The devastating floods in Nepal demonstrate what happens when reckless development puts climate-vulnerable communities in harm’s way. They also highlight a climate-finance system that is unable to provide the funds countries need in the immediate aftermath of such disasters.
Climate change is increasingly driving displacement, raising urgent questions about development models that foster unequal growth while exacerbating ecological risk.
The 48th Asean Summit in Cebu closed last week vowing “just” energy transition yet fossil fuel dependence and “green extractivism” deepen inequalities.
On 27 January, a landmark ruling on high-earning individuals and large corporations by Pakistan's newly-established Federal Constitutional Court provided a "powerful blueprint" in seeking an overhaul of the international tax system.