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Climate Change and Environmental Peace
Seven Pacific island nations say they will demand heftier levies on global shipping emissions if opponents of a green deal for the industry succeed in reopening negotiations on the stalled accord. The United States and Saudi Arabia persuaded countries not to grant final approval to the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework (NZF) in October and […]
Doubts over whether governments will maintain ambitious targets on boosting the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are a threat to the industry’s growth and play into the hands of fossil fuel companies, investors warned this week. Several executives from airlines and oil firms have forecast recently that SAF requirements in the European Union, United […]
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Gabrielle Dreyfus is chief scientist at the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, Thomas Röckmann is a professor of atmospheric physics and chemistry at Utrecht University, and Lena Höglund-Isaksson is a senior research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. This March scientists and policy makers will gather near the site in Italy where methane […]
Sustainable Development and SDGs
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With global tensions rising and “reckless actions” triggering dangerous consequences, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for renewed efforts on peace, justice and sustainable development as he outlined his priorities for 2026 – the final year of his tenure.
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Better access to education, the protection of the environment and good governance are some of the areas in which the United Nations helps countries improve.
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It’s a win-win recipe: schoolchildren eat a free, nutritious meal every day and local farmers gain reliable access to local markets.
Women, Peace and Security
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Everyday Adaptation as a Form of Knowledge When electricity disappears, ordinary infrastructure collapses into improvisation. Across social media, Ukrainians share videos of handmade stoves made from metal cans, clay candle heaters, and improvised cooking devices assembled from scarcely available materials. These are not experimental hobbies — they are responses to dire necessities for survival. “Kamforka-parties” […]
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At a time when militarism is escalating, inequalities are deepening, and communities are facing overlapping crises, WILPF is choosing to tell a different story. Today, we are proud to launch our 2025 Annual Report, reimagined as a living 2026 calendar. Instead of publishing a traditional report, we asked ourselves: What if our accountability could also […]
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We are proud to announce that WILPF is now an official Environmental Partner of 1% for the Planet, a global network of businesses and individuals who commit one percent of their sales or income to environmental solutions —supporting specifically the work of our Ecological Justice programme. Through our Ecological Justice programme, WILPF works at the intersection of feminist peacebuilding and environmental […]
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Uganda’s young population wants a voice in politics, but costly nomination rules, entrenched power, and security hurdles keep leadership out of reach. A DW street debate reveals why change feels…
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With young people under 30 making up more than half of the global population and over 272 million children and youth still out of school, their participation in shaping education…
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A fragile political calm in Yemen is fraying, with renewed instability and aid restrictions deepening hunger, illness and displacement for millions of civilians, senior UN officials warned the Security Council…
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Recent Saudi airstrikes against UAE-aligned separatists escalated tensions in southern Yemen. With Saudi Arabia and the UAE backing opposing factions, a return to fighting would most benefit the Houthis.
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The UN’s World Food Program is dissolving contracts with staff in Houthi-controlled northern Yemen. It first suspended operations, after more than a decade of internal conflict, in August amid a…
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An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report
An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report An Eye on Methane: the road to radical transparency takes stock of progress harnessing an imminent data revolution that can accelerate methane reduction on a global scale. Credible data has the potential to deliver the transparency needed for rapid climate action, but only if reconciled, integrated and […]
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Emissions Gap Report 2023
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Colombia: The military criminal justice system should not act in cases of human rights violations
Military courts continue to investigate possible human rights violations and crimes under international law committed by members of the Colombian security forces, despite express prohibitions in national and international standards, Amnesty International said today in a new report. The report Insist, persist, resist and never give up? Impact of the use of military criminal justice […]
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South Africa must seize opportunity to show principled global leadership
By Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International South Africa has played a leading role in international efforts to prevent, stop and punish Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. Now, as the nation prepares to host the first G20 Leaders’ Summit on African soil, it has an important opportunity to step up that pressure […]
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Slovenia: MPs must reject draconian ‘security’ bill which puts rights at risk and targets Roma community
Ahead of an expected vote in Slovenia’s parliament on hastily proposed sweeping changes which would significantly expand police powers, restrict welfare rights and weaken key safeguards, Esther Major Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Research in Europe, said: “This draconian bill risks stripping all people in Slovenia of an array of vital human rights protections as […]
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Tunisia: Escalating crackdown on human rights organizations reaches critical levels
Tunisian authorities have increasingly escalated their crackdown on human rights defenders and independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through arbitrary arrests, detention, asset freezes, bank restrictions and court-ordered suspensions, all under the pretext of fighting “suspicious” foreign funding and shielding “national interests,” Amnesty International said today. In an unprecedented step six NGO workers and human rights defenders working for […]
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USA: Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses
Language used maybe offensive to some readers Thousands of NYPD records secured by the rights groups detail expansive and unlawful surveillance of protesters, and Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities. Records obtained by Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, after a five-year long […]
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Ecuadorian Rights Group Files Case to Enforce Amazon Oil Referendum
Click to expand Image Waorani Indigenous leaders protest in front of the Constitutional Court in Quito on August 20, 2025, two years after a key victory for climate democracy in an Indigenous-led referendum to halt exploitation of an oil block in Yasuni National Park. © 2025 Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images The grassroots collective Yasunidos […]
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Mexico City: Proposed Public Care System Lacking Disability Rights
Click to expand Image A wheelchair user searches for options to cross an under bridge while dredging work is carried out after a historic heavy rainfall in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 10, 2025. © 2025 Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Mexico City) – The care system bill submitted to lawmakers by the government of […]
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ILO: Strengthen Global Rules to Protect Gig Workers
Click to expand Image An Instacart worker loads groceries into her car for home delivery in San Leandro, California, July 1, 2020. © 2020 Ben Margot/AP Photo (New York) – Governments negotiating a new global treaty on gig work should strengthen the draft text to ensure fair wages and social security for these workers and protect […]