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Opinion / Africa

Hong Kong, Tai Kok Tsui

Policy & Finance

Global inequality is as urgent as climate change: the world needs a panel of experts to steer solutions

The very richest people are amassing fortunes while ordinary people’s lives stagnate. But there are policies that can reduce growing inequality.
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Policy & Finance

Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals

Major activists from Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Chad and Indonesia demand a larger role at the UN summit in Belém, Brazil.
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Water

AI wants our water

While much of the AI debate focuses on its economic potential, its expanding physical footprint tells a different story. The machines driving this revolution depend on a resource far older – and far more contested – than data or electricity.
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Food & Agriculture

Reimagining agriculture for young people

An ageing agricultural workforce bodes ill for our ability to feed the world. To entice young people to work in food systems, policymakers should demonstrate the industry’s breadth, while providing them with the resources and skills to modernise farming and build sustainable, innovative agribusinesses.

All Africa Opinion

8 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

25 August 2025

Bank for International Settlements

Policy & Finance

Climate finance is held back by rules from the financial crash

18 August 2025

China Development Bank

Policy & Finance

China’s lending to the Global South has been growing more commercial

11 August 2025

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Food & Agriculture

Feed the world but feed it well: Why food systems must be reformed

8 August 2025

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Waste

Stop letting a small minority derail the plastics treaty: WWF

25 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

The scramble for critical minerals

3 July 2025

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Manufacturing

The delicate art of natural resource diplomacy

16 April 2025

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Policy & Finance

Philanthropy in an era of declining development aid

4 March 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Nature needs its own ID

20 February 2025

Seventy Islands, Palau

Carbon & Climate

Climate action demands global fraternity

10 February 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Early warning systems save lives but more funding is critical

29 January 2025

Citizens in Tuvalu wait for cargo to be unloaded

Carbon & Climate

Climate displacement is also a health crisis

16 January 2025

Rainforest in Pesisir Barat regency, Lampung province, Indonesia

Carbon & Climate

Study shows hot leaves can’t catch carbon from the air. It’s bad news for rainforests – and Earth

31 December 2024

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Carbon & Climate

The climate crisis is also an inflation crisis

12 December 2024

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Policy & Finance

‘No-Go’ mining zones can protect nature as renewable energy surges

20 November 2024

Climate campaigners hold a protest action near the US embassy in Manila

Policy & Finance

COP29 must deliver the goods

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