By Biswash Chepang
Nature-based solutions led by Indigenous and local communities help address climate change impacts by restoring ecosystems, reducing disaster risks, strengthening livelihoods, supporting biodiversity, and advancing climate justice through sustainable local action.
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By Nyashadzashe Chiwawa, AIA Research Co-ordinator in the College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Across many cities and towns in South Africa, turning on a tap no longer guarantees water. Instead, trucks – known as water tankers – arrive to deliver water to communities facing shortages.
Water tankers have shifted from being an emergency stopgap to a routine…
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By James Boafo, Lecturer in Sustainability and Fellow of Indo Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
Alex Owusu Amoakoh, Researcher, Liverpool John Moores University
Jacob Obodai, Lecturer in Human Geography, Liverpool John Moores University
Senyo Dotsey, Postdoctoral Researcher, Università di Torino
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is taking an unusual step to secure its critical minerals. It plans to create a new paramilitary unit to protect mining sites and transport routes, backed by funding and support from the United States (US) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In the past, mining companies contracted private security companies to protect their assets and infrastructure. For instance, in 2020, Frontier Services Group Congo signed…
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By Danny Bradlow, Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
David Hunter, Professor Emeritus, The American University Washington College of Law, American University
The World Bank Group’s integration process must at least maintain the current independence, accessibility and effectiveness of its three accountability mechanisms.
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By Chuka Onwumechili, Professor of Communications, Howard University
On the field, football has the power to bring cultural unity. But crackdowns on immigrants and soaring costs will make it more difficult to attend.
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By Mark Beeson, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
The expectations of voters in the UK – like those elsewhere – may simply have become too great and too complex for any leader to satisfy them.
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By Xianda Huang, Ph.D. Student in Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles
A cultural historian of modern China explains the meaning behind some of the venue choices during President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.
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By Gabriela Mesones Rojo
From Venezuela to Chile, May Day protests across Latin America exposed economic hardship, labor precarity, gender inequality, and growing public frustration with governments failing to protect workers’ rights and dignity.
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By Ameya Nagarajan
Global Voices Spotlight did not begin as a fixed format. It began as a question: How can we slow down in a media environment that constantly demands speed?
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By Emmanouil Flaounas, Senior researcher in atmosphere and climate sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Davide Faranda, Directeur de recherche CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay
Freak tropical-like storms are highly sensitive to climate change and as a result, could be coming soon to the Mediterranean.
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