Fixing the Food Trade
GENEVA – Between rising hunger and the prospect of still more supply shortages, dark clouds are hovering over the global food system. Not only...
Rights-Based Global Food System
By Oyinlola Oyebode, Yureshya Perera, Tlaleng Mofokeng, and Sharifah Sekalala
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With the world’s human population expected to reach a staggering ten...
Making ‘Generation Educated’ a Reality
Continuous declines in international education aid are depriving half of all young people in the developing world — some 800 million children — of...
Child Marriage is Stunting Development
At last month’s United Nations summit on the Sustainable Development Goals, child marriage did not get top billing. Yet ending this cruel practice -...
International Day for Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
The United Nations marks the second anniversary of the International Day for Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace on the 24th of April this year....
Green Shoots of COVID Solidarity
In a recent letter to her G20 colleagues, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen argued that a truly global COVID-19 vaccination program “is...
The Populist Climate Threat
Reactionary populism is now the biggest obstacle to tackling climate change. With outright climate denial no longer an option, populist politicians have increasingly positioned...
Democracy Must Prevail in the Sahel
By Josep Borrell
Some events are more memorable than others and serve as landmarks for a term in office. I will always remember attending a...
Getting to Net-Zero Emissions
The leaders of the G20 countries headed to Osaka at the tail-end of June for their annual summit. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed...
What caused the COVID-19 testing deficit?
The United States is the world’s richest country, and home to ten of the 20 largest diagnostics companies. And yet, it not only has...
