On a warm morning at Matemwe, a small crowd gathers behind a rope barrier as the sand begins to tremble. A tiny head pushes through a soft mound of earth, then another, and another. Within minutes, the shallow nest—protected for weeks by a ring [...] Read more »
Bonn to Belém: Three Decades of Promises, Half-Delivered Justice, and Rights-Based Governance Is Now Inevitable
By M. Zakir Hossain Khan
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov 25 2025 - COP30 in Belém is not just another annual climate meeting, it is the 32-year report card of the world governance architecture that was conceived at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. [...] Read more »
The Role of Youths in Shaping UN’s Post 2030 Development Agenda
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COP30: Broken Promises, New Hope — A Call to Turn Words into Action
By James Alix Michel
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Nov 25 2025 - When the world gathered in Glasgow for COP26, the mantra was “building back better.” Two years later, in Sharm El Sheikh, COP27 promised “implementation.”
This year, in [...] Read more »
COP30 Was Diplomacy in Action as Cooperation Deepens—Says Climate Talks Observer
These processes are all about people. We should never lose our humanity in the process. [...] Read more »
The G20 has Failed on Debt. Time to Look to the UN
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Unpacking COP30’s Politically Charged Belém Package
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The Rising Threat of Digital Abuse: Women’s Vulnerability in the Age of AI and Online Harassment
Gary Baker (right), CEO [...] Read more »
The UN General Assembly, Over Burdened with Repetitive Resolutions, Aims at Revitalization
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Evaluation Finds Food Systems Programs Deliver Results but Warns of Missed Transformation Chances
A new independent evaluation of the Global Environment Facility’s food systems programs says they are delivering strong environmental and livelihood gains in many countries but warns that a narrow focus on farm production, weak political [...] Read more »
School Days Lost, but Non-Economic Loss and Damage Not Part of Global Talks
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If COP30 Fails, It Won’t Be North vs. South, but Power vs People
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Rainwater Harvesting Mitigates Drought in Eastern Guatemala – VIDEO
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Sidelined—Quilombos Fight on for Health of World’s Largest Rainforest
Without (land) titles, Quilombolas (an Afro-descendant community) are exposed to invasion [...] Read more »
From COP28 to Belém – Climate Security is Health Security
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