GLOBAL

UN at 80: a struggle for renewal in a time of crises

General Assembly discusses Palestinian recognition and UN reform while civil society remains shut out

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Negotiations have so far been successful at preventing a weak plastics treaty being passed’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Outsourcing cruelty: the offshoring of migration management

Global north states are making migration deadlier and strengthening repressive regimes

AI governance: the struggle for human rights

As tech giants and authoritarians converge, civil society demands ethical AI standards

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Anticorruption should not be an abstract legal agenda – it must directly improve people’s lives’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Who will take the mic at the United Nations when doing so might cost them their freedom?’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Overtourism: civil society mobilising

Campaigners demand sustainable tourism as neighbourhoods transform and housing costs soar

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Peoples have a right to self-determination, whether they are part of an internationally recognised state or not’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

SDGs: accountability under threat

Funding cuts and access barriers are undermining civil society’s role to hold states to account

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Time running out for ambitious plastics treaty

As plastic pollution worsens, negotiators must listen to civil society rather than industry lobbyists

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT