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COP17 must deliver results, not more promises, says WWF, as analysis reveals how to unblock progress for 2030 nature goals With only four years remaining until 2030, COP17 must generate significant political momentum and urgent actions to accelerate biodiversity recovery. New WWF-commissioned political analysis reveals the major barriers countries face in delivering the Global Biodiversity…

A Tribute to Maxine Lowy’s Report, the Andrónicos Antequera Brothers, and the Chilean Families Who Transformed the Suffering of Enforced Disappearance into Memory, Truth, and a Demand for Justice. “The 1973 coup d’état did not end with the seizure of La Moneda Palace or the establishment of a military dictatorship. For thousands of Chilean families,…

On October 9th, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize Was awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African international lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid political prisoners on Robben Island, and went on to serve as a judge on the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court (ICC), then as UN High Commissioner…

After completing my service as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco about 30 years ago and pursuing a graduate degree in international development, I began to see how people’s participation in their own community’s development reconciles different global outlooks of what lends towards society’s consistent, lasting growth. For example, public participation reduces risk by…

By Maxine Lowy Just as the camanchaca—the dense coastal fog characteristic of northern Chile—often envelops the landscape of Tocopilla in darkness, for many years a thick mist obscured the memory of this town, which had witnessed an intense period of social ferment followed by inconceivable horror. Now, a family from Tocopilla is undertaking a loving and…

PRESS RELEASE BRUSSELS, 04 October 2026 — Hundreds of Kashmiri diaspora members from Belgium and across the European Union marched peacefully through central Brussels today to highlight the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) following the proscription of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) on 5 June 2026.…

12 October 2026, Quezon City.  Days before the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, the EcoWaste Coalition and the Philippine Paint and Coatings Association, Inc. (PPCAI) jointly alerted sellers and buyers that some imported paints break the country’s lead paint policy by containing dangerous amounts of toxic lead. The policy, also known as the Chemical Control…

by Irshad Ahmad Mughal The world I live in is a cacophony of conflict. It is a landscape scarred by wars and proxy wars, punctuated by the deafening rhythm of violence, strikes, and protests. We have become so accustomed to the turmoil that we can smell the violence in the air. It is a metallic…

By Mynul Hasan Sohel, From Bangkok (Thailand) The world’s largest and most influential economic policy-making forum- the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group- begins today, Monday, in the Thai capital. After 35 years, Thailand steps onto the global stage once again as the host nation for this prestigious…