Opinion

Ilaria Fevola

ARTICLE 19

Transparency of Big Tech firms is important so users can operate in a predictable environment, and know the possibilities and limits on their behaviour online, with clarity on terms of services and content moderation decisions

João Brant

Instituto Cultura e Democracia

Brazil election: Platforms are not curbing disinformation

There is a significant amount of false and misleading information in circulation days before the election, including against the electoral system itself

Clare Shine

University of Cambridge

COP27: Here’s how to unlock Africa’s low-carbon future

Private investment is needed for Africa to adopt renewable energy. Here’s why that investment makes sense

Nadim Nashif

7amleh

Meta and human rights in Palestine

An independent report commissioned by Meta recognises there was bias in its content moderation policies toward Palestinians and their supporters

Richard Beardsworth & Dhanush Dinesh

Truss's cost-of-living solution adds fuel to the climate crisis

Britain’s new Prime Minister needs to keep in mind that boosting fossil fuel use now sets the country up for worse crises soon

Osprey Orielle Lake

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International

Women land defenders need new rights to be implemented

The Escazú Agreement sets out to curb escalating violence and give indigenous activists a voice in decision-making – if respected, it will also boost environmental protection

Kyria Stephens

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

People in need don’t want your pity

It’s time to rethink charity, nurture talent and find the advocates and allies

Katie Anders & Alex Jackson

World Mosquito Program

Is dengue the next threat in flood-hit Pakistan?

More heat, floods and other climate extremes are boosting global threats from mosquito-carried diseases

Avinash D. Persaud

Silent wave of financial stress threatens emerging-market crisis

A confluence of climate disasters, COVID, conflict – and a strong US dollar – have pushed yields to unsustainable levels for many debt-laden poorer countries, but there are ways to ease the pain

Ban Ki-moon and Patrick Verkooijen

Global Center on Adaptation

Can our cities survive climate change?

After a summer of heatwaves, droughts and floods, here's how cities can become more resilient to climate extremes

Kyla Tienhaara and Rachel Thrasher

Boston University

Why an oil firm’s legal win is bad news for climate action

Climate researchers are concerned about the impact of an international energy treaty, under which UK-based oil firm Rockhopper was awarded over 190 million euros

Sara de Jong

The Sulha Alliance

Why are Afghan interpreters who helped UK struggling to find jobs?

Afghan interpreters evacuated to UK say glowing references from their British military bosses now count for little

Jim Wormington and Richard Kent

Human Rights Watch

If electric cars are the future, let’s make them responsibly

We need rules and incentives to ensure human rights are respected as mining for electric car components grows

Michael Shank

Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

It’s time to cut the emissions from creating our homes and offices

The first step is getting people as excited about cutting ‘built environment’ pollution as plastic or food waste

Harriet Lamb

Ashden

Here’s how to keep Britons warm this winter

Prime minister candidates to replace Boris Johnson must act now to avoid catastrophe later

Helena Wright, Eline Reintjes & Saleemul Huq

We need a clearer roadmap to a resilient food system

As climate change hits farmers and those who depend on them, creating a smarter food system is now critical

Ann Keeling

Women in Global Health

Women cannot prop up healthcare systems without proper pay

Woman health workers are the backbone of medical care across much of the world, so why are they treated so poorly?

Euan Fraser

International Justice Mission UK

We must learn from Mo Farah if Britain is to end trafficking

The UK government’s response to Olympic champion’s case is welcome, but we must learn how to treat those with no public platform with as much understanding

Sophie Lambin

Kite Insights

For a just transition, businesses must develop climate literacy

A global survey shows eight out of ten employees are ready and willing to act on climate change at work – but the missing ingredient is know-how, with many calling for training

David Kaimowitz

The Tenure Facility

EU protection for indigenous land rights can help stem forest loss

The European Union is moving towards regulation that will require companies to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples in their value chains, helping curb tropical forest loss

Simon Kofe

We need a treaty to phase out fossil fuels

Our focus on only limiting fossil fuel emissions – not production – has allowed countries and firms to claim climate leadership while also supporting new coal, oil and gas projects

Bob Ward

Grantham Research Institute

Why is it so hot? Climate change is here

Heat is the clearest signal of climate change – and deadly heat will get even worse over the next 30 years as we struggle to act

Laila Matar

Norwegian Refugee Council

Ukraine response shows what’s possible for world’s most neglected

The glaring gap between the response to the Ukraine crisis and the meagre support offered to many of the world’s neglected crises is undeniable

Inger Andersen

United Nations Environment Programme

UN General Assembly must back the right to a healthy environment

Adopting this resolution would help states to respect, protect, and fulfil the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment

João Brant

Instituto Cultura e Democracia

Brazil election: Platforms are not curbing disinformation

There is a significant amount of false and misleading information in circulation days before the election, including against the electoral system itself

Clare Shine

University of Cambridge

COP27: Here’s how to unlock Africa’s low-carbon future

Private investment is needed for Africa to adopt renewable energy. Here’s why that investment makes sense

Nadim Nashif

7amleh

Meta and human rights in Palestine

An independent report commissioned by Meta recognises there was bias in its content moderation policies toward Palestinians and their supporters

Isobel Archer

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Reform must be the legacy of the Qatar World Cup

As one of the world’s greatest sporting spectacles approaches, the hospitality industry still has time to do better by its workers

Matthew Clark

Nature and Culture International

How to protect tropical forests? Let indigenous people lead

To turn around deforestation, patient indigenous-led conservation is key

Daan Wensing

IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative

To beat rising hunger, Africa needs a sustainable food business

Inefficient markets and limited access to finance and services often lead to waste and loss – but support for small businesses can build local supply chains

Esther Bollendorff and Olivier Vardakoulias

Climate Action Network Europe

Europe classifying gas and nuclear power as green is greenwashing

The European Union can expect to see its new classification challenged in court

Andrew Firmin

Food crisis promises a global wave of unrest

As soaring food and fuel prices push many to the edge, many take to the streets to ask their governments why they can’t do more to protect them

Olivier De Schutter

United Nations Human Rights

Social protection must be extended to millions of informal workers

Informal workers tend to be those most in need of social protection, yet they are among the groups most likely to be left out.

Patrick Watt

Christian Aid

Lack of progress on loss and damage endangers climate cooperation

While governments haggle, those people who did the least to cause the climate crisis are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty and debt

Lisanne Urlings, Samantha Ndiwalana and Jennifer van Beek

World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA)

Companies from developing markets are crucial to meet the SDGs

If we’re serious about achieving these goals, we must pay more attention to companies from emerging and developing economies as their impact is ever growing.

Oleksii Riabchyn

OPINION: It is time to end business with Russia

By remaining in the Russian market, western business leaders collaborate with a corrupt regime that disregards international law and pays no respect to human rights

Corynne McSherry

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Roe v Wade: The need for meaningful data privacy protections

Everyone deserves to have control over the information they leave on their phones and computers. It’s time our laws and practices changed to give all users meaningful and lasting data privacy

Jordyn Paul-Slater and Anna Bonesteel

Fight for the Future

Roe V. Wade: Time for firms to end abusive data practices

To truly protect ourselves and our communities from abortion surveillance, we have to make surveillance less profitable – and that’s the responsibility of companies and lawmakers, not individuals.

Joanne Bentley

African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town

Silver bullet tech solutions can't save our planet

But cutting out fossil fuels can

Jewher Ilham

Worker Rights Consortium

U.S. law to ban goods using Uyghur forced labor is just the start

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act marks a major milestone in the fight to end forced labor in Xinjiang. But we must do more to stop the abuse of my people.

Cherie Blair

The Loomba Foundation

Abused, robbed, shunned, widows pay high price for spouse’s death

This International Widows Day, I am calling for greater financial help for millions of widows left struggling while grieving and an end to harmful, degrading traditions

Jennifer Corpuz and Lucy Mulenkei

To succeed, global nature pact must enshrine indigenous rights

In Tanzania, Maasai people are being evicted from their ancestral lands in the name of conservation and economic need – something a new global nature accord cannot allow

Saleemul Huq and Iskander Erzini Vernoit

International Centre for Climate Change and Development

The G7 should keep its word on trillions for developing countries

G7 progress on mobilising trillions needed in clean infrastructure investment for developing countries appears largely rhetorical

Gerry Arances

Confronting the new carbon bomb in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia has chosen its path away from coal but that was not the end of the story

Carter Ingram

Putting nature on the balance sheet benefits firms, biodiversity

There is a growing awareness of the value of nature for businesses and the risk that biodiversity loss poses to economic growth and stability globally

Richard Klein and Tabea Lissner

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

It's about time we took investing in adaptation seriously

The consequences of extreme weather are cascading around the globe, hitting rich and poor alike – yet finance to build resilience to these impacts is falling woefully short

Laurey Boughey

Traidcraft Exchange

How to stop trade rules undermining progress on climate change

Many current rules at the World Trade Organization are set up in a way which actively obstructs climate action

Aaron Atteridge and Tari Lestari

Climate Strategies

Climate finance must foster just transition in developing nations

The Global South needs international funding to help decision-makers tackle the inequities that could be created by a shift to greener economies

Robert Muggah

Igarapé Institute

Nature-based solutions in Brazil are key for global climate goals

While projects to protect ecosystems are promising, they won't achieve their full potential so long as clear-cutting and forest burning continue unabated

Mami Mizutori and Dr Raditya Jati

UNDRR

The world cannot afford inaction over the rising cost of disasters

The world cannot afford to continue its current trajectory in which countries create more new risks than they can prevent

Aliou Ba and Andree Böhling

Greenpeace Africa

Africans are fighting to protect our oceans, food and jobs

Offshore gas exploration now threatens the sealife that West Africans depend on in whole new ways

Jonas Gahr Støre & Surangel S. Whipps, Jr

Prime Minister, Norway

It’s time to act together to protect oceans

On World Ocean Day, ocean governance needs a comprehensive rethink

Rocky Sanchez Tirona & Steve Gaines

Protecting the right 30% of our ocean

Today only 11% of Marine Protected Areas are inside territorial waters. Most are established offshore, far from the biodiversity-rich territorial seas

Antonia Urrejola

How environmental democracy can help peace in Latin America

Chile has just adopted the regional Escazú Agreement, aimed at ensuring that every person has access to information, participation and justice on environmental matters

Johan Rockstrom, Walter Willett, Shakuntala Haraksingh …

Why food systems transformation must be a priority at Stockholm+50

Droughts, war, the rising prices of fuel and fertiliser are providing the catalyst for a perfect food storm

Freddie Daley

University of Sussex

How coal, oil and gas sabotage sustainable development goals

Progress towards the SDGs will be extremely difficult in our warming world. The longer states wait to phase out fossil fuels, the more suffering will ensue

Inger Andersen and Anna König Jerlmyr

UNEP

Cities are leading on climate action. The world must follow

Fifty years since the 1972 conference, 'think globally, act locally' remains an essential blueprint to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution

Maimunah Mohd Sharif

UN-Habitat

It's time to rekindle the spirit of Stockholm 1972

Advocates for urban and natural sustainability should remember that the landmark environmental conference expected them to work together

Scott Onder

Mercy Corps

Blockchain can drive financial inclusion and climate resilience

Crypto and blockchain solutions can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the world's underbanked, and enable an inclusive and equitable global financial system.

Marco Lambertini

WWF International

For a liveable planet, time for action at Davos

Leaders attending Davos must juggle shocks and stresses, while increasing resilience and securing a liveable planet for future generations

Christoph Bals, Kanna Mitsuta and Elizabeth Bast

G7 must use opportunity to shift finance from gas to clean energy

Despite increased military aggression in the last decade, Putin's Russia was the third-largest recipient of G7 fossil fuel finance – this has to end

Jose Maria Ortiz

Palladium

Planting trees cannot be our only solution for climate change

When we think about preserving nature, many of us envision planting trees – but this is an oversimplification of a much more complicated reality

Maria Lettini

FAIRR

Animal agriculture faces 'Apollo 13' climate moment

From heat stress and the impact of drought on pasture to carbon taxes, the meat industry faces significant risks from climate change – but there are alternatives

Nabil Hayel Saeed Anam

HSA Group

Time is running out to avert further Yemen catastrophes

Without substantive changes in approach, there is an immediate risk that wheat supplies into Yemen will not meet the minimum levels needed to prevent hundreds of thousands more people being pushed into famine.

Emeline Wuilbercq

Child labour can only be eliminated by tackling the root causes

This week's 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour aims to bolster action to end the practice by 2025, but fighting poverty and changing attitudes will take much longer

Agnes Kalibata and Wanjira Mathai

Facing multiple food and health crises, Africa must lead boldly

Africa’s leaders to rally together for urgent, practical responses to protect the most vulnerable from a tsunami of shocks undermining the livelihoods of millions

Fatima Denton

U.N. University Institute for Natural Resources

To win climate action in Africa, add trust and stir

A fair transition cannot be achieved by celebrating green development while sacrificing justice

Sharan Burrow

International Trade Union Confederation

We need a new social contract to nurture people, planet and peace

Faced with the horrors of conflict and the global pandemic, peace, social justice and climate-friendly jobs are at the heart of demands for International Workers' Day

Shaya Laughlin and Kieren Barnes

Triangle

How drought is shifting gender dynamics in Syria

Gender imbalances in northeast Syria are long-standing and only getting worse due to the drought – but women are bearing the brunt both at work and at home

Patrick Verkooijen & Ban Ki-moon

Global Center on Adaptation

Climate action should not be a casualty of war in Ukraine

Climate finance is competing with much-needed relief for Ukrainian refugees. This short-sighted approach could trigger a hunger and climate catastrophe

Robin Hocquet

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

What the climate crisis needs – the world’s youth

Climate change is our inheritance. We should not be bystanders to processes and decisions that determine our future

Fahad Saeed

Climate Analytics

South Asia faces a deadly heatwave. Here’s what to do about it.

Pakistan and India are confronting brutal temperatures this week – but preparing better and shoring up water and power supplies could save lives

Robert Muggah and Mac Margolis

Igarapé Institute

An ecosystem of organized crime threatens the Amazon

For all the talk about how destruction in the Amazon leads to greenhouse gases, there is less discussion about how to rein in the increasingly agile cabal of criminal entrepreneurs

Alok Sharma

UK Government

Rich nations must turn on climate finance tap for a green future

Climate-resilient investment equals growth, new jobs, clean air and a competitive advantage – and far more is needed to help the vulnerable obtain these benefits

Richard Pearshouse

Human Rights Watch

A human rights agenda for ending fossil fuels

Earth Day is a wake-up call for how our use of oil, coal and gas is driving a global climate breakdown that violates the right to a clean and healthy environment

Kostiantyn Krynytskyi

Ecoaction

Ukraine's post-war green recovery is crucial for Europe's security

Ukraine needs an urgent plan for energy independence, focused on renewables not nuclear – and international help to execute it

Jennifer Corpuz

Nia Tero

Efforts to heal the world need us Indigenous peoples – now

New IPCC climate report urges Indigenous participation in restoring denuded land, and flags our ability to stop the deforestation fueling climate change and biodiversity loss

Mark Redwood and Steve Wiggins

SPARC-Knowledge

What can we learn from prior food price shocks?

As the Russia-Ukraine war threatens food supplies, history can provide a guide to effective action

Surangel S. Whipps, Jr. and John F. Kerry

To solve climate change, dive into the power of the ocean

Our oceans hold as many opportunities for resilient low-carbon growth as can be found on land

Mindy Hernandez

World Resources Institute

We can fight the climate crisis by shifting human behaviour

Governments and other institutions must make it as easy as possible for people to adopt greener, healthier lifestyles

Dean Cooper

WWF International

Making the right choices for the climate, even in a time of war

The Ukraine conflict has sent a ripple of change through the global energy sector. Our response can have profound implications for accelerating the energy transition

Jennifer Clapp and Hilal Elver

IPES Food

The war in Ukraine could spark a hurricane of global hunger

The war in Ukraine shows the high stakes risk of concentrating food production to just a few countries – the latest in a series of overlapping food crises

Jaf Shah

Acid Survivors Trust International

Acid attacks are gender-based violence, companies need to do more

Acid attacks are gender-based violence and companies need to do more, writes Jaf Shah of Acid Survivors Trust International

Sophie Davies

Europe's energy poor urgently need a wartime solidarity fund

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is pushing energy prices higher – and to avoid social unrest, support is needed to help the vulnerable cope with a cost of living crisis

Achille Djeagou Tchoffo & Teodyl Nkuintchua

World Resources Institute

Unsustainable agricultural supply chains are erasing our forests

Reshaping investment away from deforestation is tough – but these changes could help

Farzana Faruk Jhumu

Fridays for Future

Why world's youth are using climate strike to call for reparations

Fridays For Future activists take to the streets today to demand climate reparations and justice. Reparations are not charity, but an obligation of the Global North

Patrick Verkooijen, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim & Akinwumi …

Out of Ukraine war, a plan for Africa's food security

A foreign conflict has exposed Africa’s dependence on imports and is galvanising action to boost local food production and tackle climate threats

Deborah Ramalope

Climate Analytics

Clean energy is Africa’s chance for climate resilient development

As the sunny continent looks for power, renewables are a clear winner

Téa Braun

Human Dignity Trust

UN recognition of lesbian women is a landmark for human rights

The UN holds that laws criminalising lesbian and bisexual women violates women's rights in a landmark decision

Ruth Davison

Refuge

UK Online Safety Bill is a missed opportunity to protect women

The solution is not for women to be forced offline. Instead, women should be protected and empowered to use technology safely.

Mark Smith

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

The world needs a new water agenda

As climate change boosts risks, water insecurity is growing – and needs a plan

Mari Pangestu

World Bank

The key to an inclusive recovery? Empower women entrepreneurs

As countries emerge from the crisis, reforms to accelerate equality must enable women to realize their aspirations

Thomas Maddox, Cate Lamb and Amir Sokolowski

CDP

Protect forests and water security for a habitable planet

The climate crisis can’t be solved in isolation

Jaime Adams

United States Department of Agriculture

Climate change demands a new era of agricultural innovation

A risky cocktail of global warming, conflict and the pandemic is leaving more people without enough food to eat – a situation that calls for climate-smart farming practices

Runjini Raman

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

As disasters surge, children need greater protection

Growing mental health, educational and sexual violence threats to children need to be addressed now

Justin Locke and Francis Elisha

RMI

Ukraine invasion shows urgency of renewables move for Global South

The global gas crunch offers a chance to move to a more self-reliant energy future

Maria Mendiluce and Eliot Whittington

Ukraine crisis must accelerate green energy transition in Europe

The EU's decision to move away from Russian gas must spur greater investment in renewables and energy efficiency

Sanda Ojiambo

UN Global Compact

Female entrepreneurs hold the key to solving the climate crisis

Business will be much more effective in fighting global warming if it addresses the ingrained biases that hold back women's contribution to climate-smart solutions

Nicoline de Haan

CGIAR

How COP27 can deliver climate justice for rural women

Rural women are at particular risk as climate change impacts hit. Here’s how to help

Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro

CARE

Climate migration is a reality. Let’s focus on solutions for women

As climate change worsens and forces more people to leave their homes, women are likely to feel the heaviest consequences of displacement

Amol Mehra

Laudes Foundation

OPINION: A climate-positive future must be built on equity

A just transition is the strongest model for tackling the complexities of global warming, while creating decent work opportunities

Luca Bergamaschi

ECCO

Here’s how Italy could wean itself off Russian gas

A rush to end use of Russian gas, after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, could be the spark toward renewables Italy needs

Maarten van Aalst

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

IPCC climate report shows how to sidestep disaster

We have not done enough to tackle climate change and are already facing the consequences – but we can protect ourselves and the planet if we act now

Stephen Cornelius

WWF International

We can still hold the line on climate change impacts

Many are already here – but a future scaleup isn’t inevitable

Mitzi Jonelle Tan and Vanessa Nakate

Fridays for Future

People power is what is needed to battle climate change

We, the people, are the climate impact the world needs

Laurence Tubiana

European Climate Foundation

Can leaving the ECT help deliver Europe’s climate aims?

An old treaty is undermining climate action and leaving Europe dependent on Russian fossil fuels. What will it take to change that?

Asif Saleh

BRAC – Bangladesh

Will COP27 still be conducting fire drills as the world burns?

Climate impacts are hitting people now, and help to adapt and pay for losses can’t wait

Wanjira Mathai & Sheela Patel

World Resources Institute

It’s time to turn climate change adaptation ambition into action

And local people need a say in what to do – and the money to make it happen.

Lauren Sorkin

Resilient Cities Network

Five hopes for a more equitable, resilient and sustainable 2022

The world’s cities are taking the initiative on a range of environmental and social problems, from climate change adaptation to access to affordable food

Aniruddha Dasgupta & Riccardo Puliti

World Resources Institute

Big changes are needed for more sustainable, inclusive transport

Amid the electric vehicle revolution, more effort is needed to break our car addiction, with developing nations placed to lead the way

Million Belay and Emile Frison

Alliance for Food Sovereignty

Can Africa and the EU join forces to boost sustainable farming?

As European and African leaders meet this week, making farming greener should be on their plate

Mohamed Adow

Power Shift Africa

For the sake of climate, the Africa-EU relationship needs fixing

If Europe wants to forge a new partnership with Africa, its leaders need to make climate support a key pillar of the new relationship

Sarthak Shukla

Thomson Reuters Foundation

India must tackle the dark side of its solar dream

From electrocution risks to lost land and scarce employment, many local communities are failing to benefit from India's clean power boom

Tizai Mauto

Landesa

Give land rights to youth to boost rural economies

Helping young people access land allows them to participate in rural economies while making progress on gender equity, food security, and adaptation to climate change

Thibault Serlet

Adrianople Group

Swapping company income tax for a carbon tax can help the climate

A carbon tax would encourage companies to reallocate the capital they spend on consumption towards developing green technologies

Elena Espinoza

Principles for Responsible Investment

Diversity must go hand-in-hand with equity and inclusion

Businesses must do more to ensure a truly diverse workforce

Peter Howson and Olivier Jutel

Northumbria University

What are crypto innovators testing in the Pacific?

The Pacific nation of Palau is kicking off a digital residency scheme for anyone wishing to become a crypto-citizen

Namrata Raju

Equidem

Discrimination and forced labour at Dubai's Expo

The United Arab Emirates must address the plight of low-paid migrant workers

Jane Madgwick

Wetlands International

There can be no climate action without targets to protect wetlands

Safeguarding and restoring shrinking wetlands is our last, best defence against global warming and biodiversity loss

Sandra Sancier-Sultan and Sandra Scharf

McKinsey & Company

How doing better for women means doing better for everyone

Bringing more women into the tech sector is good for the economy and even better for society

Marie Sallois

International Olympic Committee

How the Olympics are going for green, not just gold

The Beijing winter games are taking measure to cut the hefty carbon footprint of the Olympics, part of a broader push for ‘carbon-positive’ games by 2030

Rev. Kirsten Snow Spalding & Rahnuma Chowdhury

Ceres

Investor climate action plans can propel a clean transition

Here’s how to make net-zero pledges a reality and hold those making them accountable

Marissa Wagner Mery

University of Texas

The "Great Resignation" could be a boon for disabled workers

As employers offer wage increases, paid parental leave, and other improved benefits to lure talent, they should also offer better accommodation for those with medical and physical needs.

Jack Kellam

Autonomy

Here’s why UK teachers need a four-day week

Around the world, more and more organisations have begun to realise that a four-day working week can drastically raise worker wellbeing and improve performance