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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
Women-led cultural peacebuilding is reshaping civic resistance in conflict zones
In conflict zones, women-led cultural initiatives are helping communities preserve trust, memory and public life.
Editorial Team SDG16
Apr 256 min read
Interpeace and the politics of locally led peacebuilding
How Interpeace tries to move community knowledge into national and international peace policy
Editorial Team SDG16
Apr 245 min read
Plastic Oceans International and the politics of turning film into action
The US non-profit uses storytelling, science and local dialogue to push plastic pollution from awareness into policy
Editorial Team SDG14
Apr 236 min read
Psychedelic medicine advances in mental health research as science tests safety, efficacy and real clinical potential
Research on psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine is expanding, but safety, regulation and clinical evidence remain decisive.
Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 225 min read
HIFA and the politics of reliable healthcare information
HIFA argues that remote care cannot work fairly when patients, clinicians and policymakers lack trusted health information
Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 215 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
Science X and the contested craft of science journalism
A fast-growing science news platform says speed and independence can coexist, but the wider information climate makes that claim harder to test
Editorial Team SDG4
Apr 176 min read
International Rescue Committee and the difficult politics of saving lives in war
In conflict settings, the IRC’s joined-up model of health, protection, education and emergency aid matters as needs rise
Editorial Team SDG16
Apr 166 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
The long-term impact of war on children is written in broken schools, dry taps and vanishing safety nets
Conflict harms children long after the shelling stops, through education loss, trauma, displacement and collapsed public services
Editorial Team SDG16
Apr 146 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
Science funding is being recast as a lever of power
Across Asia, governments, philanthropy and industry are reshaping research around competitiveness, influence and strategic technologies
Editorial Team SDG9
Apr 126 min read
The bioeconomy’s industrial test is no longer in the laboratory
Advanced materials, cell engineering and biological production are pushing the bioeconomy from research promise to factory-floor change
Editorial Team SDG15
Apr 116 min read
Malaria vaccine rollout in Africa is testing more than science
New malaria vaccines offer real promise, but delivery, trust and funding will decide whether that promise reaches children
Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 106 min read
Fragile countries are paying for crises they did not cause
Drought, hunger, inflation, aid cuts and geopolitical shocks are colliding across the world’s most vulnerable states
Editorial Team SDG10
Apr 96 min read
External shocks still shape economic futures more than domestic planning alone
War, fuel prices and fertiliser costs still outweigh national plans across Africa, despite reforms and stronger policy ambitions
Editorial Team SDG2
Apr 86 min read
Whether the future of healthcare is being defined less by hospitals and more by connected care
Sensors, AI tools and remote decisions are widening access, but they may also redraw inequality, trust and clinical accountability
Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 76 min read
Methane leaks are a fast climate target, but only if governments and industry act on what is already visible
Methane warms fast, leaks can often be fixed cheaply, and new monitoring is making inaction harder to hide
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 66 min read
Just transition, how to cut emissions without deepening inequality
Climate policy can move faster when governments protect household budgets, workers and the regions most exposed to change
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 56 min read
Grid connection has become Europe’s main energy transition bottleneck
Clean power can be built quickly, but grid links, permits and court challenges often take far longer
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 46 min read
How long-duration energy storage works, what it costs, and why it matters for renewable grids
Long-duration energy storage could help power systems absorb more wind and solar, but cost, siting and policy still decide its future
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 36 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
Nuclear power and the energy transition, where costs, timelines, safety and waste really stand
Nuclear can cut emissions, but high upfront costs and long build times shape how it compares with renewables and storage
Editorial Team SDG7
Apr 17 min read
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