IN DEPTH

COP28: one step further

Need for fossil fuel cuts acknowledged at last – but it’s not nearly enough

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Vietnam: another turn of the screw

Environmental activism in the crosshairs of repression

UN General Assembly: PR and platitudes

Sustainable Development Goals summit brings no breakthrough

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Pride 2023: defiant joy against anti-rights backlash

LGBTQI+ people around the world keep mobilising against the odds

Guatemala clings to democratic promise

Political elite reacts by manoeuvring to try to protect its power

CENTRAL AMERICA

SDGs: time to get back on course

Realising goals will require both global financial reform and the opening of civic space

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Paraguay: the change that wasn’t

Anti-rights outsider rises while long-time ruling party prevails yet again

Press freedom under attack

Journalists risk harassment, detention, violence and death just for doing their job

Abolishing the death penalty: progress and setbacks

Reforms in Malaysia and Zambia show change is possible – but there’s still a long way to go

Russia’s boots on the ground in Africa

Wagner Group is spreading Russian influence – and extracting vital resources – in country after country

CONFLICT | CRISIS