers on “intelligence”