GLOBAL

DEMOCRACY: ‘We now have a playbook to stop authoritarians, and it starts with listening to people and their needs’

UN Security Council: new members, old crisis

Five non-permanent members elected, but civil society exclusion, structural paralysis and veto abuse remain unchanged

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

CIVIL SOCIETY: ‘Volunteering is no longer seen as a civic duty but as a form of civic dissent’

WORLD CUP: ‘FIFA has placed itself on the side of the polluters, not the rest of the planet’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

ACCESS TO INFORMATION: ‘Restrictions are turning librarians into activists in a way they may not be prepared for’

GLOBAL TAX TREATY: ‘Without sustained pressure from organised movements, the political space to win simply doesn’t open’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

DATA GOVERNANCE: ‘Data belongs to the public; the state simply generates and manages it’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

UN climate resolution: time to stop the persecution

Resolution endorses landmark ruling on climate obligations, but many states are still attacking climate and environmental activists

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

USA: sanctions weaponised against human rights

Sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are back in force, and others are being targeted

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: ‘A strong Secretary-General could revive the UN, but a weak one could oversee its destruction’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE