By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Kuhaneetha Bai Kalaicelvan
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 23 2025 - Opinions have been divided over the annual UN climate conferences. While some see COP30 in Belém, Brazil, as confirming their irrelevance, [...] Read more »
End of Year Video 2025
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Rescued from Fire: the World in 2025
By Farhana Haque Rahman
TORONTO, Canada, Dec 22 2025 - Our traditional “year-ender” usually kicks off with a grim litany of world disasters and crises over the past 12 months, highlights IPS partners and contributors and culminates in a [...] Read more »
Downward Spiral of Bangladesh Politics and EconomyWho Should be Blamed ?
By Saifullah Syed
ROME, Dec 22 2025 - Bangladesh in recent years started drawing global attention for its success in emerging out of poverty through economic growth and agricultural development. From early 2000 until 2023, while [...] Read more »
Central Asia–Japan Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo Backs Trans-Caspian Corridor; Tokayev Warns Nuclear Risks Are Rising
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Day Laborers, Trapped in a Complex War Between M25 Rebels and the DRC, Return Home
Fulgence Ndayizeye, a Burundian bicycle taxi driver who used to cross the Congolese-Burundian border every day to support his family, wanted to return home. He and more than 500 other Burundians, including women, men, and children, stranded in [...] Read more »
‘We Need a New Global Legal Framework That Rethinks Sovereignty in the Context of Climate Displacement’
By CIVICUS
Dec 19 2025 -
CIVICUS discusses climate displacement and Tuvalu’s future with Kiali Molu, a former civil servant at Tuvalu’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and currently a PhD candidate at the University of the [...] Read more »
Farmers Can Now Measure and Benefit From Fruit Tree Carbon Trade
Farmers can now know and benefit from their contribution to climate change thanks to a formula that can be used to calculate the amount of carbon stored in fruit trees. In a project dubbed Fruit Trees for Climate Change Mitigation and [...] Read more »
How the Environment Affects Us
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Is the UN Ready for a Non-Renewable 7-YearTerm for the Secretary-General?
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Kenyan Court Restores Seed Freedom: Landmark Ruling Boost for Food Security and Sovereignty
For years, smallholder farmers across Kenya have been engaged in a legal battle with the government over a law that criminalizes the practice of saving, sharing and exchanging indigenous seeds. In 2022, a group of 15 Kenyan smallholder farmers [...] Read more »
My Niece Was Killed Amid Mexico’s Land Conflicts. The World Must Hold Corporations Accountable
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Ahead of Brutal Winter Season, Intensified Attacks Cripple Basic Services Across Ukraine
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How Pacific Wisdom Is Shaping Global Climate Action
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Killer Robots: The Terrifying Rise of Algorithmic Warfare
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