Talking to Your Child About Climate Change
How to engage children on the issue with hope and positivity Climate change is happening,…
Talking to Your Child About Climate Change
How to engage children on the issue with hope and positivity Climate change is happening, and nearly every child in the world will be affected.Talking about climate change with our own children can feel difficult for many parents. It’s natural to want to protect kids from harm and worry. But if your child is a…
The Twilight of Immunity Amid the Rise of State-Owned Power in Global Markets
In a world where commerce and sovereignty increasingly overlap, international law must preserve that delicate balance, jurisdiction for market participation and immunity for sovereign authority. In the 20th century, the ideological boundary between socialism and capitalism seemed firm: in one, the state owned; in the other, it merely regulated. In the 21st century, that line…
How Developing Countries Can Borrow Without Falling Into Debt Traps
Many emerging economies must borrow to grow. But borrowing smartly — not just borrowing more — can protect governments from crises and build stronger financial futures. Most developing countries face the same dilemma: Without exportable natural resources such as oil or minerals, they cannot fund long-term economic development on their own. Roads, schools, hospitals and…
UN Fast-Tracks Global Tax Overhaul as OECD Stalls
“Although everyone likes to joke about how things take forever at the U.N., actually the U.N. tax committee has delivered a whole set of things quite quickly,’’ says economist Alex Cobham of the Tax Justice Network. What do you get when you put complex international tax reforms into a multilateral negotiation format involving the United Nations’…
The Future of Crime Is Digital, the UN Scrambles for Answers
A quarter century after the Palermo Convention, mafias have reinvented themselves online—faster, encrypted, and algorithmic. The U.N.’s new cybercrime treaty may be the world’s best chance to close the widening gap between crime and justice. The mafia no longer hides in the alleys of Palermo—it scrolls, posts, and recruits through TikTok, Telegram, and encrypted channels…
What the World Needs from the Next UN Secretary General
The next U.N. chief will need to develop greater and closer ties with the private sector and build new, more effective partnerships to help manage the resource dilemma. A growing number of violent conflicts. A never-ending liquidity crisis. A bloated organization rife with antisemitism and facing loud calls for it to be completely overhauled….
Can a Tobacco Giant End Smoking?
The world’s biggest manufacturer promises to end cigarettes. Public-health experts aren’t persuaded. I have never smoked a cigarette in my life, but I’ve spent years trying to make the two people I love most, my mother and brother, quit smoking. I’ve failed. I’ve failed with logic, case studies, statistics, all tools a journalist knows how…
Where Health Care Is Free but Drug Policy Remains Fragmented in Brazil’s Struggle to Reform
Decades of asylum abuses, shifting harm-reduction efforts and competing federal priorities have left Brazil with a patchwork system struggling to meet the needs of people who use drugs. I came to Brazil, and to a health clinic in this northern coastal city, to research how this vast and diverse country cares for people who use…
Whole-Body Wellness Revolution
How early can you see disease? Earlier than you think. Imagine being able to step ahead of your own health—to see what’s happening deep inside your body before problems take root, before symptoms begin, and long before disease has a chance to steal momentum from your life. For decades, that kind of foresight belonged more…
Scar on the Amazon
The scars of the Dam run deep through the Xingu, where rivers have dried, communities have fractured, and Indigenous leaders warn that the Amazon’s future is slipping away. On a muggy August night, it rained on the Xingu River, in the heart of the Amazon. As the water poured down on the forest, the…
The UN and the AI Bubble: Coordinating Global Action Before the Crash
The alarm bells of an impending AI bubble rang loudly at the recent Cerebral Valley conference, unsettling tech enthusiasts, investors, and even founders. Yet miles away at United Nations Headquarters, a different urgency filled the corridors. Officials were reviewing applications for the newly established Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, 40 experts tasked not…
Sierra leone’s treasure lies above ground — Way Above
African street mechanics and junk scavengers push the global north towards climate solutions Freetown—Like a pop star eager to match the success of his last big hit, Emmanuel Alie Mansaray stalks the streets of this steaming, teeming African capital searching. He’s searching for inspiration: the spark that will allow him again to capture lightning…
The $4 Trillion Bet to Save the Planet
From climate targets to social gains, renewable energy is seen as key to unlocking SDGs. Global progress on the U.N.’s 2030 goals has stalled. According to the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024, just 17% of the targets are on track. Closing a $4 trillion financing gap is now seen as vital—not only to keep…
The Hidden Pandemic Human Trafficking
UNODC’s 2024 report shows that trafficking victims rose sharply after the pandemic, with children and forced labor at the center of the surge. Human trafficking is deepening in the shadows of today’s crises — expanding amid conflict, climate pressures, and the vulnerabilities left behind by COVID-19. A United Nations report warns that traffickers…
Witnesses to the World’s Trauma
Journalists record the world’s tragedies, but who records their pain? Disasters produce journalists who quickly reach the affected areas. First responders and journalists enter dangerous situations to document destruction while they take images of losses and provide emotional testimony about war and crisis-related catastrophes. Their mission requires non-interference, yet they experience the heavy emotional…
Math as a New Civil Right
Why America fails at math and how we can change it Math is more than a subject; it is a civil right. When even the Supreme Court falters on cases rooted in mathematics, it reveals how fragile democracy can be. The documentary Counted Out brings this to life through a mother confronting her math…
